March 31, 2008	Monday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 22, 1429

KARACHI, March 30: Public fancy four-year-old bay Vice Admiral proved too good for his opponents in making it two wins on the trot as owner Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara scored a treble in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Vice Admiral set the pace right from the word go and enhanced his lead after negotiating the bend to gallop to an eight-and-a-half length’s victory over filly Leopard Of Arab.

Saddled by Mushtaq Ali Khan, he was smartly ridden home by jockey M. Nasir.

Thanks Naeem and Reyan the Great finished in the same order to complete the frame as the field was reduced to 13 following the eleventh hour withdrawal of colt Sada-e-Awan due to injury at the starting gate.

Backed by connection, filly Taizper posted one-and-a-half lengths victory over colt Lion Of Arab to claim the feature event. They were chased by Arab Hi Arab and Terrorist.

Taizper who got the owner’s blessing over stablemate Terrorist completed the rout.

Earlier, filly Jadu Jantar and colt Tube Jee made amends to present Pir Pagara with a back-to-back double in the third and fourth races.

The former edged bay Trust Again by two lengths while the latter romped home by 14 lengths.

Irfan Mehdi’s four-year-old colt Sing Sing returned with flying colours for the second time running, beating colt Mr Mention Not by two-and-a-half lengths to win top division of class VII.

Syed Ali Gohar Shah’s four-year-old bay colt Muktadar repeated his winning feat by posting a two-and-a-half length’s victory in the opener while mare Silent Love overcame Sanam Jan by two-and-a-half lengths in the second.

Trainer Allah Judrio saddled the winning trio of Pir Pagara while riders Zaki Zakir and Arshad came out with a brace of winners.

Results:

THE MOON PLATE DIV V CLASS VII 5F:

Muktadar (Syed Ali Gohar Shah) 9-0, S. Khan 1; Shan-e-Awan 9-1, Fahim K 2; Captain Cook 7-11 (cr7-12), M. Wasim II 3; Champion Express 8-1 (cr8-4), Ghous Bux 4. Won by 2 1/2L, 1 3/4L, 6L. Time: One min 8 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Talib Hussain.

THE MOON PLATE DIV IV

CLASS VII 5F:

Silent Love (Nasrullah) 8-0, Zaheer Ahmed 1; Sanam Jan 8-4 (cr8-5), Zubair Ahmed 2; Daruwala 8-10, Wasim A 3; Fascinate 8-6, Rehan Ahmed 4.

Won by 2 1/2L, 3L, Neck. Time: One min 8 sec. Winner trained by Sher Mohammad.

THE MOON PLATE DIV III

CLASS VII 5F:

Jadu Jantar (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 8-7 (cr8-4), Zaki Zakir 1; Trust Again 8-2, Sohail Ahmed 2; Mushki 9-0 (cr8-7), Mumtaz Ali 3; Sweet Grandy 8-2 (cr8-5), Ghous Bux 4.

Won by 2L, 3L, 5L. Time: One min 6 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE MOON PLATE DIV II CLASS VII 5F:

Tube Jee (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 9-4, Arshad 1; Khyber 8-10, Zubair Ahmed 2; Love Pakistan 8-2, Tauheed Ali 3; Guess It’s Me, 8-0 (cr7-7), Shehzad Gul 4.

Won by 14L, 3 1/2L, 2 3/4L. Time: One min 5 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE MOON PLATE DIV I CLASS VII 5F:

Sing Sing (Irfan Mehdi) 8-7, Arshad 1; Mr Mention Not 9-0, Sohail Ahmed 2; Hi Darling 8-5, Mumtaz Ali 3; Sharp Cat 8-3, M. Amjad 4.

Won by 2 1/2L, 13L, 1 1/4L. Time: One min 5 1/5 sec. Winner trained by G. Hassan.

THE STAR PLATE CLASS VI 6F:

Vice Admiral (Gul Mohammad Rajar) 8-9, M. Nasir 1; Leopard Of Arab 8-10, Zubair Ahmed 2; Thanks Naeem 8-8, Ghous Bux 3; Reyan The Great 9-4, Faiz Mohammad 4.

Won by 8 1/2L, 6 1/2L, 7L. Time: One min 18 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE PAK PLATE CLASS V

DIV I AND II 6F:

Taizper (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 9-0, Zaki Zakir 1; Lion Of Arab 8-3, Zubair Ahmed 2; Arab Hi Arab 7-10, M. Wasim II 3; Terrorist 8-0, Ghulam Shabbir II 4.

Won by 1 1/4L, 4L, 1/2L. Time: One min 19 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

Dawn comes out winner!

IT seldom happens and Sunday was the day when Dawn’s tips for the day’s winners proved to be cent per cent correct as all the backed horses dominated the track by sprinting to glory.

Right from the first race to the last, including the day’s best and good double, all walked away with facile victories while eight were placed out of the possible 14.

The winners include Muktadar, Silent Love, Jadu Jantar, Tube Jee, Sing Sing, Vice Admiral and Taizper.—AZ