LAHORE, Nov 17: Dark-bay colt Winning Player put up an amazing display of speed to win the Tariq Bin Ziyad Cup during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

Trained by Amjad Ali II, Winning Player delighted race fans with a stunning burst of speed in the home stretch to beat bay filly Malik’s Love by over four lengths at the finishing line in the event run over 1,200 metres.

Bay colt Fire Prince struggled to place third with top weight bay filly Amazing Grace fourth among seven starters.

Winning Player completed a hat-trick of victories on Sunday since he had two straight victories earlier. He clocked one minute 12 3/5 seconds, the fastest timing registered during the ongoing season.

Trainers Amjad Ali II and Tauqir Ahmed had the distinction of saddling two winners each. Amjad sent out Winning Player and Wood Berry in the fifth and sixth races while Tauqir earned distinction by sending out Black ‘N’ Bold and All My Heart in the third and seventh races, respectively.

The Lahore Race Club (LRC) honoured seven-year-old bay mare Kitten who became the first ever runner to register 200 outings on the Lahore Racecourse when she ran fourth in the first race.

LRC steward Sheikh Sajjad Hasan came in the paddock to garland the mare and present a cheque of Rs20,000 to her owner to acknowledge Kitten’s record of runs at a simple ceremony.

In her 200 outings Kitten won 13 races and was placed 68 times in her four-year racing career and is still going strong. On Sunday, she finished third in the opening race. Results:

THE CONFLICT PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-B — 900M:

Bakoo (Rashid Latif) 9-2, Zameer 1; Interview 8-2, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Asim Gee 8-8, Ali Raza 3; Kitten 9-0, Taimur Saleem 4.

Won by 1¾ L, 2¾ L. 2¼ L. Time one minute 0 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by owner.

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

Heart Beat (Babar Iqbal) 9-0, Shahnawaz 1; Reena 8-8, Sajjad Hussain 2; New Hope 8-4, Ali Raza 3; Red Star 9-0, Allah Rakha 4.

Won by ½ L, Head, 6 L. Time 58 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by the owner.

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

Black ‘N; Bold (Ghulam Sarwar Sahi) 9-0, S. Moin 1; Pupple Star 8-8, M. Hanif 2; Lucky Sohna 9-4, Shakeel Mahmood 3; Jug Jug Geo 8-6, Aftab Chaudhry 4.

Won by 1 L, 4 L, Distance. Time 57 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

THE CONFLICT PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II — 900M:

Veer (Mohammad Shafiq Sadiq) 9-0, Bilal Ahmed 1; Array Of Stars 8-8, M. Hanif 2; Pawan Prince 9-0, Aftab Chaudhry 3; Dilshad Prince 8-0, Shakeel Mahmood 4.

Won by 2¾ L, Distance, ½ L. Time 56 seconds. Winner trained by Shakir Hussain.

TARIQ BIN ZIYAD CUP CLASS V DIV II — 1,200M:

Winning Player (Shahid Mahmood Goga) 8-8, M. Zulfiqar 1; Malik’s Love 8-10, Aamir Pervez 2; Fire Prince 8-4, M. Hanif 3; Amazing Grace 9-4, Umar Saleem 4.

Won by 4½ L, 1½ L, 5 L. Time one minute 12 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

TARIQ BIN ZIYAD PLATE CLASS V DIV III — 1,200M:

Wood Berry (Shahid Mahmood Goga) 8-5, Shakeel Mahmood 1; Leading Prospector 9-0, Umar Saleem 2; Black Widow 7-12, Aftab Chaudhry 3; Luna 8-0, Aftab Hussain 4.

Won by 5 L, 8L, ¾ L. Time one minute 14 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

THE CONFLICT PLATE CLASS VI DIV I & II — 1,300M:

All My Heart (Shahid Hussain) 8-10, Umar Saleem 1; Shamali 7-10, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Pari Packer 8-6, Shakeel Mahmood 3; Moon Princess 9-0, M. Hanif 4.

Won by 1¼ L, 1½ L, Short-head. Time one minute 22 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

THE CONFLICT PLATE CLASS VI DIV II — 1,300M:

My Delite (Arbab Mohammad Zahoor Khan) 8-2, Aamir Pervez 1; White Money 9-0, M. Hanif 2; Tee Star 7-12, M. Zulfiqar 3; Rapid Action 8-6, Ali Raza 4.

Won by 6¼ L, 5 L, 1¼ L. Time one minute 23 seconds. Winner trained by Abdul Rasheed.

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

Super Chandi (Saeed Ahmed) 7-8, Aftab Chaudhry 1; Amazing Win 9-0, Aamir Pervez 2; Bridge On The Gap 8-12, M. Zulfiqar 3; Sajjad Prince 8-4, M. Hanif 4.

Won by I L, ½ L, 1 L. Time one minute 23 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.