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| May 9, 2006 | Tuesday | Rabi-us-Sani 10, 1427 |
Fancied Simoom registers career’s first win
LAHORE, May 8: Fancied filly, Simoom, responded really well to jockey M. Hanif’s urging in the straight to land a game success during the 1st Lahore Summer Meeting held at the floodlit Racecourse on Sunday.
The three-year-old Simoom trained by Sohail Aziz scored a one-and-a-half length victory over bay mare Savera at the winning post to register her career’s first win for owner Syed Pervaiz Hussain Shah, who is in Hong Kong these days.
The most impressive winner of the first floodlit meeting of the current season was three to one chance dark-bay colt Fido Dido in the third race.
Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards replaced his rider Sajjad Hussain with M. Hanif and this change worked well for owner Mian Maahir Ahmad to see his colt winning.
The stewards were seen in a punishing mood and they took to task a trainer and six riders found defaulting during the fourth race.
They suspended riding boy Khalil Vicky for six months for his unsatisfactory riding on bay filly Scarlet Empress, who ran off the board in the fourth race.
They fined her trainer Sohail Aziz Rs20,000.
Riding boys Ahmad Shah, Sajjad Hussain, William, Shahid Mustafa and Nazir Ahmad were fines Rs10,000 each for not riding out their mounts on merit.
The race was won by odds-on favourite Para Game, who beat Charming King by six lengths to give jockey Shahid Rehman an effortless victory.
Soon after the race, a section of race-goers demanded cancellation of the race as in their view a couple of horses backed for place finished among also ran.
However, as the punishments to trainer and riders were announced on the public address system, they dispersed immediately.
Jockey M. Hanif, who had met with a big success during the Lahore Winter Meetings, opened his account in the summer meeting on a victorious note achieving a grand double through Simoom and Fido Dido.
Trainers A. B. Malik and Haji Ghulam Sarwar sent out two winners each.
Malik’s winners were Fido Dido and Para Game while Haji saddled Don’t Forget and Trace Hit, the filly who won easily the feature and last race of the day.
Results
SHAHDARA PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 800m.
Simoom (Syed Pervaiz Hussain Shah) 8-12 M. Hanif 1. Savera 9-0 A. Alam 2. Dam Dama Dam 8-8 M. Zeeshan 3. Wah Bhai Wah 9-0 M. Waseem Khan 4.
Won by 1 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L, Neck. Time 0 minute 51 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
SHAHDARA PLATE CLASS VII DIVI 800M.
Moj Mela (Ch. Mohammad Riaz) 8-6 A. Imran 1. Billoo The Great 8-8 Atif Javed 2. Shaba Queen 9-0 Azhar Hussain 3. Ministry 9-0 Azeem Pervaiz 4.
Won by 1 L, 1/2 L, 1/2 L. Time 0 minute 51 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Ch. Khurrum Hussain.
BADAMI BAGH PLATE CLASS V DIV 1100m.
Fido Dido (Mian Maahir Ahmad) 8-4 M. Hanif 1. Red Flame 9-2 Azam Hussain 2. Golden Faith 8-10 A. Imran 3. Eye Of The Tiger 8-3 M. Hussain 4.
Won by 2 L, Distance, Distance. Time one min 9 4/5 secs. Winner trained by A. B. Malik.
BADAMI BAGH PLATE CLASS V DIV 1100m.
Para Game (Khawaja M. Arif) 8-8 Shahid Rehman 1. Charming King 9-4 Azeem Pervaiz 2. Tosca 7-11 Vicky Gaman 3.Have No Fear 8-6 Khalid Ali 4.
Won by 6 L, Distance, 3 L. Time one min 10 3/5 secs. Winner trained by A. B. Malik.
LAHORE PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1200m.
Don’t Follow (Haji Ghulam Sarwar) 8-3 Azhar Hussain 1. Ghazi Rifle 9-0 M. Hanif 2. Eid 8-6 Faisal Tahir 3. Piaray Bhakkar 8-2 .A. Aziz 4.
Won by 4 L, Head, Distance. Time one minute 18 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.
LAHORE PLATE CLASS IV DIV I 1200m.
Trace hit (Khawaja M. Arif) 8-12 Aamar Parvaiz 1. Trace Kim 7-4 M. Zeeshan 2.Miss Pole 8-0 A. Aziz 3. Fidel Castro 8-4 Faisal Tahir 8-4.
Won by 6 1/2 L, 1 L, Distance. Time one minute 15 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.
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