KARACHI, Sept 14: Favourite The Conqueror galloped to a facile five lengths’ victory to land the feature event in the absence of filly Moomal who along with three other horses was withdrawn in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

The Conqueror who was installed favourite after jockey Shabbir replaced Lateef led from the front to post an emphatic win. He edged past Taizper for the honours.

Desert Hawk finished third four lengths behind while Star Of Galaxy completed the board.

Earlier, four horses pre-favourite Moomal, Captain Black, Manan Prince and Sahibzadi were withdrawn leaving seven runners in fray.

In an earlier race, four-year-old bay colt Ace Of Base lived up to his top billing storming to two lengths’ victory over filly Black Velvet to make it two on the trot.

The two were chased by Blind Date and Reyan The Great.

The first three races also ended in a blaze of glory for favourites — Victory Prince, Silver City and Mushki.

Outsiders reigned supreme in the remaining two races which raised quite a few eyebrows.

Three-year-old bay colt Hilal Tob with no form worth created quite a stir when he landed the fourth race under riding boy A. Qayyum. He outpaced Trust Again by five lengths to register his maiden win.

In the next, Dilruba was opened favourite and was backed by the racing public. Suddenly, Play Boy came under heavy betting and eventually won beating John Player by two-and-a-half lengths. Dilruba even failed to finish on the board.

The next Gymkhana race meeting will be held on Saturday.

Results:

THE MOHSIN PLATE 5F:

Victory Prince (Mr. S. Zafar Sajjad) 8-3(cr7-10) M. Manzoor 1, Hello Again 7-10 Sohail Ahmed 2, Princess 8-13 Arshad 3, Native Queen 7-10 Waheed 4.

Won by 8 1/4L, 3/4L, 7L. Time: One min 8 3/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Tufail.

THE MOHSIN PLATE DIV V

CLASS VII 5F:

Silver City (Syed Ali Gohar Shah) 8-13 S. Khan 1, Full ‘N’ Final 8-6 Ghulam Shabbir II, 2, Shan-e-Mir 8-6(cr8-13) Shahid Manan 3, Princess Zara 8-7 M. Manzoor 4.

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

10 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Talib Hissain.

THE MOHSIN PLATE DIV IV

CLASS VII 5F:

Mushki (Mr. Aftab Ahmed) 9-4(cr9-1) Mumtaz Ali 1, Guess Its Me 8-8 M. Yousuf 2, New Ferrari 8-13 Tariq Baran 3, The Choice Of The Day 8-9 Rehan Ahmed 4.

Won by 2L, 2 1/2L, Dist. Time: One min 6 4/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Pervaiz.

THE MOHSIN PLATE DIV III

CLASS VII 5F:

Hilal Tob (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 8-2(cr7-9) A. Qayyum 1, Trust Again 7-13 M. Manzoor 2, Princess Rozi 9-1 Mumtaz Ali 3, Paidagir 8-12 Ghulam Shabbir II, 4. Won by 5L, 1 1/2L, 7L. Time: One min 6 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE MOHSIN PLATE DIV II

CLASS VII 5F:

Play Boy (Mr. Ghulam Dastagir Rajar) 8-3 M. Nasir 1, John Player 8-4 Zaheer Ahmed 2, Novaho’s Glory 8-2(cr7-13) Waheed 3, Waada 8-7 M. Yousuf 4.

Won by 2 1/2L, 4L, 1/2L. Time: One min 5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE INFAIRABLE PLATE CLASS VI 6F:

Ace Of Base (Mr. Amjad Hussain) 9-0 Tariq Baran 1, Black Velvet 9-0 M. Nasir 2, Blind Date 8-7 M. Manzoor 3, Reyan The Great 7-10 Zulfiqar Ali 4.

Won by 2L, Dist, Dist. Time: one min 16 sec. Winner trained by Ramzan A.

THE MASTER PLATE CLASS IV

AND V DIV I AND II 6F:

The Conqueror (Mr. Ghulam Dastagir Rajar) 8-5 Ghulam Shabbir II, 1, Taizper 8-12 Zaheer Ahmed 2, Desert Hawk 9-0 Zubair Ahmed 3, Star Of Galaxy 7-8 M. Amjad 4.

Won by 5L, 4L, 1/2L. Time: one min 17 4/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.