December 13, 2006	Wednesday	Ziqa'ad 21, 1427

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LAHORE, Dec 12: Two-year-old bay colt, Kiss Of Luck, who registered a facile victory last month, will be on trot to repeat it when the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races begin for the first time during this season at the Racecourse on Wednesday.

A meeting of the Lahore Race Club (LRC) presided over by LRC chairman Tariq Aziz had last week decided to hold mid-week Gymkhana races after every fortnight besides the Lahore Winter Meetings staged on Sundays.

If the experiment succeeds Wednesday Gymkhana races will become a permanent feature along with Winter Meetings every Sunday.

Kiss Of Luck had convincingly won the Nursery Plate, a term race for two-year-old colts and fillies (maidens) on November 4 He is now running in class V division I handicap race which includes two-year-old as well as older horses.

Kiss Of Luck is a progeny of Irish sire Francisco Guardi from the linage of Robellino and USA sire Roberto Among his ten rivals the notable are: Two-year-old filly Richy Dancer and Tornado, who could make his task somewhat difficult. The Lodhran Plate to be gone over the sprinting distance of 1000m will be the feature and fifth race of the five-event card drawn for the day.

The first race will be held at 12.30

The following are the fields and our selection.

KHUSHAB PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 900M.

Kind Minister 9-0, Cherry's Own 9-0, Gift 8-6, Saad's Dragon 8-6, Rana The Great 8-2, Murad The Great 7-12, My Princess 7-10, Shah Rani 7-9, Royal Palace 7-8, Booster 7-8 and Malang Aya 7-8.

Win: Saad's Dragon.

Place: Shah Rani and Royal Palace.

KHUSHAB PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 900M.

Blue Fire 9-5, Full House 9-0, First Dream 9-0, Total Price 9-0, Net Cash 9-0, Janu 9-0, Laila 9-0, Murad King 8-12, First Passion 8-6, Blu's Wendy 8-6, Bad-e-Naseem 8-4 ,Billoo The Great 8-4, Stride To Moment 8-2, Rang Dey Basanti 8-2 and Wah Bhai Wah 8-0.

Win: Blue Fire.

Place: Bad-e-Naseem and Murad King.

LODHRAN PLATE CLASS V DIV II-B GOLD

Medallist 9-0, Hermetic 9-0, Faryal 9-0, Born To Win 9-0, Wendy 9-0, High Quality 8-13, Major Rana 8-10, Dream Comes True 8-9, Billo Prince 8-9, Cheeta Aya 8-9, Crystal Girl 8-6, and Babbu The Great 8-2.

Win: Babbu The Great.

Place: Gold Medallist and Dream Comes True.

LODHRAN PLATE CLASS V DIV II-A

Philosopher 9-0, Intikhab-e-Bhakkar 8-11, Black Mailer 8-11, Prince Salman 8-11, Tim Tom 8-11, Aaja Bulbul 8-10, Beautiful Baby 8-10, Azzam 8-10, King Of Murad 8-9, Zaoq 8-7 Noomy The Hunter 8-7, and Perfect Promise 8-7.

Win: Azzam.

Place: King Of Murad and Philosopher.

LODHRAN PLATE CLASS V DIV I 1000M.

Chakori Jaisa 9-0, Kiss Of Luck 9-0, Richy Dancer 8-11, Fearless Boy 8-7, Valentino 8-6, Chinkara 8-1, Lucky Short II 8-1, Gulf Line 8-1, Chuey Muey 7-12 and Tornado 7-8.

Win: Kiss Of Luck.

Place: Richy Dancer and Tornado.