June 04, 2007	Monday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1428

LAHORE, June 3: Fancied gelding Zanjeer proved himself a good sprinter when he landed the feature event, Hyderabad Plate, a class four division I and II combined handicap race, ran over 1000 metres during Day/Night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.

Ridden by jockey Shahid Rehman, Zanjeer was given a gem of ride in waiting style to beat the filly Nosheen, by two lengths.

Zanjeer was slightly slow at the start but once he levelled up with Nosheen, it seemed the race was his. Both Zanjeer and Nosheen were joint favourite in the betting ring, getting equal support from the backers, a rare phenomenon.

Two to one chance five-year old bay gelding, Great Murad, edged out Royal Fish at the finishing post to win the fifth and supporting event. The gelding took a flying jump at the start and leading all the way home beat on rushing Royal Fish by half a length. The bay horse Unter finished third, another seven lengths behind.

The filly Don't Follow, backed at 30 to 100 favourite, won the fourth race by a big margin of distance. She beat Janu while Eid and Sharp Burg finished third and fourth, respectively.

Favourite filly, Scarlet O' Hara was a comfortable winner in the third race. She beat Rana Choice by about three lengths. Remember You and Ferrari completed the board. In all, 15 ran for the event.

The dark-bay filly Simbi set her own pace to win the second race easily. The three-year-old filly, shot into lead right from the start and won the race unchallenged. Chestnut colt Tyson, who was the second favourite, finished second, six lengths behind while Little Legend and Blu's Wendy completed the frame.

Thirteen ran for the event after the last-minute withdrawal of Mubashara, who was injured when she fell in the starting gate. The stewards allowed Mubashara to be withdrawn before coming in to starter's order.

Earlier, First Dream, a joint favourite with Royal Palace, came from behind to beat front-runner Royal Palace by half a length in a closely contested race.

Jockey Shahid Rehman had a profitable day riding home three winners, Simbi, Don't Follow and Zanjeer in the alternate events, the second, fourth and sixth races.

Trainer Sohail Aziz kept up his march on the top of the trainers statistics table for the on going Lahore racing season saddling two winners-Scarlet O' Hara and Don't Follow.

Punters and bookmakers shared the day's proceedings equally when three favourites won in a card of six events. All races were contested over the sprinting distance of 1000 metres.

Results:

MALIR PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 1000M:

First Dream (Mian Mohammad Farrukh) 9-2 A. Alam 1, Royal Palace 9-3 M. Wasim Khan 2, Stride To Moment 8-11 Shakeel Mahmood 3 and Great Glamour 8-7 Javed Iqbal 4.

Won by 1/2 L, 6 L, 6 1/2 L. Time one min 8 secs. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

MALIR PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1000M:

Simbi (Junaid Rashid Rana) 9-0 Shahid Rehman 1, Tyson 8-7 M. Waseem Khan 2, Little Legend 9-0 M. Hussain 3 and Blu's Wendy 8-13 Shah Nawaz 4.

Won by 6 L, 6 1/2 L, 6 L. Time one min 5 secs. Winner trained by A.B. Malik.

SADIQABAD PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1000M:

Scarlet O' Hara (Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah) 8-10 Khalil Vicky 1, Rana Choice 8-9 Shakeel Mahmood 2, Remember You 8-9 Javed Iqbal 3 and Ferrari 9-3 M. Wasim Khan 4.Won by 2 3/4 L, 3 L, 4 1/2 L. Time one min 4 4/5 secs.

Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.

SADIQABAD PLATE PLATE

CLASS V DIV I 1000M:

Don"t Follow (Malik Ghulam Qadir) 9-3 Shahid Rehman 1, Janu 8-1 Sajjad Hussain 2, Eid 8-4 M. Wasim Khan 3, and Sharp Burg 8-10 Atif Javed 4.

Won by Distance, 3/4 L, 1 1/2 L. Time one min 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.

HYDERABAD PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1000M:

Great Murad (Shahbaz Ali Butt) 9-3 A. Imran 1, Royal Fish 9-3 Shahid Rehman 2, Unter 8-10 M. Nasir 3 and Moj Mayla 8-0 A. Alam 4.

Won by 1/2 L, 7 L, 5 L. Time one min 3 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

HYDERABAD PLATE CLASS IV DIV I & II 1000M:

Zanjeer (Khawaja M. Arif) 8-6 Shahid Rehman 1, Nosheen 9-8 Shakeel Mahmood 2, Noor 8-1 M. Wasim Khan 3 and Desert Queen 8-0 M. Atif 4.

Won by 2 L, 7 L, 8 L. Time one min 1 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.