LAHORE: Fancied mare Unanimous established herself as the sprint queen with a smooth victory in the Eid Cup handicap race during the day/night racing at the Racecourse here on Saturday evening.

Participating in a field of 10 blue-blood competitors, five-year-old Unanimous, whose handicap had swollen to nine stones 10 pounds after she scored victories in the past, defied the crushing weight registering a victory with customary gameness in the event run over 1,100 metres.

The sprint machine outgunned her nearest rival colt Hidden Passion by three lengths.

The Mohammad Ali Khan Maneka-owned Unanimous was trained by Qaiser.

Trainer Tauqir Ahmed, who is enjoying a successful season, had yet another good day saddling home three winners to stretch his winning spree to a fourth consecutive racing day. He sent out his first winner rank outsider Jagirdar, who won the second race. Tauqir then followed it with a big double for owner Zaheer Aslam through mare Nikita and bay colt Edgar in the third and seventh races, respectively.

Anticipating lack of competition, the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards cancelled the eighth and the last race thus reducing the card to seven events.

The stewards have also decided that from now onwards the meetings will be held during day time on Sundays, starting from next week.

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

Sawan Prince (Haji Rifaqat Ali) 9-0, Shahnawaz 1; Naseeb Aya 7-12, Sunny Babu 2; Senorita 7-12, Taimur Hussain 3; There Is 7-8, Imran Hussain 4. Won by 1¾ L, 5¼ L, 1½ L. Time 57 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Qaiser.

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

Jagirdar (Chaudhry M. Hanif) 8-4, Aftab Hussain 1; Home Child 9-4, Umar Saleem 2; Winning Princess 8-2, Pervez Bhatti 3; Preetam 9-0, Shafqat 4. Won by 1 L, 3¼ L, 1¼ L. Time one minute 58 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

THE FANTASTIC PLATE CLASS VII DIV III — 900M:

Nikita (Sheikh Umar Zaheer) 8-4, M. Zulfiqar 1; Zeeshan Love 9-2, Khurram Ali 2; Daud Prince 9-0, Qadeer Ahmed 3; Excellent 8-7, Pervez Bhatti 4. Won by 1½ L, 4½ L, 5 L. Time 56 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

THE FANTASTIC PLATE CLASS VII DIV II — 900M:

Sahil (Mohammad Shafiq Sadiq) 9-4, M. Zulfiqar 1; Dera Dubai 9-4, A. Raza 2; Royal Flag 8-8, M. Hanif 3; Mah-e-Doura 7-12, Rifaqat Ali 4. Won by ½ L, 4 L, 4 L. Time 55 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shakir Hussain.

THE FANTASTIC PLATE CLASS VII DIV I — 900M:

Spirit Jim (Irshad Ahmed Ranjha) 8-10, M. Zulfiqar 1; Samarra 9-0, Pervez Bhatti 2; Zartaj 7-12, Shafqat 3; Fist 8-8, Sunny Babu 4. Won by ½ L, 2½ L, 1½ L. Time 54 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Khawaja Asif Hassan.

THE EID CUP CLASS V DIV II & III (COMBINED) — 1,100M:

Unanimous (Mohammad Ali Khan Manika) 9-10, A. Imran 1; Hidden Passion 8-0, M. Zulfiqar 2; Ballerina 8-8, M. Zeeshan 3; Anchor 8-12, Sunny Babu 4. Won by 3 L, 1½ L, Distance. Time one minute 7 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Qaiser.

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

Edgar (Zaheer Aslam) 8-6, M. Zulfiqar 1; Sher Garh 9-4, A. Raza 2; Sweet Sarrow 8-0, M. Zeeshan 3; Speedy One 9-0, M. Hanif 4. Won by 6 L, 4 L, 3 L. Time one minute 7 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

Published in Dawn, October 6th, 2014