LAHORE: Even-money favourite three-year-old bay colt Lenin stormed home to win the feature event during the 34th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

The Turbat Plate, a class VI division I & II combined handicap race featuring a card of eight races was gone over 1,100 metres and participated by over a dozen horses.

Owned by Bilal Khan, the winner inflicted a six-length defeat on co-favourite bay colt Show Card. Before the race the fans had been expecting a close run between the two colts but it turned out be a facile affair to the great disappointment of connoisseurs of the equine sports.

The winner, steered by jockey Aamir Pervez, clocked a fast timing of one minute 6 1/5 seconds over the race distance — a fraction short of the fastest-ever time of one minute 6 seconds recorded by bay colt Desert Prince on Oct 12, 2008.

However, the racing fans enjoyed some really fine performances on Sunday. Bay mare Aye Shamayan registered her maiden success in the fourth event, chestnut horse Lucky Boy earning his second victory for owner Col (retired) Naeem Sarwar in the fifth event and chestnut filly Lady Extempore recording fourth success for owner Zaheer Aslam and leading trainer Tauqir Ahmad in the space of five weeks.

Results:

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

Senorita (Babar Iqbal) 9-0, Shafqat 1; Shan-e-Gul 8-12, S. Raza 2; Buy And Sell 8-12, Imran Pervez 3; Accurate Shogun 8-6, Tahir Abbas 4.

Won by 3 L, 3½ L, 4 L. Time one minute 7 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by owner.

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

Lucky Game (Ajmal Hasan Khan) 8-2, Tahir Abbas 1; Mushk-e-Amber 8-6, Alam Sher 2; Phantom 8-2, Sajjad Hussain 3; Black Thunder 7-12, Sunny Babu 4.

Won by Distance, 2¾ L, 1 L. Time one minute 4 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Abbas.

THE CHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV III & IV — 1,000M:

Lucky Sohna (Aleemuddin) 9-0, Shakeel Mahmood 1; Mah-e-Doura 8-6, M. Hanif 2; Gold Medal 8-12, Tahir Abbas 3; Chal Samney 8-10, Sunny Babu 4.

Won by ½ L, 3½ L, 6¼ L. Time one minute 5 seconds. Winner trained by owner.

THE CHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV III — 1,000M:

Aye Shamyan (Naseeb Khan) 8-6, Khalid 1; Virsa 9-0, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Royal Spirit 9-0, Tahir Abbas 3; Qadardan 8-10, Zahid Ali 4.

Won by 1¼ L, 6 L, 1¼ L. Time one minute 3 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by owner.

THE CHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV II — 1,000M:

Lucky Boy (Col Naeem Sarwar) 8-6, Shafqat 1; Dera Dubai 8-6, M. Jameel 2; Magic King 8-8, Khalil Vicky 3; Chand Pari 8-8, S. Raza 4.

Won by 7 L, ¾ L, 1½ L. Time one minute 1 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Afzal.

THE CHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II — 1,000M:

Lady Extempore (Zaheer Aslam) 9-0, Javed Iqbal 1; Honey The Prince 7-10, S. Raza 2; Nambardar 8-4, M. Hanif 3; Mun KI Rani 7-10, Sunny Babu 4.

Won by 1¼ L, 1¼ L, Distance. Time one minute 3 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

THE TURBAT PLATE CLASS VI DIV I & II — 1,100M:

Lenin (Bilal Ahmed) 8-4, Aamir Pervez 1; Show Card 8-0, A. Raza 2; Kartoos 8-4, M. Jameel 3; Dosti 9-0, Qadeer Ahmed 4.

Won by 6 L, Short-head, 4 L. Time one minute 6 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

THE TURBAT PLATE CLASS VI DIV III — 1,100M:

Sahil (M. Shafiq Sadiq) 8-6, Shakeel Mahmood 1; Khan Prince 9-0, Qadeer Ahmed 2; Nikita 8-8, Tahir Abbas 3; Aboor 7-8, S. Raza 4.

Won by 3 L, 4 L, 2 L. Time one minute 8 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shakir Hussain.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2015

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