LAHORE: Co-favourite three-year-old filly Goleke Queen won the feature event as four favourites were forced to bite the dust in a seven-race card of the 15th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

Goleke Queen galloped to a fluent five-and-a-half lengths victory over four-year-old colt Gondal Prince to win the honours in The Niran Plate Class V and VI gone over 1,300 metres.

Battle Front seized third place two lengths behind while another joint favourite California had to be content with fourth spot being edged by head.

The other fancied horses who obliged all and sundry included three-year-old filly She Is Rawal and three-year-old colt Sarai Norang.

She Is Rawal, who settled third in last outing, made amends by getting the better of four-year-old filly Furious by head in a closely fought opening race.

Sarai Norang atoned for his last loss by coasting to five-and-a-half lengths victory over three-year-old filly Secret Lady in the next race.

The outsiders who pulled off surprises include four-year-old filly Sweet Miracle, three-year-old colt The Game Changer, filly Helena and colt Sahib.

Rider Tahir Abbas piloted home a brace of winners in Sweet Miracle and The Game Changer while trainer Abdul Rasheed excelled in his cadre while partnering Sarai Norang and The Game Changer.—AZ

Results:

THE LEONARDO PLATE CLASS VII DIV V — 900M:

She Is Rawal (Fazal-ur-Rehman) 9-0, Shakeel Mahmood 1; Furious 9-0, Ghaus Bakhsh 2; Afzaal Choice 9-0, Alam Sher 3; Bright Life 7-4, Munir Hussain.

Won by Head, 1½ L, 4 L. Time: One minute 0 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Aleemuddin.

THE LEONARDO PLATE CLASS VII DIV V (MAIDENS) — 900M:

Sarai Norang (Mohammad Sher Khan) 9-0, S. Moin 1; Secret Lady 8-10, Sajjad Hussain 2; Public Fancy 7-4, Ghulam Haider 3; Moazzam Prince 7-12, Babar Rehman 4.

Won by 5½ L, 2 L, 3¼ l. Time: One minute 0 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Abdul Rasheed.

THE LEONARDO PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV & V — 1,100M:

Sweet Miracle (Malik Khalid Mahmood Paracha) 8-10, Tahir Abbas 1; Amir’s Love 8-0, Ghulam Haider 2; Big Lady 8-2, Munir Hussain 3; Alex 7-12, Sunny Babu 4.

Won by 1½ L, 2¾ L, 3¾ L. Time: One minute 13 3/56 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

THE LEONARDO PLATE CLASS VII DIV III & IV — 1,100M:

The Game Changer (Saqibullah Khan) 9-0, Tahir Abbas 1; Silent Warrior 8-10, Ghulam Haider 2; Khan Jan 8-0, Mohammad Atif 3; Chota Saeen 8-0, Dinar Mirwani 4.

Won by 3½ L, ½ L, 4 L. Time: One minute 13 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Abdul Rasheed.

THE LEONARDO PLATE CLASS VII DIV II & III — 1,100M:

Helena (Sabir Ali) 8-6, Munir Hussain 1; Nanook 9-0, Mohammad Hanif 2; Neeli The Great 8-4, Babar Rehman 3; One Man Show 7-8, Ghulam Haider 4.

Won by 1¼ L, 1½ L, 5 L. Time: One minute 13 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tanvir Aslam.

THE LEONARDO PLATE CLASS VII DIV I — 1,100M:

Sahib (ex-Imperialist) (Syed Salman Akbar) 8-2, Mohammad Zulfiqar 1; Candle 8-12, Ghulam Haider 2; Minding 8-10, Tahir Abbas 3; Moon Soon 8-12, Ghaus Bakhsh 4.

Won by 7 L, Dist, 5 L. Time: One minute 11 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Ramzan.

THE NIRAN PLATE CLASS VI (CLASS V INCLUDED) — 1,300M:

Goleke Queen (Chaudhry Habibullah and Chaudhry Azmatullah) 8-8, Ghulam Haider 1; Gondal Prince 8-4, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Battle Front 8-10, Aamir Pervez 3; California 8-0, Tahir Abbas 4.

Won by 5½ L, 2 L, Head. Time: One minute 24 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Ghulam Abbas Shah.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2018