June 07, 2007	Thursday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 21, 1428

LAHORE, June 6: Fancied bay mare Eid won the feature event of day/night Lahore Gymkhana midweek races at the Racecourse on Wednesday. The 60 to 100 favourite mare, owned by Lahore Race Club (LRC) steward Malik Hamid Ali Noon, beat long shot chestnut colt Gorcee The Great by over two lengths.

Hallow Dancer and Cross Ruff completed the frame among seven runners.

The victory of Eid gave trainer Haji Fazal Hadi a well deserved double when earlier in the fourth race he sent out half-money favourite Safe And Sound.

Giving a fine display of front-running, Safe And Sound defeated Murad The Great by over five lengths easily.

Princess Afaq and Gold Bird completed the board among seven runners after last-minute withdrawal of Dazzy Against All.

Another half-money favourite, Tyson, foiled a strong challenge from Shah Pari in dying strides to emerge victorious in the third race by a head's margin.

Tyson's early lead paid off well for a close win.

Chestnut filly Gold Round sprinted home to earn her career's first win defeating Tosca by over five lengths.

Royal Palace finished third with favourite Chinkara hardly hitting the board.

Four favourites – Gold Round, Tyson, Safe And Sound and Eid – obliged punters in a card of five races. They won in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and fifth race respectively.

The first event was bagged by a three to one chance Queen Of Gold to give turf accountants a token respite.

All the races were contested over 900 metres.

Results:

KARACHI PLATE CLASS-VII

DIV-II-B 900M:

Queen Of Gold (Tariq Saeem Mohammad) 8-12 Farhan Butt 1, Leader's Wing 8-1 Asad Abbas 2, Mosaic 8-11 Mujahid Ali (II) 3, Gringo 8-7 Fayyaz Chaudhry 4.

Won by Distance, 6 L, 7 ½ L. Time one min 2 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Malik Manga Khan.

KARACHI PLATE CLASS-VII

DIV-II-A 900M:

Gold Round (Mirza Khurshid Baig) 7-11 Munir Ahmad 1, Tosca 8-7 M. Hussain 2, Royal Palace 9-4 M. Wasim Khan 3, Chinkara 9-0 Khalil Vicky 4.

Won by 5 ½ L, 3 ½ L, Distance. Time 58 3/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mohammad Fayyaz.

KARACHI PLATE CLASS-VII

DIV-I 900M:

Tyson (M. S. Butt) 8-10 Naseer Ahmad 1, Tosca 8-7 M. Hussain 2, Shah Pari 8-5 Tariq Habib 3, Bird Fly 8-12 Shah Nawaz 4.

Won by Head, 2 L, 3 1/4 L. Time 59 sec.

Winner trained by S. Butt.

KOTRI PLATE CLASS-V

DIV-II 900M:

Safe And Sound (Sadiq Ali) 8-10 M. Wasim Khan 1, Murad The Great 8-4 Sajjad Hussain 2, Princess Afaq 7-12 A. Alam 3, Gold Bird 8-6 M. Nasir 4.

Won by 5 ½ L, 2 L, 3 L. Time 57 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by Haji Fazal Hadi.

KOTRI PLATE CLASS-V

DIV-I 900M:

Eid (Malik Hamid Ali Noon) 8-5 M. Wasim Khan 1, Gorcee The Great 9-0 A. Alam 2, Hallow Dancer 8-6 Khalil Vicky 3, Cross Ruff 8-6 Irfan Razzaq 4.

Won by 2 1/4 L, 3/4 L, 4 L. Time 56 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by Haji Fazah Hadi.