February 11, 2008	Monday	Safar 03, 1429

KARACHI, Feb 10: Public fancy four-year-old dark bay filly Bacaradi lived up to her credentials when she galloped to a facile seven length’s victory to claim the day’s honours in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Making her appearance after a long layoff she led the field right from the word go and crossed the finishing post way ahead of another filly Be Jamalo to make it two on trot in the fourth race.

Owned by Shahbaz Younus and saddled by Taj Mohammad, she was ridden home by M. Nasir.

Ten-year-old bay Daruwala and four-year-old filly NYX completed the frame among 12 runners.

Dawn had five winners including Bacaradi in a card of seven races that were resumed after a month. The other two races were won by outsiders. The horses’ seems to be in a good trim after suffering from equine influenza.

Seven-year-old favourite mare Afroze Jehan also came out with shining performance under rider M. Wasim II when she edged Dragon Heart by one-and-a-half lengths to land the feature event, the seven and last race.

Mare The Princess Arab and colt Lion Of Arab completed the board.

Twelve-year-old mare Taneez claimed a long overdue victory when she eased past bay Sanam Jan by three-and-a-half lengths to land the opener while six-year-old bay Baap Re Baap outpaced Baby John by three lengths to pick up spoils in the next.

Rider Zulfiqar Ali piloted home odds-on-favourite four-year-old bay colt Reyan The Great to three-and-a-half lengths victory in the fifth race.

Native King, an eight-year-old bay, pulled off the first upset when he beat The Choice Of The Day by five lengths while Thanks Naeem stunned Leopard Of Arab by half-a-length to win the sixth.

The next Gymkhana race meeting will be held on Wednesday.

Results:

THE SEHAR PLATE DIV V CLASS VII 4 1/2F:

Taneez (Asghar Mehmood Baig) 8-7 (cr8-0), Farmanullah 1. Sanam Jan 8-8 (cr8-6), Nazil Hussain 2. Silent Love 8-0, Mohammad Essa 3. Fascinate 8-8 (cr8-3), Ghous Bux 4.

Won by 3 1/2L, 3L, 2 3/4L. Time: One min 1 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by Ibrahim.

THE SEHAR PLATE DIV I CLASS VII 4 1/2F:

Baap Re Baap (Zulfiqar Ali Qureshi) 8-13 (cr8-10), M. Wasim II 1. Baby John 8-10, Mohammad Essa 2. Rokara 8-3, M. Nawaz Bilal 3. Khyber 8-10, M. Nasir 4.

Won by 3L, Neck, 4L. Time: One min.

Winner trained by M. Aslam Khan.

THE SEHAR PLATE DIV IV CLASS VII 4 1/2F:

Native King (Mohammad Zahid Malik) 8-5, M. Umer 1. The Choice Of The Day 9-0 (cr8-2), Rehan Usman 2. Moment To Moment II 8-6 (cr7-13), Farmanullah 3. Black Rock 8-2, Zulfiqar Ali 4.

Won by 5L, 8L, Dist. Time: One min 1 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Naseem.

THE SEHAR PLATE DIV III CLASS VII 4 1/2F:

Bacaradi (Shahbaz Younus) 9-0, M. Nasir 1. Be Jamalo 8-9 (cr8-4), Ghous Bux 2. Daruwala 8-8, M. Wasim II, 3. NYX 8-10, M. Amjad 4.

Won by 7L, 4L, 4L. Time: 59 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Taj Mohammad.

THE SEHAR PLATE DIV II CLASS VII 4 1/2F:

Reyan The Great (Reyan Ahmed) 9-0 (cr8-7), Zulfiqar Ali 1. Hi Darling 8-6, Mumtaz Ali 2. Mushki 8-1, Shahzad 3. Can’t Catch Me 7-12, Riaz Mohammad 4.

Won by 3 1/2L, 3/4L, Dist. Time: One min.

Winner trained by Ghulam Channa.

THE ERUM PLATE CLASS VI 4 1/2F:

Thanks Naeem (Nawab Jawaid) 7-12, Ashiq Ali 1. Leopard Of Arab 8-9, A. Ahmed 2. Arab Hi Arab 9-0, M. Nasir 3. Bullet Of Arab 8-6, Abdul Mutlib 4.

Won by 1/2L, 2L, 10L. Time: One min 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by M. Khalil.

THE INAM PLATE CLASS V DIV I AND II 4 1/2F:

Afroze Jehan (Mohammad Yousuf Khan) 7-8, M. Wasim II 1. Dragon Heart 9-0, Shahid Manan 2. The Princess Arab 7-8, M. Nasir 3. Lion Of Arab 8-4, Abdul Mutlib 4.

Won by 1 1/2L, 4L, 7L. Time: 58. 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by M. Aslam Khan.