KARACHI, Oct 19: Fancied four-year-old chestnut colt Crown Prince obliged connections and punters alike as three jockeys – Essa, Nasir and Shabbir – excelled in the saddle with a brace apiece in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

The colt edged bay The Conqueror by distance under Essa to register second successive win, giving the owner Haji Khuda Bux Rajar and trainer Mushtaq Ali Khan a sound start as they completed a hat trick by landing two cups.

Seven-year-old Afroze Jehan was placed third three lengths away while filly Baby John completed the board finishing further four lengths behind.

Making amends, three-year-old bay filly Moomal pulled off the first upset of the day, storming to half-a-length victory over favourite filly Claim To Fame to land The Eclipse Stakes, a term race for three-year-old horses, to be run over one mile.

They were followed by colt The Reyan and filly Blossom.

Taking advantage of his ability, favourite eight-year-old bay Naseeb claimed The Mile Championship getting the better of filly Phapha Kutni by five lengths in a mediocre time in the next race. Her stable mate Abhi Abhi was third among five runners.

Both the cup winners were piloted home by Nasir.

Running tactfully on the heels of opponents, Naseeb overtook them one by one after negotiating the bend and getting into straight for home to win hands down.

Earlier, favourite filly 3 Knot 3 eased to one-and-a-half lengths victory over After Shock to claim The Performance Cup restricted for two-year-old colts and fillies.

The first and second races ended in a blaze of glory for favourites – colts Walayat and Halal Tob respectively.

The former made it two on the trot beating Shan-e-Mir by two lengths with S. Khan astride while the latter prevailed over Chun Chun Chun also by two lengths under Essa.

Shabbir galloped a joint favourite Back In Action and a favourite Invazor to impressive victories in back-to-back races while chestnut Victory Prince beat Mixed Blessing by three-and-a-half lengths to earn honours in the concluding race.

Results:

THE MELA PLATE DIV V CLASS VII 5F:

Walayat (Syed Ali Gohar Shah) 8-10, S. Khan 1; Shan-e-Mir 8-4 (cr8-10), Shahid Mannan 2; Silent Love 8-6 (cr7-13), A. Qayyum 3; Ganga 7-10, Latif 4.

Won by 2L, 1/2L, 14L. Time: One min 9 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Talib Hussain.

THE MELA PLATE DIV III CLASS VII 5F:

Halal Tob (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 9-4, Mohammad Essa 1; Chun Chun Chun 8-5 (cr8-0), Abdul Mutlib 2; Guess Its Me 8-9, Fahim K 3; Princess Rozi 9-1 (cr8-8), Farasat Khan 4.

Won by 2L, 3L, 3 1/2L. Time: One min 6 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE PERFORMANCE CUP FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD

COLTS AND FILLIES 5F:

3 Knot 3 (Syed Khurram Anwar Ahmed) 8-4 (cr8-5), Tariq Baran 1; After Shock 8-4 (cr8-6), Arshad 2; Millions In Mind 8-4, Ghulam Shabbir II 3; Qasid 8-7, Mohammad Essa 4.

Won by 1 1/2L, 1 3/4L, 3 1/4L. Time: One min 6 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Ghulam Channa.

THE AIE BAHAR PLATE CLASS V DIV I AND II 6F:

Crown Prince (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 8-2, Mohammad Essa 1; The Conqueror 9-0, Kashif Qamar 2; Afroze Jehan 9-6, Rehan Ahmed 3; Baby John 8-6, Fahim K 4.

Won by Dist, 3L, 4L. Time: One min 14 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE ECLIPSE STAKES – TERM RACE FOR

THREE-YEAR-OLD HORSES IM:

Moomal (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 8-11, M. Nasir 1; Claim To Fame 8-11, Ghulam Shabbir II 2; The Reyan 9-0, Nadeem Akhtar 3; Blossom 8-11, Shahid Mannan 4.

Won by 1/2L, 4L, 3 3/4L. Time: One min 45 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE MILE CHAMPIONSHIP – HANDICAP RACE FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD HORSES AND ABOVE IM:

Naseeb (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 10-0, M. Nasir 1; Phapha Kutni 9-1, Zaheer Ahmed 2; Abhi Abhi 9-8, Mohammad Essa 3.

Won by 5L, Dist. Time: One min 47 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan

THE MELA PLATE DIV I CLASS VII 5F:

Back In Action (Syed M. A. Mahmood) 9-2, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; Play Boy 8-1, M. Amjad 2; Leopard Of Arab 8-10 (cr8-3), A. Ahmed 3; Persian Blue 8-13 (cr8-8), Ghous Bux 4.

Won by 4 1/2L, 7L, 5L. Time: One min 4 2/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

THE MELA PLATE DIV II CLASS VII 5F:

Invazor (Zainab Ali and Iman Ali) 9-0, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; Royal Loyalty 8-11, Arshad 2; Moon Dazzler 8-5, Mohammad Umar 3; Novaho’s Glory 9-0, Fahim K 4.

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

THE MELA PLATE DIV IV CLASS VII 5F:

Victory Prince (S. Zafar Sajjad) 8-8 (cr8-1), Tauheed Ali 1; Mixed Blessing 8-2, M. Yousuf 2; Catch It 8-1, Fahim K 3; The Choice Of The Day 8-7 (cr8-0), Irfan Sherwani 4.

Won by 3 1/2L, 4L, 2 1/2L. Time: One min 7 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Nazir.