November 12, 2007	Monday	Ziqa’ad 01, 1428

KARACHI, Nov 11: Speedy colt Vice Admiral obliged punters by repeating his winning feat to land the day’s honours in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Showing consistency the odds-on-favourite colt outpaced filly Leopard Of Arab by two lengths in the opener to make it two on trot.

The colt from the stables of Gul Mohammad Rajar was piloted home by jockey M. Nasir and saddled by trainer Mushtaq Ali Khan.

Red Rufus finished three lengths behind to grab third slot while Princess Rozi completed the frame beaten further by short head.

It was an eventful day for Rajar who completed a double when in the fourth race four-year-old long shot Truf Shot lowered the colours of favourite filly Phapha Kutni to claim the feature event.

Making amends, Truf Shot overcame bay Tharkyee by four lengths. He was followed by Phapha Kutni and Reyan King.

Two more favourites – Azam The Great and Good Naeem – also bitten the dust at the expense of mare Eye Lady and Jaguar in back to back races.

Rider Zaki Zakir stormed Eye Lady to three-quarter-of-a-length victory over Ghabra in the sixth race while Jaguar posted a magnificent 12 lengths victory over Good Naeem in the next.

Azam The Great who fractured his legs after negotiating the bend was destroyed.

Predictions about two-year-old bay colt Discreet Cat and three-year-old chestnut colt Count The Money also came true apart from Vice Admiral. The former notched up his maiden win edging Star Is Born by three lengths while the latter got the better of With Interest by two lengths in a neck-to-neck tussle.

In the other two races, The Ghazan Prince crossed the finishing post ahead of Sweetie Pie by four lengths while Awan was home in a facile six-length victory over Closing Argument.

Results:

THE IQBAL DAY PLATE DIV I

CLASS VII 5F:

Vice Admiral (Gul Mohammad Rajar) 8-12 M. Nasir 1, Leopard Of Arab 9-3(cr8-10) A. Ahmed 2, Red Rufus 8-10(cr8-7) Waheed Baran 3, Princess Rozi 8-6(cr8-3) M. Waseem II, 4. Won by 2L, 3L, S. Head. Time: One min 5 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE IQBAL DAY PLATE DIV II

CLASS VII 5F:

The Ghazan Prince (Irfan Mehdi) 8-6 Arshad 1, Sweetie Pie 9-4 Mohammad Essa 2, Shah Pasand 8-8(cr8-1) Abdul Mutlib 3, Can’t Catch Me 8-12(cr8-5) Rehan Usman 4. Won by 4L, 8L, 1 3/4L. Time: One min 4 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by G. Hassan.

THE SHAIR-E-MASHRIQ PLATE

CLASS VI 6F:

Awan (Shoukat Awan) 8-11 Asghar Ali 1, Closing Argument 8-10 Ghulam Shabbir II, 2, Taiz Per 9-4 Mohammad Essa 3, Khyber 9-2 Nazil Hussain 4. Won by 6L, 1 1/2L, 1/2L. Time: One min 17 3/5 sec.

Winner trained by Taj Mohammad.

THE MANILA PLATE CLASS IV 6F:

Truf Shot (Gul Mohammad Rajar) 8-10 Kashif Qamar 1, Tharkyee 8-11 Ghulam Shabbir II, 2, Phapha Kutni 8-12 Mohammad Essa 3, Reyan King 9-0 Rafiq 4. Won by 4L, 3/4L, 3L. Time: One min 16 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE ALIZA PLATE (FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD

COLTS AND FILLIES) 5F:

Discreet Cat (Zainab Ali) 8-7 M. Yousuf 1, Star Is Born 8-0(cr8-2) Fahim K 2, Sweet Girl 8-4 M. Nasir 3, Dark secret 9-0 Ghulam Shabbir II, 4. Won by 3L, 6 1/2L, 1/2L. Time: One min 4 4/54 sec.

Winner trained by Taj Mohammad.

THE IQBAL DAY PLATE DIV V

CLASS VII 5F:

Eye Lady (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 8-1(cr7-12) Zaki Zakir 1, Ghabra 7-10(cr7-3) A. Ahmed 2, Shah Sawar 8-9(cr8-6) M. Waseem II, 3, Annaba 8-5 Nasim Ahmed 4. Won by 3/4L, 4L, 6L. Time: One min 9 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE IQBAL DAY PLATE DIV IV

CLASS VII 5F:

Jaguar (Zulfiqar Ali Qureshi) 8-7(cr8-4) M. Waseem II, 1, Good Naeem 8-12(cr8-8) Mohammad Naeem 2, Marista 8-8(cr8-1) Irfan Shawani 3, Campari 8-7 Yousuf Ikram 4. Won by 12L, 4L, 5L. Time: One min 7 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by M. Aslam Khan.

THE IQBAL DAY PLATE DIV III

CLASS VII 5F:

Count The Money (Syed Ismail Shah) 9-1 Ghulam Shabbir II, 1, With Interest 9-5 Arshad 2, Daruwala 8-3 Pervaiz Ali 3, The Choice Of The Day 8-3 Rehan Usman 4. Won by 2L, 9L, 1 1/2L. Time: One min 6 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by S. Ehtisham.