KARACHI, Nov 16: Four-year-old bay filly Sugar Sweet, as predicted, lived up to her top billing when she stormed to one-and-a-half lengths victory over colt Mushki to complete a hat-trick in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Her triumph in the opener was never in doubt considering her current form and fitness and she won as she pleased. Like the previous two outings, Sugar Sweet was smartly ridden home by jockey Mohammad Essa who too, made it three-in-a-row so does owner Pir Pagara and trainer Allah Judrio.

Filly Novaho’s Glory settled for third by finishing eight lengths behind while another filly Friendly Fire completed the board in a field of seven.

Predictions about the five-year-old bay The Conqueror and two-year-old bay filly Stratusfaction also came true when they obliged punters by returning with flying colours.

The Conqueror, who was beaten by a distance in the closely-fought last outing, made amends this time by registering three-and-a-quarter lengths victory over Closing Argument to claim the day’s feature event. Saddled by Mushtaq Ali Khan, he was piloted home by M. Nasir.

Afroze Jehan and Spice Of Arab followed the two in same order.

Backed by connection, Stratusfaction rose to the occasion when she landed The Sire Produce Stakes beating filly After Shock by seven lengths to post her maiden win under jockey Ghulam Shabbir II.

Her stable mate filly Lil Kimm finished third while filly Ice Blue settled for fourth.

The race, restricted to two-year-old old colts and fillies, was cancelled after being run for lack of competition last week.

In an earlier race, Shabbir powered seven-year-old joint favourite mare Blind Date to facile five lengths victory which earned him a back-to-back double.

The field was reduced to eight after co-favourite Play Boy and Sindh Malook were withdrawn.

The third and sixth races witnessed upsets when outsider filly Nyx and colt Spider Man toppled the favourites.

Nyx prevailed over favourite Lucky Gem by four-and-a-half lengths while Spider Man edged mare Rangilee by two and three-quarter lengths.

After finishing off the board thrice, public fancy Trust Again overcame all opposition to land the concluding race, beating Paidagir by six lengths.

He was steered to victory by Nasir who shared the riding honours with Shabbir. Nasir’s other winner was The Conqueror.

Results:

THE SHANOO PLATE DIV II

CLASS VII 5F:

Sugar Sweet (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 9-0, Mohammad Essa 1; Mushki 8-2, Rehan Ahmed 2; Navaho’s Glory 9-5 (cr8-12), Irfan Shahwani 3; Friendly Fire 8-9, M. Nasir 4.

Won by 1 1/2L, 8L, 1/2L. Time: One minute 5 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE SILVER PLATE CLASS V

DIV I AND II 6F:

The Conqueror (Ghulam Dastagir Rajar) 9-4, M. Nasir 1; Closing Argument 8-13, Sohail Ahmed 2; Afroze Jehan 9-8, Wasim 3; Spice Of Arab 9-8, Tariq Baran 4.

Won by 3 1/4L, 4L, Dist. Time: One minute 19 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE SHANOO PLATE DIV III

CLASS VII 5F:

Nyx (Amin Faisal) 8-3, Nadeem Akhtar 1; Haroon Prince 8-11 (cr8-6), Zulfiqar Ali 2; Lucky Gem 9-4 (cr8-11), Irfan Shahwani 3; Victory Prince 8- 5(cr7-12), Tauheed Ali 4.

Won by 4 1/2L, 1 3/4L, 1 1/2L. Time: One minute 8 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Rafiq Ahmed.

THE SHANOO PLATE DIV I

CLASS VII 5F:

Blind Date (Syed Sadruddin Shah) 8-10, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; Royal Loyalty 8-12, M. Nasir 2; Persian Blue 8-10, Fahim K 3; Leopard Of Arab 8-10, A. Ahmed 4.

Won by 5L, 2L, S. Head. Time: One minute 5 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

THE SIRE PRODUCE STAKES FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD COLTS

AND FILLIES 5F:

Stratusfaction (Syed M.A. Mahmood) 8-4, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; After Shock 8-4, Tariq Baran 2; Lil Kimm 8-11, Fahim K 3; Ice Blue 8-4, Sohail Ahmed 4.

Won by 7L, Neck, 3L. Time: One minute 4 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

The shanoo plate Div V

class VII 5f:

Spider Man (Beenish Hasan) 8-9, M. Yousuf 1; Rangilee 8-8, Sohail Ahmed 2; Full ‘N’ Final 8-13 (cr8-6), Tauheed Ali 3; Red Fairy 9-0 (cr8-7), Abdul Mutlib 4.

Won by 2 3/4L, 1/2L, 3L. Time: One minute 9 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Ameer Ahmed.

THE SHANOO PLATE DIV IV

CLASS VII 5F:

Trust Again (Ibrahim) 8-13, M. Nasir 1; Paidagir 9-0, M. Yousuf 2; Dream Prince 9-3 (cr8-10), Rehan Ahmed 3; Al Tahura 8-11, Tariq Baran 4.

Won by 6L, 2 1/2L, 3/4L. Time: One minute 7 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by owner.