November 19, 2007	Monday	Ziqa’ad 08, 1428

KARACHI, Nov 18: Three-year-old bay colt Sir Jee justified the confidence reposed in him when he galloped to a facile six lengths victory to make it two-in-a-row in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Public fancy Sir Jee was among other favourite horses who returned with flying colours in a card of nine races. In the process, he halted the winning streak of filly Sugar Sweet having four successive wins under her belt.

Trained by Allah Judrio, the winner was piloted home by former champion rider Mohammad Essa.

Rolex came in third by finishing three lengths behind while The Princess Arab completed the board in the six furlongs race.

Apart from Sir Jee, Crown Prince, Moomal, Vice Admiral and Dragon Heart also rose to the occasion as predicted by Dawn.

Two-year-old bay filly Moomal lifted The Neario Stakes under rider Nasir when she edged another filly Flawless Victory with ease by four-and-a-half lengths. The Strides By Strides Stakes ended in a blaze of glory for three-year-old bay filly Fantastic Baby who, despite making her appearance after a two-month layoff, beat Phapha Kutni by a length. This was also days feature event.

In fact, running on the heels of Phapha Kutni, Fantastic Baby cashed in the advantage after the former went wide in straight.

Fantastic Baby had the honour of setting a course record with six straight wins in August before going down to Abhi Abhi in the Defence Day Cup on Sept 9. Jockey Nasir emerged as the most successful rider by storming home four winners. Besides Moomal, he his other winners were filly Crown Prince, colt Vice Admiral and chestnut Desert Hawk.

Crown Prince posted eight-and-a-half lengths victory over NYX, Vice Admiral completed hat-trick registering nine lengths win over Leopard Of Arab while Desert Hawk made amends outpacing Moon Baby by half length.

He was followed by Shabbir who partnered a brace in Back In Action and The Ghazan Prince in second and concluding race.

A long time winner in waiting filly Little Girl overcame Desperado by two-and-a-half lengths to land the remaining race.

Results:

THE KINGREE PLATE DIV II

CLASS VII 5F:

Crown Prince (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 8-2 M. Nasir 1, NYX 8-4 Fahim K 2, Can’t Catch Me 8-9 Mumtaz Ali 3, Laat Sahib 8-6 Zaheer Ahmed 4. Won by 8 1/2L, 9L, 10L. Time: One min 4 3/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE KINGREE PLATE DIV IV

CLASS VII 5F:

Back In Action (Syed M. A. Mehmood)9-2 Ghulam Shabbir II, 1, Lucky Gem 8-7 Nadim Akhter 2, Geo Naeem 9-0 Fahim K 3, Hamza Joy 8-10(cr8-3) A. Ahmed 4. Won by 6L, 4’1/2L, 1/2L. Time: One min 4 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by S. Ehtisham.

THE NEARIO STAKES 2007 5F:

Moomal (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 8-11 M. Nasir 1, Flawless Victory 8-4 Ghulam Shabbir II, 2, Star Is Born 8-0 Fahim K 3, Tier Jee 8-7 Zaki Zakir 4. Won by 4 1/2L, 3 1/2L, 9L. Time: One min 3 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE FIRST LADY PLATE CLASS VI 6F:

Vice Admiral (Mr. Gul Mohammad Rajar) 8-12 M. Nasir 1, Leopard Of Arab 8-3 A. Ahmed 2, Taiz Per 9-5 Ghulam Shabbir II, 3, Paidagir 8-12 Faiz Mohammad 4. Won by 9L, 1 1/2L, 3/4 L. Time: One min 17 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE BESHARP PLATE CLASS V

DIV I AND II 6F:

Sir Jee (Mr. Kamil Malik) 8-3 Mohammad Essa 1, Sugar Sweet 9-1 Ghulam Shabbir II, 2, Rolex 8-5 Mohammad Yousuf 3, The Princess Arab 8-3 Nazil Hussain 4. Won by 6L, 3L, 2L. Time: One min 17 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE STRIDES BY STRIDES STAKES 2007 CLASS III AND IV 6F:

Fantastic Baby (M/s Tanveer Mirza/Kamal Farooq) 8-4 Fahim K 1, Phapha Kutni 8-7 Zaki Zakir 2, Savabeel 7-7 A. Ahmed 3, Tharkyee 8-9 Ghulam Shabbir II, 4. Won by 1L, 4L, 1 1/4L. Time: one min 17 sec.

Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

THE KINGREE PLATE DIV V

CLASS VII 5F:

Little Girl (Haji Munir Ahmed) 8-0 Lateef 1, Desperado 7-10 Mohammad Essa 2, Royal Loyalty 7-12 S. Khan 3, Shah Sawar 8-10 M. Waseem II, 4. Won by 2 1/2L, 3/4L, 4L. Time: One min 8 sec.

Winner trained by S. Ehtisham.

THE KINGREE PLATE DIV III

CLASS VII 5F:

Desert Hawk (Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Choudhry) 8-6 M. Nasir 1, Moon Baby 7-10 Fahi K 2, Trust Again 8-11 Shahid Manan 3, Jaguar 8-6(cr8-3) M. Waseem II, 4. Won by 1/2L, 7 1/2L, 1/2L. Time: One min 5 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Abid Ali Jan.

THE KINGREE PLATE DIV I

CLASS VII 5F:

The Ghazan Prince (Mr. Irfan Mehdi) 8-2 Ghulam Shabbir II, 1, Red Rufus 8-11(cr8-6) Waheed Baran 2, Princess Rozi 8-3(cr8-0) M. Waseem II, 3, Hi Darling 7-12 Shahzad Shawani 4. Won by 5L, 6L, 1/2L. Time: One min 6 sec.

Winner trained by G. Hassan.