LAHORE: Enjoying his low placing in the handicap, bay horse No Way came with a timely challenge under riding boy Shafqat to win the feature event during the 26th Lahore Winter Meeting at the rain-wet Racecourse here on Sunday.

The Shahid Hussain-owned No Way, trained by Haji Abid Mahmood, beat bay colt Dreaming High by about two lengths with chestnut Lucky Winner Again a further two lengths away to third place.

No Way’s victory raised many an eyebrow because the son of Dubai Addition ran off the frame last Sunday and taking this in to account the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards ordered an enquiry in to his in-and-out running.

Stewards Sheikh Sajjad Hassan and Masud Pervez also took up the pending enquiry in to the wilful losing the race by jockey M. Jameel while riding bay horse Sahil when he finished a dismal third on Feb 15.

Sahil won the day’s fifth race by seven lengths falsifying Jameel’s notion of his mount’s missing the jump out that day. Sahil took a neat start in today’s races and went on to win in front-running style.

Jockey M. Hanif and the riding boy Shafqat shared the day’s racing honours bringing home a brace of winners each. Hanif rode home Sahil and Jeevan while Shafqat steered Danish Prince and No Way to end the day in a blaze of glory.

Dawn’s tipped three horses-Princess Resham (first race), Sahil (fifth) and Jeevan (seventh} while three horses tipped to upset – Kali Ghata (third race), Magic King (fourth) and No Way (sixth) won in a card of seven races.

Danish Prince tipped for a place won the second race.

Results:

THE TRACE HIT PLACE CLASS VII DIV IV-B — 900M:

Princess Resham (Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed) 8-4, Tahir Abbas 1; Bulbul Again 8-2, Majid Ali II 2; Buy And Sell 8-10, Imran Pervez 3; Again Gold Star 8-6, Alam Sher 4. Won by 5 L, 1½ L, 3 L. Time one minute 2 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Nadeem Raza Khan.

THE TRACE HIT PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-A — 900M:

Danish Prince (Sohail Imtiaz) 8-4, Shafqat 1; Black Rose 8-0, Rifaqat Ali 2; Rough Field 8-0, Waheed Baran 3; Lucky Game 8-8, Alam Sher 4. Won by 8 L, 1½ L. 2½ L. Time 59 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

THE TRACE HIT PLATE CLASS VII DIV III & IV — 900M:

Kali Ghata (Chaudhry Naeemuddin Warraich) 8-4, Aftab Hussain 1; Meri Jan 7-12, Zameer 2; Pawan Prince 9-0, Aftab Chaudhry 3; Dark Lord 9-0, M. Saeed 4. Won by 1½ L, 1 L, 4 L. Time one minute 0 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

THE TRACE HIT PLATE CLASS VII DIV II & III — 900M:

Magic King (M. Haroon) 8-8, Khalil Vicky 1; Virsa 8-6, Javed Iqbal 2; Nambardar 8-6, Aftab Hussain 3l Well In Time 7-8, Zameer 4. Won by 4 L, 1 L, 5½ L. Time 59 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by M.R. Khan.

THE TRACE HIT PLATE CLASS I& II — 900M:

Sahil (M. Shafiq Sadiq) 9-0, M. Hanif 1; Mun Ki Rani 8-10, Shafqat 2; Royal Spirit 7-8, M. Sajjad 3; Tora Rose 8-6, Raheel Sabir 4. Won by 7 L, 2¼ L, Distance. Time 58 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shakir Hussain.

THE FAISALABAD CUP CLASS VI DIV I & II — 1,300M:

No Way (Shahid Hussain) 7-10, Shafqat 1; Dreaming High 8-6, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Lucky Winner Again 8-6, M. Hanif 3; Diesel 8-2, Javed Iqbal 4. Won by 1¾ L, 2 L, ¾ L. Time one minute 21 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Abid Mahmood.

THE FAISALABAD PLATE CLASS VI DIV III — 1,300M:

Jeevan (M. Yousuf) 9-0, M. Hanif 1; Sattiana Prince 9-0, Aamir Pervez 2; Golden Sand 7-12, Tahir Abbas 3; Stone Queen 8-0, S. Raza 4. Won by 1 L, 8 L, 1¾ L. Time one minute 22 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Afzaal Ahmed.

Published in Dawn, March 2nd, 2015

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