Eid wins feature event on evening of upsets at LRC
By Our Sports Correspondent
LAHORE, June 25: Eid won the feature event of the day/night Lahore Gymkhana Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday. Owned by Malik Hamid Ali Noon and rode by M. Wasim Khan, Eid covered the distance of 900 metres in 55 4/5 seconds with a clear lead of nine lengths over runner-up Prince Salman in the Mianwali Plate Class-IV Division-I, II, III race.
Trained by Haji Fazal Hadi, Eid left behind hot favourite Great Murad at third spot. Golden Goal finished fourth.
On the day of upsets, Simbi, however, obliged punters, winning the fourth race of the day, the Talagang Plate Class-V Division-II, covering the distance of 900 metres in 56 1/5 seconds.
Simbi, which ended fourth last week when M. Zeeshan rode it, found the right combination this time when owner Junaid Rasheed Rana decided to give the saddle to jockey Shahid Rehman.
Shahid had also run Simbi for first position on June 10.
Simbi defeated runner-up Philosopher by eight-and-a-half lengths.
Earlier, Nawa-e-Seher opened the day on fine note by winning the first race, giving a long chase to the runner-up, Leader's Wing.
Rode by Saqib, Nawa-e-Seher covered the distance of 800 metres in 52 2/5 seconds.
Perfect Promise, ridden by Atif Javed, won the second race of the day, covering 900 metres in 57 seconds and beating the runner-up, Stride To Moment by three lengths.
Princess Afaq was the winner of the third race while Janu came out victorious in the fifth race.
Results:
THE CHAKWAL PLATE CLASS-VII DIV-II-B 800M:
Nawa-e-Seher (Wali Khan) 8-0 Saqib 1, Leader's Wing 8-13 Farhan Butt 2, Singapore 8-13 A. Alam 3, Usman Prince 8-10 Khalil Vicky 4.
Won by Distance. Time 52 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Wali Khan.
THE CHAKWAL PLATE CLASS-VII DIV-II-A 900M:
Perfect Promise 8-6 (Arif Gulzar) Atif Javed 1, Stride To Moment 8-0 Shakeel Mehmood 2, Lucky Coin 7-12 Imran Pervez 3, Sabbat Qadam 8-10 Sajjad Hussain 4.
Won by 3L. Time 57 sec.
Winner trained by Khushnood-ur-Rehman.
THE CHAKWAL PLATE CLASS-VII DIV-I 900M:
Princess Afaq (Iftikhar-uz-Zaman) 8-10 Ali Raza 1, Gold Round 8-0 M. Zeeshan 2, Shah Pari 8-12 A. Imran and Blu's Wendy 8-0 Saqib joint third.
Won by 3L. Time 57 sec.
Winner trained by Chaudhry Khurram Hussain.
THE TALAGANG PLATE CLASS-V DIV-II 900M:
Simbi (Junaid Rasheed Rana) 9-0 Shahid Rehman 1, Philosopher 8-4 Ali Raza 2, Striker 7-12 M. Zeeshan 3, Daizzy Against All 9-0 Saqib 4.
Won by 8 ½ L. Time 56 1/5 sec.
Winner trained by A. B. Malik.
THE TALAGANG PLATE CLASS-V DIV-I 900M:
Janu (Munir Dar) 7-12 A. Alam 1, Hellow Dancer 9-0 M. Atif 2, Run And Win 8-0 Shakeel Mahmood 3, Tyson 8-0 M. Wasim Khan 4.
Won by neck. Time 55 4/5 sec.
Winner trained by Manzoor Ahmed.
THE MIANWALI PLATE CLASS-IV DIV-I, II, III 900M:
Eid (Malik Hamid Ali Noon) 8-4 M. Wasim Khan 1, Prince Salman 7-8 M. Zeeshan 2, Great Murad 9-0 A. Imran 3, Golden Goal (8-0) Ali Raza.