July 23, 2006	Sunday	Jumadi-ul-Sani 26, 1427

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LAHORE, July 22: Three-year-old colts Harry Can View, Fidel Castro and Bright Star will measure each other's strides in an effort to bag top honours in the feature event during the day and night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.

The feature and the sixth race, the Sohawa Plate class IV division I and II to be run over a sprinting distance of 1100 metres will have seven runners barring last-minute withdrawals. It looks an open affair as all the three colts have won two races each previously.

On current form Harry Can View is being favoured. He will be on the trot to make amends for his defeat last Sunday. He was beaten by Zargar on July 16 over 1000 metres.

The handicap favours Fidel Castro, who is placed at seven stones nine pounds and will be seen in action after three weeks absence.

Discovery, Druree and Ferrari are the pick of the seven drawn for the supporting and fifth race, Sohawa Plate class IV division III over 1100 metres.

Discovery with two back-to-back victories to her credit will be going all out to complete a hat trick. Her main rival could be Ferrari.

This is interesting to note that Discovery and Ferrari are the progenies of Cisco Wells, who was the son of a prolific English sire Sadler's Wells and half brother to Epsom Derby winner, the mighty Galileo.

If everything goes his way, the speedy Safe And Sound should win the fourth race, Gujrat Plate class V division I, to be contested over 900 metres.

Daisy Against All, Wendy Trace and Rang Dey Basanti may fight for the lesser remunerative positions.

The third race, a class V division II handicap race has a big field of 18 contestants, if there are no last-minute withdrawals. Of them four are prominent, namely, Golden Goal, First Passion, Arabian Sea and Jewna.

On current form Golden Goal and First Passion should fight it out.

Simoom, Tallal The Great and, Dogar Gift attract attention in the second race, Gujranwala Plate class VII division I over 900 metres.

Right in form and fresh from her victory last Sunday, the three-year-old filly Simoom should make it two in a row for owner Syed Parvaiz Hussain Shah and trainer Sohail Aziz.

Royal Palace, Dam Dama Dam and Wah Cisco Wah are prominent runners among the ten drawn for the opener. They should fight it out.

Strangely enough Wah Cisco Wah is also a progeny of Cisco Wells but has not won a single race yet to prove his breeding quality.

A card of six races will be gone through with four events to be contested over 900 metres and two over 1100 metres.

The first race will start at 5.30pm.

The following are the fields and our selections.

GUJRANWALA PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 900M.

Grey Dancer 9-0 Tornado 8-10 Dashing Paradise 8-6 Bahar-I-Bhakkar 8-6 Speed Gun 8-6 Dynasty 8-6 Royal Palace 8-6 Wah Cisco Wah 7-11 Dam Dama Dam 7-8 and, Shadow Snatcher 7-8.

Win: Royal Palace. Place: Wah Cisco Wah and Dam Dama Dam.

GUJRANWALA PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 900M.

Cherry's Own 9-0 Rasputine 9-0 Dogar's Gift 8-11 Stride To Moment 8-10 Simoom 8-10 Al Murad 8-8 Tallal The Great 8-8 Booster and, Shah Rani.

Win: Simoom. Place: Arabian Sea and First Passion.

GUJRAT PLATE CLASS V DIV II 900M.

Kind Minister 9-0 Ministry 9-0 Royal Fish 9-0 Volcano 8-11 Jewna 8-11 Major Rana 8-11 Golden Goal 8-11 Lucky Mayla 8-10 Arabian Sea 8-6 Scarlet Empress 8-6 No Appologies 8-6 Bachelor 8-6 Lucky Chiragh 8-6 First Passion 8-3 Rana The Great 8-2 New Bhakkar 8-2 Lovely Diana 7-10 and, Thinkable 7-10.

Win: Golden Goal. Place: Arabian Sea and First Passion.

GUJRAT PLATE CLASS V DIV I 900M.

Safe And Sound 9-4 Blu's Wendy 9-0 Daisy Against All 8-7 Game Over 8-6 Love Moon 8-4 Rang Dey Basanti 8-3 Wendy Trace 8-1 and, King Of Murad 7-12.

Win: Safe And Sound. Place: Wendy Trace and Daisy Against All.

SOHAWA PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1100M.

Putra's Lady 9-6 Druree 9-2 Royal Destiny 8-11 Discovery 8-9 Sikader-I-Azam 8-2 Zanjeer 8-2 and Ferrari 7-13.

Win: Discovery. Place: Druree and Ferrari.

SOHAWA PLATE CLASS IV DIVISION I & II 1100M.

Zargar 9-0 Lucky Murad 8-10 Black House 8-2 High Dream 8-0 Harry Can View 7-12 Fidel Castro 7-9 and Bright Star 7-8.

Win: Harry Can View. Place: Bright Star and Fidel Castro.