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LAHORE, March 19: Chestnut colt Pak Edition put on a smashing performance to land the feature event during the midweek Lahore gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.
The three to one chance colt piloted by Shakeel Mahmood set a hot pace right from the very start in order to beat My Delilah by five lengths. Love Minister and Honest Minister completed the frame among the 10 runners. The winner clocked 57 seconds on the dust track in the the over 900 metres race, the sixth one in the racing order.
The third race was delayed by 45 minutes when the Lahore Race Club (LRC) decided to stop all proceedings midway to telecast the newly-elected speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza’s oath taking ceremony.
Long shot chestnut filly Arzoo upset all calculations by winning the supporting and fifth race. Ridden by the riding boy Ali Raza, the filly shot in to lead by 200 metres to beat the favourite Pick Of The Day by a length’s margin. Rang Dey Basanti finished third and the filly Freeze was fourth.
The day’s best performer was the raging favourite bay mare Hermatic. Ridden by the riding boy S. Ammad and trained by Tauqeer Ahmad, the six-year-old mare beat God’s Gift by two and a half lengths with Victory King and Dimple finishing third and fourth, respectively.
Riding boy Majid Ali excelled in the saddle bringing home a brace of winners. Majid steered Sherni in the opener and then followed it up with a fluent victory on Shahbaz Love in the seventh and last race of the day. Both the winners were sent out by trainer M. Hanif. Only three favourites won in a card of seven events.
Results:
TALAGANG PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 900M: Sherni (Mohammad Iqbal) 8-8 Majid Ali 1, Smiling Assassin 8-2 Anjum 2, Golden Falcon 8-10 Ali Raza 3 and Cash Deposite 7-8 Zameer 4.
Won by 4 L, 2 ¾ L, 3 L. Time one minute 1 second. Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.
TALAGANG PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 900M: Geo Bhakkar (Malik Bashir) 9-0 Aamir Mstafa 1, Miss Mano 9-0 Majid Ali 2, Red Baron 8-8 M. Jamil 3 and Little Love 8-6 M. Akram 4.
Won by 1 ¼ L, 1 ¼ L, 3 L. Time one minute 0 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.
SHAH KOT PLATE CLASS VI DIV III 900M: Al Ain (Ali Mohammad Al-Shamsi) 8-2 M. Hanif 1, Lucky Coin 8-12 Imran Parvaiz 2, Nut Cracker 9-0 Majid Ali 3 and Puma y De Jan 8-4 Parvaiz Bhatty 4.
Won by 7 L, 7 L, 1 ¾ L. Time 59 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Abid Mehmood.
SHAH KOT PLATE CLASS VI DIV IV 900M: Hermatic (Zaheer Aslam) 8-10 S. Ammad 1, God’s Gift 8-6 M. Hanif 2, Victory King 8-2 Sajjad Hussain 3 and Dimple 9-0 Naseer Ahmad 4.
Won by 2 ½ L, 1 L, 2 L. Time one minute zero second. Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
SHAH KOT PLATE CLASS VI DIV II 900M: Arzoo (Mhammad Aslam) 8-10 Ali Raza 1, Pick Of The Day 9-2 Salah-ud-Din 2, Rang Dey Basanti 9-2 Imran Parvaiz 3 and Freeze 8-10 Majid Ali 4.
Won by 1 L, 5 L, 6 L. Time 59 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shahzad Ali.
SHAH KOT PLATE CLASS VI DIV I 900M: Pak Edition (Naseer-ud-Din) 9-0 Shakeel Mahmood 1, My Delilah 8-6 Tariq Habib 2, Love Minister 8-10 M. Hanif 3 and Honest Minister 8-10 Ali Raza 4.
Won by 5 L, 1 ¼ L, 1 ¼ L. Time 57 seconds. Winner trained by Imran.
TALAGANG PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 900M: Shahbaz Love (Mohammad Iqbal) 8-6 Majid Ali 1, Kiss Of Love 8-0 M. Atif 2, Lal Pari 7-10 A. Alam 3 and Muskan 8-8 Shakeel Mahmood 4.Won by 6 L, 1/ 2 L, Neck L. Time one minute 1 second. Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.
