LAHORE: Three-year-old bay filly Melsi extended her winning streak to make it four triumphs on the trot when she landed the Pakistan Cup during the 30th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Saturday.

Melsi, owned by Sohrab Khan, came home nine lengths in the event run over 1,400 metres to finish ahead of chestnut mare Winning Step with bay filly Desert Rose, who failed to quicken up in the straight, ending third, another two lengths back. Dark-bay mare Winning Moment completed the frame half-a-length further away.

Melsi was the 15 to 100 favourite of the five runners sent to post-ward and proved the best in a small field of five runners. She was steered by jockey Aamir Pervez, who later rode home in a runaway style of victory with chestnut horse Veer in the Al Safer Plate run over 1,200 metres to complete his double to share the day’s honours with the champion trainer Tauqir Ahmed who saddled two winners in chestnut filly Lady Extempore and colt Nambardar in the third and fourth race, respectively.

Results:

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

Rinkan Gulbahar (M. Pervez) 8-6, Shafqat 1; Bulbul Again 8-8, M. Sajjad 2; Bel Ami 8-6, Tahir Abbas 3; Buy And Sell 8-10, Imran Pervez 4.

Won by ½ L, 4 L, 3½ L. Time one minute 21 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by M.R. Kahn.

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

Beautiful Lady (Amjad Ali Jutt) 8-4, Shan 1; Mushk-e-Amber 7-10, Alam Sher 2; Preetam 7-12, S. Raza 3; Pawan Prince 9-0, Tahir Abbas 4.

Won by Distance, 1 L, 2½ L. Time one minute 18 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by M.R. Khan.

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

Lady Extempore (Zaheer Aslam) 9-0, Javed Iqbal 1; Black Rose 8-8, M. Sajid 2; Mah-e-Doura 8-4, Sunny Babu 3; Heart Beat 9-0, Tahir Abbas 4.

Won by 2 L, ½ L, 1 L. Time one minute 19 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

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

Nambardar (Chaudhry M. Hanif) 7-12, Zahid Ali 1; Dera Dubai 7-8, S. Raza 2; Virsa 7-8, Sunny Babu 3; Raja Gee 8-10, Qadeer Ahmed 4.

Won by 2¼ L, 5 L, 6 L. Time one minute 15 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.

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

White Pearl (Ahmed Hasan) 8-6, Bilal Ahmed 1; Zartaj 8-12, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Nikita 9-0, Aftab Hussain 3; Stone Queen 9-0, Shafqat 4.

Won by 4½ L, Neck, Neck. Time one minute 16 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Zeeshan Ayub.

THE PAKISTAN DAY CUP CLASS V DIV I — 1,400M:

Melsi (Sohrab Khan) 9-0, Aamir Pervez 1; Winning Step 8-4, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Desert Rose 9-0, Qadeer Ahmed 3; Winning Moment 8-2, Shakeel Mahmood 4.

Won by 9 L, 2 L, ½ L. Distance. Time one minute 26 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

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

Veer (Mazhar Qayyum) 9-0, Aamir Pervez 1; Dreaming High 8-2, Shakeel Mahmood 2; Bye Pass 8-6, S. Raza 3; Noble Mission 8-10, Shafqat 4.

Won by 2¼ L, 1¼ L, Distance. Time one minute 14 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Salahuddin.

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

Jeevan (Mohammad Yousuf) 9-0, Shakeel Mahmood 1; Sahil 8-0, Sunny Babu 2; Show Card 7-8, Imran Pervez 3; Aamir Princess 7-4, M. Jahangir 4.

Won by ¾ L, Head, ½ L. Time one minute 16 seconds. Winner trained by Afzaal Ahmed.

Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2015

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