LAHORE: The Pakistan Day Cup will be the star attraction of the eight-event card when the 30th Lahore Winter Meeting gets under way at the Racecourse here on Saturday.

Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards have on Thursday decided to hold Sunday’s races a day earlier on Saturday because of the ICC World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand on Sunday.

Five acceptors in the class five race to be contested over 1,400 metres will measure their strides in the cup race.

The supporting event, the Al Safeer Cup, to be run over 1,600 metres, has been declared void for want of sufficient number of runners.

With the exception of Pakistan Day, the other seven races on the day’s card will be contested over 1,200 metres.

Meanwhile, the LRC has directed all trainers to keep their stable clean and shift their pets or birds of any kind to some other place outside the club premises within a week.

A notification issued by the club warned that severe action will be taken against those failing to carry out the order.

In all, 72 horses will take part in eight events, with the first race to begin at 1.30pm.

Following is the field and our selections:

AL SAFEER PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-B 1,200M:

Accurate Baby 9-0, Shan-e-Gul 9-0, Hikmat Rani 9-0, Snaipper 9-0, Buy And Sell 8-10, Bulbul Again 8-8, Rinken Gulbahar 8-6, Bel Ami 8-6 and All the Time 7-12. Win: Bulbul Again.
Place: Buy And Sell and Snaipper.

AL SAFEER PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-A 1,200M:

Pawan Prince 9-0, Black Thunder 8-12, Royal Gambler 8-12, Kalo 8-8, Beautiful Lady 8-4, Preetam 7-12 and Mushk-e-Ambar 7-12. Win: Royal Gambler. Place: Preetam and Pawan Prince.

AL SAFEER PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 1,200M:

Lady Extempore 9-4, Heart Beat 9-0, Dastoor 9-0, Janoon 9-0, Kali Ghatta 8-10, Black Rose 8-8, Cute Leeza 8-8, Raj Rawal 8-8, Captain Templar 8-4, Mah-e-Doura 8-4 and Daud King 8-0. Win: Lady Extempore. Place: Jagirdar and Mah-e-Doura.

AL SAFEER PLATE CLASS VII DIV II & III 1,200M:

Royal Spirit 9-0, The Dentist 9-0, Danish Prince 9-0, Raja Gee 8-10, Captaan 8-0, Lucky Sohna 8-0, Hope For All 7-10, Sabre Queen 7-10, Nambardar 7-10, Virsa 7-8 and Dera Dubai 7-8. Win: Captaan. Place: Royal Spirit and Dera Dubai.

AL SAFEER PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II 1,200M:

Stone Queen 9-0, Nikita 9-0, Zartaj 8-12, White Pearl 8-6, Mun Ki Rani 8-4, Fist 8-0, Dastoor Again 8-0, Jazba 8-0 and Shannel 8-0. Win: White Pearl. Place: Awan Prince and Stone Queen.

PAKISTAN DAY CUP, A CLASS V HANDICAP RACE 1,400M:

Desert Rose 9-0, Melsi 8-10, Winning Step 8-4, Winning Moment 8-2 and Power House 7-8. Win: Melsi. Place: Desert Rose and Winning Step.

AL SAFEER PLATE CLASS VI DIV I & II 1,200M:

Veer 9-4, Noble Mission 8-10, Sher Darh 8-8, Early Pride 8-8, Dreaming High 8-2, Bye Pass 8-0 and Loyalist 8-0. Win: Early Pride.
Place: Dreaming High and Bye Pass.

AL SAFEER PLATE CLASS VI DIV II & III 1,200M:

Khan Prince 9-0, Jeevan 9-0, No Wait 9-0, Lewnin 8-12, Jehlum Star 8-12, Admiral’s Walk 8-4, Blue Max 8-4, Royal Dubai 8-0, Sahil 8-0, Mera Sultan 7-10, Show Card 7-8 and Aamir Princess 7-4. Win: Jeevan.
Place: Aamir Princess and Show Card.

Published in Dawn, March 28th, 2015

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