KARACHI: Favourite five-year-old bay horse Hot Man powered to a magnificent six-length victory while landing The Pakistan Day Cup in style in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

The 60 to 100 public fancy horse set the pace right from the word go and kicked his speed in the home stretch to get the better of five-year-old chestnut horse Gold City. Four-year-old chestnut filly Loyal Lady had to be content with third place, beaten by a neck while filly Sensational completed the frame finishing a further half length away among six starters.

The triumph enabled the owner-trainer-rider trio — Mohammad Sumair, Shahid Mannan and Sohail Ahmed — to steal limelight with a back-to-back double.

In an earlier race, Hot Man’s stable mate colt Kick delighted horse racing fraternity defeating 11-year-old chestnut horse Lava Man by three-quarter-of-a-length. In a closely-fought race, mare Meri Sahiba seized third place, beaten by three-quarter-of-a-length with bay horse Rytham completing the board after being edged by distance.

Another fancy filly Honey Queen was on song when she beat mare Snow Fairy by distance to make it two wins on the trot with champion rider Mohammad Essa astride in the fifth and last race. Tejori and Lacoste followed the two in same order.

Earlier, the field was reduced to six following the withdrawal of Countach before the race.

At the outset, rider Zaki Zakir piloted filly Rubai home by three lengths to land the opener. She beat same connection horse and public fancy colt Postal Address for the honours.

In the next, bay horse Shahzad Love upset the applecart imposing to two lengths victory over mare Dream Girl as Live Long finished third ahead of favourite Grey Song.

Meanwhile, the next Gymkhana race meeting will be held on Saturday.

Results:

THE PAKISTAN DAY PLATE SCALE ORDER VI, VII AND VIII 4 ½ F:

Rubai (Mohyuddin) 7-0 (cr7-2), Zaki Zakir 1; Postal Address 8-13, Abdul Rahim 2; Vieto Power 7-10, Riaz Ahmed 3; Capri 9-5, Mohammad Essa 4.

Won by 3 L, 5 L, 6½ L. Time: One minute 1 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by owner.

THE PAKISTAN DAY PLATE SCALE ORDER V AND VI 5 F:

Shahzad Love (Mir Khan) 8-10, Riaz Ahmed 1; Dream Girl 8-11 (cr8-8), Shahzad Gul 2; Live Long 8-5 (cr7-5), Zaki Zakir 3; Grey Song 9-2, Mohammad Essa 4.

Won by 2 L, 3 L, 3½ L. Time: One minute 6 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Zia-ur-Rehman.

THE PAKISTAN DAY PLATE SCALE ORDER IV 5 F:

Kick (Mohammad Sumair) 9-4, Sohail Ahmed 1; Lava Man 8-13, Mohammad Essa 2; Meri Sahiba 8-5, Wasim 3; Rytham 8-10, Zubair Ahmed 4.

Won by ¾ L, ¾ L, Distance. Time: One minute 5 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shahid Mannan.

THE PAKISTAN DAY CUP SCALE ORDER I 5 F:

Hot Man (Mohammad Sumair) 9-10, Sohail Ahmed 1; Gold City 9-4, Mohammad Essa 2; Loyal Lady 9-10, Zubair Ahmed 3; Sensational 8-8, Wasim 4.

Won by 6 L, Neck, ½ L. Time: One minute 3 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shahid Mannan.

THE PAKISTAN DAY PLATE SCALE ORDER I, II AND III 5 F:

Honey Queen (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 7-3 (cr7-13), Mohammad Essa 1; Snow Fairy 9-4 (cr9-5), Tariq Baran 2; Tejori 7-10, Asad Aksir 3; Lacoste 7-7, Wasim 4.

Won by Distance, 10 L, ½ L. Time: One minute 4 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Ali Gul.

Published in Dawn March 23rd , 2015

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