KARACHI: Rank outsider chestnut colt Gold City sprang a surprise while lowering the colours of fancied mare National Queen in the Eid-ul-Azha Cup in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Ably ridden by seasoned rider Moham­mad Essa, the four-year-old colt galloped to a four-length victory over the National Queen to win the honours as favourites swept all but one race of the day’s card.

Colt Touching Star finished third four lengths behind while another colt Cash The Cheque completed the frame finishing a further two-and-a half lengths away among six starters.

In an earlier race, two-year-old bay colt Kings Man annexed The Kingree Lodge Performance Cup with rider Zubair Ahmed astride.

Having content with second place in The Youngster Cup under same rider, Kings Man won as he pleased by a massive eight lengths over filly Stylish.

No Fear and debutant Boogie Man followed the two in same order on the board.

First Night, a three-year-old bay filly, completed hat-trick by getting the better of Sensational by three lengths and-a-half. Essa had partnered all the three winners. Sunday’s win helped him complete a double with Gold City being other winner.

At the outset, bay colt Karobar stretched his winning run by powering to a fluent five lengths victory over Shahzad Love.

Wait A Second, formerly Wait A Minute, made it three on the trot imposing to eight lengths and-a-quarter victory over Janisar to claim the second race.

Medusa, a four-year-old bay filly, atoned to her previous loss storming to a splendid nine lengths victory over Happy Lady. The filly was piloted home by Ghulam Shabbir II.

Trainer Mohyuddin and M. Rafiq K sent two winners apiece the former’s winners being Karobar and Kings Man and the latter’s winners were Wait A Second and Medusa.

Results: THE EID PLATE SCALE ORDER VI AND VII 5 F:

Karobar (Syed Sibghatullah Pir Pagara) 8-5, Ashiq Ali 1; Shahzad Love 8-5, Riaz Ahmed 2; Star Gold 8-5, M. Sajjad 3; Khazana 9-2, Wasim 4. Won by 5 L, 3½ L, 1½ L. Time: One minute 6 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohyuddin.

THE EID PLATE SCALE ORDER IV, V AND VI 5 F:

Wait A Second (Nannad Kumar) 7-8, M. Sajjad 1; Janisar 9-0, Zaki Zakir 2; Business Man 8-13, Riaz Ahmed 3; Meri Sahiba 7-8, Mohammad Essa 4. Won by 8¼ L, 2½ L, ½ L. Time: One minute 5 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

THE EID PLATE SCALE ORDER III AND IV 5 F:

Medusa (Syed Ismail Shah) 8-7, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; Happy Lady 9-0, Mohammad Essa 2; Hello Cuttie 8-2, Wasim 3; Urban Lady 8-4 (cr8-0), Abdul Hakim 4. Won by 9 L, Neck, ¾ L. Time: One minute 4 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

THE KINGREE LODGE PERFORMANCE CUP – A TERM RACE FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD PAK COLTS AND FILLIES – 5 F:

Kings Man (Kamran Khan Tessori) 8-7, Zubair Ahmed 1; Stylish 7-11, Wasim 2; No Fear 8-4, Ashiq Ali 3; Boogie Man 8-7, Ghulam Shabbir II 4. Won by 8 L, 5 L, Distance. Time: One minute 4 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohyuddin.

THE EID-UL-AZHA CUP SCALE ORDER I 5 F:

Gold City (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 7-5, Mohammad Essa 1; National Queen 8-3, Wasim 2; Touching Star 9-0, M. Manzoor 3; Cash The Cheque 9-6, Sohail Ahmed 4. Won by 4 L, 4 L, 2½ L. Time: One minute 3 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Ali Gul.

THE EID PLATE SCALE ORDER II AND III 5 F:

First Night (Zaid Rahim) 8-2, Mohammad Essa 1; Sensational 7-12, Sohail Ahmed 2; Dancing Queen 8-13, Zubair Ahmed 3; Dream Girl 8-2, Latif 4. Won by 3½ L, 6 L, Distance. Time: One minute 2 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Sher Mohammad.

Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2014