October 01, 2008	Wednesday	Shawwal 1, 1429

LAHORE, Sept 30: Four-year-old dark bay colt Brave Heart underlined his vast improvement with a facile victory to land the feature event run over the sprinting distance of 1,000 metres during the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Tuesday.

In view of Eid-ul-Fitr, the races scheduled for Wednesday were held a day earlier.

Setting a hot pace, Brave Heart warded off a strong challenge from filly Dream Memories, leading all the way home to win the race by one and a half lengths. Dam Dama Dam and Murad King completed the frame in a big field of 15 runners.

Ridden by the riding boy Naseer Ahmad, Brave Heart was trained by Mohammad Siddiq. Strangely enough Brave Heart finished fifth only two days ago, on September 28, under the riding boy Majid Ali.

The best performer of the day was the three-year-old bay colt Golden Falcon, who won the last race. Trained by Mohammad Hanif and ridden by M. Waseem Khan, Golden Falcon held off strong challenge from fillies Sana My Love and Pretty when he picked up the pace with 200 metres to go. It was the colt’s second win in a row.

It was a day of even exchanges between punters and bookmakers when three favourites — Brave Heart, Boby Love and Golden Falcon — won in a card of six events. The other events were won by long shots.

The opener was annexed by the four-to-one blue-roan filly Fakhar-e-Sialkot, who came rushing from far behind to beat Mahima by one-and-a-half lengths. The bay gelding High Quality finished third while favourite filly Luka Toni completed the frame.

Favourite colt, Brave Heart won the second race, which incidentally was the feature event.

The four-to-one chance bay mare Scented Dust registered a surprise win in the third race. She beat the heavily-backed Easy Load by over a length. Come On and Pure Power completed the board.

Another long shot chestnut horse Book Bet upset all calculations to win the fourth race, defeating favourite Client by over a length. Again the favourite Golden Falcon won the sixth and last race to bring the punters and bookmakers at par in the day’s proceedings.

Trainer Aleem-ud-Din highlighted the pre Eid-ul-Fitr gymkhana races with a lucrative double through Fakhar-e-Sialkot and Book Bet, both available at attractive odds.

Results:

SHAHKOT PLATE CLASS VI,

DIV III and IV 1,000M:

Fakhar-e-Sialkot (Munir Ahmad Dar) 8-5

Imran Pervez 1; Mahima 7-12 M Jamil 2; High Quality 9-0 Munir Ahmad 3 and Luka Toni 8-4 Ali Raza 4.

Won by 1 1/2 L, Neck, 2L. Time: One minute six seconds.

Winner trained by Aleem-ud-Din.

SHAHKOT PLATE CLASS VI

DIV I and II 1,000M:

Brave Heart (Rana Mohammad Arshad) 8-7 Naseer Ahmed 1; Dream Memories 9-4 M Wasim Khan 2; Dam Dama Dam 8-6 Khalil Vicky 3 and Murad King 7-8 M Wasim 4.

Won by 1 1/2 L, Distance :1L. Time: One minute 4 3/5seconds.

Winner trained by Mohammad Siddiq.

RAVI PLATE CLASS VII, DIV IV, 1,000M:

Scented Dust (Sardar Aleem) 9-0 Khalil Vicky 1; Easy Load 7-8 M. Waseem 2; Pakistani 8-8 Naseer Ahmad 3 and Independence Day 7-12 Alam Sher 4.

Won by 1 1/4 L, 1 1/4 L, 1 1/4 L. Time one minute 9 1/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Azhar Ali.

RAVI PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 1,000M:

Boby Love 8-12 M. Jamil 1; Leader’s Wing 8-4 Naseer Ahmad 2; Come On 8-0 Sikander Khan 3 and Pure Power 8-12 M. Bilal 4.

Won by 2 3/4 L, 6 L, 2 3/4 L. Time one minute 7 4/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

RAVI PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 1,000M:

Book Bet (Aleem-ud-Din) 8-8 Fareed Ali 1; Client 8-11 Fayyaz Choudhry 2; Kiss Of Love 7-10 Naseer Ahmad 3 and Changer 9-0 Majid Ali 4.

Won by 1 1/2 L, 3 1/2 L, 1/2 L. Time one minute 8 seconds.

Winner trained by Aleem-ud-Din.

RAVI PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1,000M:

Glden Falcon (Hyder Naeem) 8-13 M. Waseem Khan 1; Sana My Love 8-7 M. Zulfiqar 2; Pretty 7-12 Sikander Khan 3 and Delux 9-0 Fareed Ali 4.

Won by 2 1/4 L, 1/2 L, 1 L. Time one minute 7 4/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.

The next Lahore Winter Meeting will be held on Sunday.