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| April 3, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 4, 1427 |
Victory Road lands Sprinter’s Cup in smart time
KARACHI, April 2: Following her failure at Pakistan Derby, four-year-old bay filly, Victory Road, finally shone when she galloped to victory to land the Sprinter’s Cup in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday. With 2000 Guineas of Pakistan 2005 title under her belt, she returned with a smart timings of 1 min 1 2/5 sec to win the five furlongs race with ease by six lengths thus denying mare Bang On Target a hat trick.
Belonging to the stables of M. Shahrukh, she was ridden home by Arshad and trained by S. Ehtisham.
After the race, the owner received the glittering Cup and the stake money of Rs 100,000.
Chestnut Colt, King Of Kings finished two and a half lengths behind to secure third place while filly Fantasia completed the frame.
Horse trainer Ehtisham and jockey Arshad were the pick of the day. The former sent four winners in Eswarah, Iztrab, Victory Road and Eager Saint while the latter returned with a hat trick.
As predicted, Lovely Concept, a nine-year-old bay horse, with Asghar Ali aboard, made amends by picking up the opener in a field of 10 contestants. Owned and trained by M. Tufail, he outpaced Ladla by seven lengths. First Shot settled for the third place.
New Ferrari, a four-year-old bay colt, picked up spoils in the second race edging out fancied mare, Princess Ridda, by half a length. Fascinate secured third place.
Arshad’s other success came when he sprinted three-year-old filly, Eswarah, to victory enabling her to make it two in a row. She was chased by Kicking King and Sweet Grandy.
Four-year-old filly, Closing Argument, justified her top billing when she was piloted home by Ghulam Shabbir 11 in the fourth race. Mera Jugnoo and Tom Cruise had to be content with second and third positions.
Fancied mare, Iztrab , made it three in a row obliging the punters by grabbing the fifth race.
License of rider My Boy, Nadeem Akhtar, was withdrawn while a fine of Rs5,000 was imposed on its trainer M. Rafiq K in the same race for ‘unsatisfactory riding’.
Six-year-old mare, Eager Saint, with Arshad in the saddle, proved her mettle grabbing the seventh race. This was Eager Saint’s fourth victory in succession.
In a late burst, three-year-old bay colt, Shan-e-Arab, ridden by Zaki Zakir, pulled off the biggest upset of the day beating Bilal Choice by neck in a photo finish.
Favourite Fakhre Sanghar could not start the race at the gate. He has been barred from next three races and will undergo gate practice on three Sundays.
Results:
QUETTA PLATE DIV V 5F
Lovely Concept (Mr. M. Tufail)9-0 Asghar Ali 1, Ladla 8-11 Aamir Ali 2, First Shot 9-2 Nadir Ali 3, Sea Gul 8-10(cr8-5)Ghous Bux 4. Won by 7L, 1/2L, 1 1/2L. Time: 1 min 8 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by the owner
QUETTA PLATE DIV 11 5F
New Ferrari (Mr. Akbar Ali Qureshi) 7-11(cr7-12) M. Manzoor 1, Princess Ridda 8-11 Riaz Mohammad 2, Fascinate 8-2 Ghous Bux 3, Sparkling Lady 9-1 Muzaffar 4. Won by 1/2L, 2 1/2L, 1 1/2L. Time: 1 min 6 sec.
Winner trained by Mansoor Alam
QUETTA PLATE DIV 1 5F
Eswarah(Mr. M. Shafiq) 8-11 Arshad 1, Kicking King 9-0(cr8-7) Zaki Zakir 2, Sweet Grandy 7-11(cr7-13) Shafi Mohammad 3, Haseena-e-Arab 9-0 M. Manzoor 4. Won by 7L, 7L, 6 1/4L. Time: 1 min 4 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by S. Ehtisham
QUETTA PLATE DIV 1V 5F
Closing Argument (Syed Ismail Shah) 8-2 Ghulam Shabir 11, 1,Mera Jugnoo 9-2 Mujahid Ali 2, Tom Cruise 8-9 Abdul Rahim 3, Khush Nazar 8-5(cr7-12) Zulfiqar Ali 4. Won by 1/2L, 3L, 3 1/2L. Time: 1 min 8 1/5 sec.
Winner trained by Allah Judrio
QUETTA PLATE DIV 111 5F
Iztrab (Syed Akber H. Rizvi) 9-0 M. Yousuf 1, Azam The Great 8-11(cr8-6) Nazil Hussain 2, Raat Ki Rani 9-1 Nadir Ali 3, Chand Aya 8-7(cr8-0) Zulfiqar Ali 4. Won by 3 1/2L, 2L, 4 1/2L. Time: 1 min 7 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by S. Ehtisham
SPRINTER’S CUP 5F
Victory Road (Mr. M. Shahrukh) 8-11 Arshad 1, Bang On Target 8-11 Mohammad Essa 2, King Of Kings 9-0 Kashif Qamar 3, Fantasia 8-11 M. Amjad 4. Won by 6L, 2 1/2L, 4 3/5L. Time: 1 min 1 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by S. Ehtisham
PESHAWAR PLATE 6F
Eager Saint (Mr. M. Shafiq) 9-0 Arshad 1, Sonia 8-5 Abdul Rahim 2, Laat Sahib 8-8 M. Nasir 3, Jadugar 8-4 Shahid Ali 11,4. Won by 1/2L, 2 1/2L, 1 3/4L. Time: 1 min 19 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by S. Ehtisham
SARHAD PLATE 6F
Shan-e-Arab(Syed Nadeem Anwar) 7-7 Zaki Zakir 1, Bilal Choice 8-4 M. Manzoor 2, Adaab Arz 8-9 M. Amjad 3, Killer Instincts 8-2 Abdul Rahim 4. Won by NK, 5L, dist. Time: 1 min 19 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Sarwar
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