LAHORE: Four-year-old bay colt My Guest lived up to his tag of favourite while powering to victory in the feature event during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

Owned by Makhdum Syed Ahmad Mahmud, the colt was guided by jockey M. Jameel to score a one length success over colt Sparks in the term race for four-year-old thoroughbred and half-bred colts and fillies that was contested over 1,800 metres.

The other competitors slithered pathetically to finish far behind by a street’s margin of distance. Filly Hidden Galaxy took third position with another filly Dunya Dubai, a close fourth.

My Guest, ridden by Shahid Rehman, was beaten by Sparks by half-a-length a fortnight back under the same handicap over 1,600 metres but the increase in race distance and the change of jockey made the difference.

The supporting event, the Fair Magic Plate for class five run over 1,200 metres was won by bay colt Edgar, owned by Zaheer Aslam. Trained by leading trainer Tauqir Ahmed, Edgar was partnered by Javed Iqbal from start to finish while returning a smart timing of one minute 14 2/5 seconds.

This was Edgar’s fourth success in a row in eight outings.

Tauqir later registered a well-deserved double by sending out chestnut colt Spartan, jointly owned by M. Jameel Asghar and Najeeb Haider Bagri, to win the second supporting event the Ceasar Plate for class VI over 1,200 metres. Tauqir now is well ahead in the trainers’ statistics table with 31 wins to his credit.

Trainer A.B. Malik also sent out two winners — Peacock in the third race and Sweet Ruby in the ninth race. Rider boy S. Raza and jockey A. Raza rode home two winners each.

Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards handed down strong punishments to two riders for doubtful handling of their mounts in the second race-rider Mubashir Bhatti was stood down for three months and fined Rs25,000 on Jammu Queen and Khalil Vicky was warned off one month along with a fine of Rs25,000 on Lucky Game.

Results:

THE CEASAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-B — 1,000M:

Raja Gee (M. Rafiq Khan) 9-0, S. Raza 1; Naseeb Aya 8-10, Majid Ali 2; Phantom 9-0, Saqib 3; Princess Resham 9-0, M. Atif II 4.
Won by 4¾ L, 4 L, 5 L. Time one minute 10 seconds. Winner trained by Sajid.

THE CEASAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-A — 1,000M:

Daniel Bryan (Shaharyar Hatim) 8-0, S. Raza 1; Lucky Game 9-0, Khalil Vicky 2; Shan-e-Usman 8-2, Gul Zaib 3; God Father 8-8, Tahir Abbas 4.
Won by 1 L, 8 L, 1¼ L. Time one minute 10 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by owner.

THE CEASAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV III — 1,100M:

Peacock (Syed Aamir Raza Shah) 8-10, Raheel Sabir 1; Khan Gee 8-4, M. Zeeshan 2; Lucky Sohna 8-0, S. Raza 3; Jagirdar 8-6, Javed Iqbal 4.
Won by 7 L, 5 L, ½ L. Time one minute 15 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by A.B. Malik.

THE CEASAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV II — 1,100M:

Early Pride (Chaudhry Qamar Iqbal) 9-0, Shakeel Mahmood 1; Kartoos 8-10, S. Raza 2; Subah-e-Noor 8-4, M. Wasim Khan 3; Winning Princess 7-10, Imran Pervez 4.
Won by 1½ L, 8½ L. Distance. Time one minute 10 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

THE CEASAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II — 1,100M:

Fakhar-e-Golra (Haq Nawaz) 8-2, A. Raza 1; Nikita 8-4, Javed Iqbal 2; Sahil 9-0, M. Wasim 3; Mun Ki Rani 8-2, Shafqat 4.
Won by ¾ L, 1¼ L, 1½ L. Time one minute 10 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Sajid.

THE RAVI PLATE — A TERM RACE FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD COLTS AND FILLIES (THOROUGHBRED & HALF-BRED) — 1,800M:

My Guest (Makhdum Syed Ahmad Mahmud) 9-0, M. Jameel 1; Sparks 9-0, A. Raza 2; Hidden Galaxy 8-11, M. Zeeshan 3; Dunya Dubai 8-11, Aftab Chaudhry 4.
Won by 1 L,. Distance, Head. Time one minute 54 seconds. Winner trained by Shahid Rehman.

THE FAIR MAGIC PLATE CLASS V DIV II & III — 1,200M:

Edgar (Zaheer Aslam) 8-6, Javed Iqbal 1; Dosti 7-10, S. Raza 2; Winning Step 8-10, Shakeel Mahmood 3; Hidden Passion 8-0, M. Zeeshan 4.
Won by 8 L, 2 L, Short-head. Time one minute 14 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

THE CEASAR PLATE CLASS VI DIV I & II — 1,200M:

Spartan (M. Jameel Asghar and Najeeb Haider Bagri) 8-2, Aftab Chaudhry 2; No Way 8-4, A. Raza 3; Effective 8-8, Imran Pervez 4.
Won by 5 L, ½ L, 1½ L. Time one minute 14 3/5 seconds. Winner Trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

THE CEASAR PLATE CLASS VI DIV II & III — 1,200M:

Sweet Ruby (Saqibullah Khan) 8-2, A. Raza 1; Thanks Dad 8-6, Javed Iqbal 2; Jeevan 9-0, M. Hanif 3; Dreaming High 8-6, M. Wasim Khan 4.
Won by 4 L, 2 L, Head. Time one minute 15 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by A.B. Malik.

Published in Dawn, January 19th, 2015

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