December 11, 2006	Monday	Ziqa'ad 19, 1427

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LAHORE, Dec 10: Three-year-old bay colt, Toru Khan, underlined magnificent improvement when getting the better of Lucky Winner and Chan in a final 200m burst to capture the Coca Cola Cup run over 1600m in a record timing during the Lahore winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.

Flying in the colours of Huzaifa Shoaib and ridden by jockey Aamir Parvaiz, the 80 to 100 favourite colt trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar, Toru Khan covered the distance in one minute 38 2/5 seconds breaking the old record of one minute 392/5 seconds, set up by the filly, Hear Me in 1995.

Toru Khan beat Lucky Winner by a big margin of distance while Chan, finished third, two lengths further behind.

The Lahore Race Club (LRC) chairman, Tariq Aziz received the cup on behalf of his grandson, Huzaifa Shoaib soon after the race.

Results

MIAN CHANNU PLATE CLASS V DIVISION II 1200M

Queen Of Music (Fraz Ahamad Cheema) 8-6 M. Hanif 1. Lovely Gate 8-11 A. Imran 2.King Of Murad 8-11 Azam Hussain 3. Viana Coup 8-3 M. Zeeshan 4.

Won by 1 1/2 L, Neck, I L. Time one min 17 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Abdul Rasheed.

MIAN CHANNU PLATE CLASS V DIV I 1200M

Sohna Billoo (Ala-ud-Din Khan) 8-10 Khalil Vicky 1. Cross Ruff 8-10 A. Imran 2. Jewna 8-6 Hidayat Hussain 3. Trump Coup 8-8 Ahmad Shah 4.

Won by 3/4 L, 8 1/2 L, 4 4/5 L. Time one min 16 secs. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

KHYBER PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1400M

Quwat (Choudhry Tahir Mahmood) 9-4 Shahid Rehman 1. Great Murad 8-12 Sajjad Hussain 2. Wendy Trace 8-7 Atif Javaid 3. Ferrari 8-13 Shahid Mustafa 4.

Won by 2 L, 6 1/2 L, 1 L. Time one min 27 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Abdul Rasheed.

KHYBER CUP CLASS IV DIV II 1400M

Trace Kim (Khawaja M. Arif) 8-9 Shahid Rehman 1, Golden Goal 9-2 Aamar Parvaiz

2, Jut Bahadur 9-2 A. Imran 3 and Who Dare 8-13 Shahid Mustafa 4.

Won by 1/2 L, 3 3/4 L, Distance. Time one min 27 secs. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.

COCA COLA CUP CLASS I, II & III 1600M

Toru Khan (Huzaifa Shoaib) 8-4 Aamir Parvaiz 1, Lucky Winner 8-13 Shahid Rehman 2, Chan 8-6 A. Imran 3 and Fajer 8-8 M. Zeeshan 4.

Won by Distance, 1 3/4 L, 5 L. Time one min 38 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.

MULTAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1200M

Jasrah (Asif Ali Khan) 8-10 Shahid Rehman 1, Redouble 8-0 M. Hanif 2,

Daisy Against All 8-6 A. Rahim 3 and Murad King 9-2 Azam Hussain 4.

Won by 2 L, 5 1/2 L. Short-head. Time one min 16 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Abdul Rashid.

MULTAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV

II 1200M

Wah Bhai Wah (Khalid Malik) 8-0 Ali Raza 1, Wah Cisco Wah 8-1 Shahid Mustafa 2, Sohna Malook 8-9 Shakeel Mahmood 3 and Royal Palace 7-9 Naseer Hussain 4.

Won by Distance, Head, 3 L. Time one min 17 secs.

The next Lahore Gymkhana races will be held on Wednesday.