July 03, 2006	Monday	Jumadi-ul-Sani 6, 1427

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KARACHI, July 2: Following successive failures six-year-old bay mare, Velvet Green, upset the applecart when she sprinted to maiden victory in the Summer Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Owned by Mohammad Ilyas and trained by Sadiq Hussain, she was ridden home by M. Nasir beating chestnut filly, Arabian Queen, by half length.

Finishing further half length behind was fancied three-year-old bay colt, The Concord, while chestnut, Forget Me Not, completed the frame.

Nasir had another winner in Desperado in the next race to complete a double.

Desperado became favourite in the re-betting that was ordered after public fancy Master Of Disaster broke the gate and bolted away to be withdrawn from the race.

The field was reduced to eight and Desperado presented its owner with a winner beating mare, Fizza, by five lengths.

Ghulam Shabbir II and Tariq Baran also came out with a brace of winners.

After piloting Swift Arrival to a facile 6 ¼ length victory in the opener, the former returned with flying colours on Closing Arguments by 10 lengths in the fifth race.

Similarly, the latter rode second favourite Annaba home after edging out Daruwala by five lengths to grab the fourth race and went on to complete the feat by riding Fantasia to victory in the concluding event.

In another race four-year-old filly, Butter Fly, from the stables of Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara justified her top rating when she outclassed Thanks Naeem by 10 lengths to make it two in a row.

Results:

FIRST LADY PLATE DIV IV 5F

Swift Arrival (Mr. Imtiaz Ali Khoso) 9-4(cr9-1) Ghulam Shabbir II 1, In Her Shoes 8-6 M. Nasir 2, Go Piyaray 8-5(cr8-4) Mohammad Essa 3, Khush Nazar 8-6 Naseem Ahmed 4. Won by 6 1/4L, 2 1/4L, 3L. Time: 1 min 8 3/5 sec.

Winner trained by Naveed Baran

FIRST LADY PLATE DIV I 5F

Velvet Green (Mr. Mohammad Ilyas) 8-6 M. Nasir 1, Arabian Heart 8-12 Ghulam Shabbir II 2, The Concord 9-2 Arshad 3, Forget Me Not 8-2 M. Manzoor 4. Won by 1/2L,1/2L, 12L. Time: 1 min 6 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Sadiq Hussain

FIRST LADY PLATE DIV V 5F

Desperado (Mr. Nasrullah) 8-6 M. Nasir 1, Fizza 7-10(cr8-1) M. Nawaz 2, Sea Gul 8-9(cr8-4) Ghous Bux 3, Dunhill Desire 8-13(cr8-6) Nazil Hussain 4. Won by 5L, 2 1/2L, 3L. Time: 1 min 10 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mumtaz Ali

FIRST LADY PLATE DIV III 5F

Annaba (Mr. A. Hussain) 9-2 Tariq Baran 1, Daruwala 9-5 Mohammad Essa 2, Queen Of Mirwa 9-1 Fahim K 3, Super Shot 8-8(cr8-5) Sohail Ahmed 4. Won by 5L, 2L, 1 3/4L. Time: 1 min 8 sec.

Winner trained by M. Pervaiz

FIRST LADY PLATE DIV II 5F

Closing Argument (Syed Ismail Shah) 8-7 Ghulam Shabbir II 1, Cant Catch Me 8-1(cr8-4) Ghous Bux 2, New Ferrari 8-2 Latif 3, Little Girl 8-0 M. Manzoor 4. Won by 10L, 2 1/2L, 5L. Time: 1 min 10 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by Allah Judrio

DIL PHAINK PLATE 5F

Butter Fly (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 9-0 Fahim K 1, Thanks Naeem 9-0 Arshad 2, Your Honour 7-11 M. Manzoor 3, Sahib-e-Alam 7-13 Asghar Ali 4. Won by 10L, 1/2L, 3/4L. Time: 1 min 5 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mian Asif

VIETO PLATE 5F

Fantasia (Mr. M. R. Hussain) 9-8 Tariq Baran 1, Jawan Bakht 8-9 M. Yousuf 2, Baba Jani 8-3 Mumtaz Ali 3, Moon Raker 9-3 Ghous Bux 4. Won by 5L, 2 1/2L, 2 1/2L. Time: 1 min 6 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by M. Pervaiz.