May 03, 2007	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1428

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LAHORE, May 2: Long Shot bay Moj Mayla showed vast improvement to land the feature event, defeating Cobbler by a neck's margin, during the Lahore Gymkhana Midweek Day/Night races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.

The winner was ridden by Ali Raza, who completed a well-earned double when earlier in the opener he rode Love Minister home to a comfortable victory.

Bay gelding Sign Of Success proved his worth when he edged out filly Chuey Muey at the finishing post in the most exciting competition of the day, the Sahiwal Plate Class-VII Division-I which was the fourth race of the day and contested over 800 metres.

Sign Of Success, owned by Saqlain Mushtaq, beat Munir Dar-owned Chuey Muey by a neck.

Princess Afaq and Blu's Wendy completed the frame among seven starters.

Three-year-old bay filly Great Bulbul won the supporting and fifth event, defeating Dazzy Against All by half a length, after a ding-dong duel which drew cheers from the small crowd present at the Racecourse.

Lady luck heavily favoured two stud-owners, who are keeping big stables, when each won a race after a long time.

Zaheer's Lucky Coin won the second race at five to twos while Khurshid Baig's chestnut filly upset all calculations to be the biggest upsetter of the day in the third race.

Results:

SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS-VII

DIV-II-B 800M:

Love Minister (Mian Mohammad Ashraf) 8-9 Ali Raza 1, Dogar's Gift 8-8 M. Jahangir 2, Mystic 8-8 M. Nasir 3, King Cobra 8-10 Sarfraz Hussain 4.

Won by 4 ½ L, 9 L, 4 L. Time 51 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS-VII

DIV-II-A 800M:

Lucky Coin (Zaheer Aslam) 9-0 Imran Pervaiz 1, High Quality 8-0 M. Hussain 2, Shah Pari 8-10 Tariq Habib 3, Lucky Star 8-5 Farhan Butt 4.

Won by 1 3/4 L, 1 1/4 L, 6 L. Time 52 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.

SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS-VII

DIV-I & II 800M:

Crystal Heart (Arif Khurshid Baig) 8-12 Khalid Ali 1, Janu 9-2 Anjum 2, Royal Palace 9-3 Naseer Ahmad 3, So Romantic 8-8 M. Wasim Khan 4.

Won by 1 ½ L, Short-head, 1 3/4 L. Time 52 sec.

Winner trained by I. Nawab.

SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS-VII

DIV-I 800M:

Sign Of Success (Saqlain Ashiq) 8-2 A. Alam 1, Chuey Muey 9-0 Anjum 2, Princess Afaq 8-4 Ali Raza 3, Blu's Wendy 8-1 M. Zulifqar 4.

Won by Neck, 4 ½ L, Neck. Time 51 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by Irfan 11.

JHELUM PLATE CLASS-V

DIV-II 800M:

Great Bulbul (Khalid Malik) 8-10 Sajjad Hussain 1, Daisy Against All 8-10 Saqib 2, Dam Dama Dam 8-2 M. Atif 3, Sharp Burg 8-12 Atif Javaid 4.

Won by ½ L, 2 L, 1 ½ L. Time 50 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.

JHELUM PLATE CLASS-V

DIV-I 800M:

Moj Mayla (ChaudhryMohammad Riaz) 7-13 Ali Raza 1, Cobbler 9-0 M. Sharif 2, Armida 9-0 Khalil Vicky 3, Ferrari 8-10 Khalid Ali 4.

Won by Neck, Distance, 1 L. Time 51 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Khurrum Hussain.