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| October 1, 2007 | Monday | Ramazan 18, 1428 |
Desert Prince rules in feature event of winter races
By Aftab Gilani
LAHORE, Sept 30: Fancied bay colt Desert Prince completed hat-trick of victories
by winning the feature event of the fifth Lahore Winter Meeting at the
Racecourse on Sunday.
The event was contested over 1400 metres.
The progeny of Beadouine Invader out-of-Four Aces and bred at Mirza Khurshid
Baig’s own stud farm was given a confident ride by Javed Iqbal.
He defeated Janu Manu by a wide margin of six lengths in a fast timing of one
minute 27 1/5 seconds.
Filly Lovely Gate and Harry Can View completed the frame among nine runners.
Tauqeer Ahmad-trained Desert Prince’s victory capped a marvellous weekend for
upcoming jockey Javed Iqbal, who also rode Zaheer Aslam’s Dogar Gift to a
splendid win in the opener.
In the fifth and supporting event, which was run over 1000 metres, long shot
colt Hellow Dancer just managed to get the better of Scarlet O’ Hara and Red Hot
Fire in the dying strides to land a courageous victory.
Ridden by M. Atif, Hellow Dancer beat Scarlet O’ Hara by a neck’s margin while
Red Hot Fire finished third two lengths further behind. Raging favourite Miss
Play finished close fourth under jockey Shahid Rehman. This is the second time
when a raging favourite trained by Haji Fazal Hadi and belonging to the stable
of Malik Hamid Ali Noon put up a dismal show.
Three-year-old bay filly Koshalia won the third race at ease to give owner
Junaid Rashid Rana joyous moments, who led the filly triumphantly on return to
the paddock.
Koshalia beat gelding Cross Ruff by one-and-a-half lengths.
Jockey Shahid Rehman rode Koshalia to complete his double as earlier he brought
Striker to victory in the second race.
M. Hanif, who returned from London last month to ride here, was accredited with
his first victory on Sunday, partnering Sher-e-Punjab in the fourth race.
In fact, it was the bay colt, Sher-e-Punjab, who ran fast and brought victory
for Hanif.
On Sunday, five favourite horses won in a card of seven events. Those who won
were: Striker, Koshalia, Sher-e-Punjab, Desert Prince and Dillagi in the 2nd,
3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th race respectively.
Dogar Gift and Hellow Dancer were the long shots who won the opener and the
fifth race.
Meanwhile, Karachi filly Fantastic Baby’s owner Kamal Farooq paid Rs100,000 to
Lahore Race Club stewards as penalty for late entry for the 1000 Guineas of
Pakistan, which will be run in Lahore during the winter season.
The last date for entries for the 1000 Guineas race got over on April 30.
Results:
MULTAN PLATE CLASS-VII DIV-III 900M:
Dogar Gift (Zaheer Aslam) 7-12 Javed Iqbal 1, Bone Crusher 8-10 A. Imran 2,
Malika 8-8 Anjum 3, Leader’s Wing 8-8 M. Zeeshan 4.
Won by 3/4 L, 2 1/4 L, ˝ L. Time 58 sec.
Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
MULTAN PLATE CLASS-VII DIV-II 900M:
Striker (Masood Pervaiz) 9-0 Shahid Rehman 1, Weldon Shogun 9-0 M. Wasim 2,
Jewna 9-0 Wajahat Hussain 3, Owais Dream 8-10 Sajjad Hussain 4.
Won by 2 L, 3 L, Head. Time 58 sec.
Winner trained by Iqbal Nawab.
MULTAN PLATE CLASS-VII DIV-I 900M:
Koshalia (Junaid Rashid Rana) 9-0 Shahid Rehman 1, Cross Ruff 8-13 A. Imran 2,
Rana Choice 8-6 M. Tariq 3, Shah Rani 8-10 Tariq Habib 4.
Won by 1 ˝ L, 5 ˝ L, Head. Time 55 4/5 sec.
Winner Trained by Allah Buksh Malik.
KALAM PLATE CLASS-V DIV-II 1000M:
Sher-e-Punjab (Haroon Ali) 8-12 M. Hanif 1, Trump Coup 8-13 A. Imran 2, Dazzy
Against All 8-6 M. Atif 3, Hellen Of Troy 8-10 Khalil Vicky 4.
Won by 5 L, 3 L, Neck. Time one min 11 4/5 sec.
Winner trained by Chaudhry Khurram Hussain.
KALAM PLATE CLASS-V DIV-I 1000M:
Hellow Dancer (Ghulam Sarwar Sahi) 8-8 M. Atif 1, Scarlet O’ Hara 8-6 M. Hanif
2, Red Hot Fire 8-12 Farid Ali 3, Miss Play 9-0 Shahid Rehman 4.
Won by Neck, 2 L, Neck. Time one min 2 4/5 sec.
Winner trained by M. Arshad.
PHULLARWAN PLATE CLASS-IV DIV-II & III 1400M:
Desert Prince (Mirza Khurshid Baig) 9-0 Javed Iqbal 1, Janu Manu 8-3 M. Atif 2,
Lovely Gate 9-4 Shahid Rehman 3, Harry Can View 9-1 Khalid 4.
Won by 6 L, 1 1/4 L, Distance. Time one min 27 1/5 sec.
Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
MULTAN PLATE CLASS-VII DIV-IV 900M:
Dillagi (Mohammad Rafiq) 9-2 Anjum 1, Pukkar 8-2 Sajjad Hussain 2, Brave Heart
9-0 M. Nasir 3, Mosaic 9-0 Wasim
Ahmad 4.
Won by Distance, 5 L, 2 L. Time 57 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.
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