December 21, 2006	Thursday	Ziqa'ad 29, 1427

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LAHORE, Dec 20: Punters and turf accountants shared proceedings equally when two well-backed favourites and a joint favourite won in a card of five races during the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.

The favourite backers started the day when an 80 to 100 favourite, roan gelding Billoo The Great romped home in the opener. He beat Malang Aya by over four lengths.

Four-year-old joint favourite filly, Daisy Against All won the second race defeating favourite Murad King by over five lengths.

Then three to one chance, bay gelding, Major Rana came from behind with a fine burst of speed to dislodge front-runner, the favourite colt Rough Tough and win by over five lengths.

Then Aaja Bulbul won the feature event, a class V division I handicap race. Aaja Bulbul, backed by connections at four to one beat Babbu The Great by a big margin of over eight lengths.

The favourite Moon Dazzler put up a bad show and finished third, another over a length behind. Jago completed the frame among ten runners.

The concluding and fifth race was won by a 60 to 100 favourite bay mare Mosaic. The Lahore Race Club Riding School used seven horses in the race to train youngsters. It turned out to be an interesting one with all horses equally backed.

Mosaic won it defeating Gypsy by a street's margin.

Jockey Shahid Mustafa highlighted the day's racing bringing home two winners, both available at attractive odds.

The next Lahore Winter Meeting races will be held on Sunday.

Results:

Minchan Abad Plate Class VII Div II 1000M:

Billoo The Great (Arif Gulzar) 9-0 Atif Javaid 1, Malang Aya 7-8 Khalil Vicky 2, Rana Choice 8-12 Shakeel Mahmood 3, Shah Rani 7-8 Ali Raza 4. Won by 4 ½ L, 2 ½ L, 3 L. Time: one minute 4 4/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

Minchan Abad Plate Class VII Div I 1000M:

Daisy Against All (Syed Ali Raza) 8-7 Saqib 1, Murad King 9-2 M. Hussain 2, Royal Palace 7-10 Sajjad Hussain 3, Cheeta Aya 8-10 Tariq Habib 4. Won by 5 ½ L, 6 L, ¾ L. Time: one minute 4 2/5 seconds.

Winner trained by M. Abbas.

Bhakkar Plate Class V Div II 1100M:

Major Rana (Junaid Rashid Rana) 8-9 Shahid Mustafa 1, Rough Tough 8-9 Saqib 2, Dream Comes True 8-6 M. Hussain 3, Prince Salman 8-9 A. Wahab 4. Won by 5 ½ L, 5 ½ L, 5 L. Time: one minute 10 4/5 seconds.

Winner trained by A. B. Malik.

Bhakkar Plate Class V Div I 1100M:

Aaja Bulbul (Khalid Malik) 8-1 Shahid Mustafa 1, Babbu The Great 8-3 Sajjad Hussain 2, Moon Dazzler 8-3 Shakeel Mahmood 3, Jago 8-6 Khalid 4. Won by 8 ½ L, 1 ¼ L, 9 L. Time: one minute 10 1/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Azhar Ali.

LRC Riding School horses in Class VII DiV III 600M:

Mosaic (Aamir ) 8-4 Ali Raza 1, Gypsy 8-7 Fayyaz Choudhry 2, Blackie 8-7 Shafqat Ali 3, Goldly 8-7 Asad Abbas 4. Won by Distance, 1 ¾ L. Time: 43 seconds.

Winner trained by Aamar Azad.