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LAHORE, Nov 1: Four-year-old bay colt, Tora Bora, who let down his connections on his previous outing, will be targeting the feature event to make amends during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.
Tora Bora will be vying in a big field of 14 runners in the Havelian Plate, a class IV division I and II combined handicap race, the seventh in a card of eight races.
After completing a fine hat-trick of victories on Sept 28, Tora Bora ran dismally to finish third behind Ponchi and Naseeb in a race of class IV over 1400m on Oct 19 last.
The race was run on a faster pace and Tora Bora lost stamina in the final 100m, perhaps being short of work.
Since then Tora Bora has been tracking good and the connections are pinning their hopes on him to prove worth a horse on the upgrade and win the race over 1600m.
His closest rivals should be Amazing, Royal Soul and Kargil Tiger.
Three-year-old bay colt Flood Of Gold, who really proved his worth in gold by storming home to a maiden victory last Sunday, will be going all out to make it two in-a-row in the supporting and 8th race, the Burewala Plate, class V division I and II combined.
Flood Of Gold should be followed by Beena Roy Baby, Glorious Song and Puma King.
The Rawalpindi Plate, a nursery term race for two-year-old halfbred colts and fillies to be contested over the sprinting distance of 800m seems an open affair. All are maidens.
Of the eight contestants three are on chance on track work.
They are Legend, D.J Doll and Puma Princess. The results of such events are generally unpredictable because there is no guarantee they will perform according to their track work.
Legend, a son of Prince Legent out-of Miss Ginza should have the better of others.
Roxanne, Weldon Shogun, Thank You Boss and Much Pleasure are the pick of the dozen acceptors for the fifth race to have gone over 1000m. They are good sprinters to fight it out.
There are 14 contenders in the fourth race. This event is packed with good sprinters and should be an interesting race to watch. The first race will be held at 12 noon.
The following are the fields and our selections.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div IV 1000m.
Lovely Diana 9-0 Muslim Badger 8-10 Shifting Gold (formerly Khalid Chandiwala) 8-9 Opening Partner 8-9 All At Sea 8-5 Shot Fire 8-2 Wall Street 8-0 Nauman The Great 7-12 Narala 7-8 Miss Picasso 7-8 and Qandhar 7-8.
Win: Shot Fire. Place: All At Sea and Wall Street.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div III (Maidens) 1000m.
Golden Heart 9-0 Double Mithoo 9-0 Black House 9-0 Hercules 9-0 Quite Arrival 9-0 Abbe Valle 9-0 and Stride To Moment 8-6.
Win: Hercules. Place: Abbe Valle and Stride To Moment.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div III 1000m..
Royal Victory 9-4 Zuhair Choice 9-4 Madam Lorina 9-2 Burrat Again 8-13 Silver Queen 8-13 Hot Press 8-13 Present Queen 8-9 Barbara 8-1 Final Count Down 7-13 and The Assassin 7-10.
Win: Royal Victory. Place: Burrat Again and Barbara.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div II 1000m.
Royal Class 9-0 Iram State 8-13 Morning Noor 8-13 Fifty Six Fifty Six 8-11 Al trui Princess 8-10 Bach View 8-8 Meri Kajal 8-8 Lot Of Thanks 8-8 Monte Cristo 8-7 Dancing Margina 8-5 Government’s Gift 8-3 Drurree 8-3 Rising Sun 8-2 and Shadow Snatcher 8-0.
Win: Rising Sun. Place: Dancing Margina and Lot Of Thanks.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div I 1000m.
Bone Crusher 9-4 Mohni Road 9-2 Weldon Shogun 9-1 Much Pleasure 9-0 Roxanne 9-0 Rukhsh 9-0 Shaheen 8-6 Black Nigeria 8-4 Shan-i-Gujrat 8-2 Lucky Winner 8-2 Thank You Boss 8-0 and Wait For Me 7-12.
Win: Roxanne. Place: Thank You Boss and Weldon Shogun.
Rawalpindi Plate. A term race for two-year-old halfbred colts and fillies (Maidens) 800m.
Dazzy Gold 8-8 King’s Burry 8-8 Legend 8-8 Rasputin 8-8 Tishna-i-Lab 8-8 D. J. Doll 8-5 Meri Mahbooba 8-5 and Puma’s Princess 8-5.
Win: Legend. Place: D.J.Doll and Puma’s Princess.
Havelian Plate Class IV Div I & II 1600m.
Dazzling Star 9-0 Key Guy Princess 8-13 Blu’s Wendy 8-12 Royal Soul 8-9 Amazing 8-7 Mahnoor 8-2 Oslo 8-2 Browny Fast 8-2 Kargil Tiger 8-2 Tora Bora 8-1 Flame 8-0 Dhandana 7-13 Storm Bird 7-11 and On On 7-8.
Win: Tora Bora. Place Amazing and Royal Soul.
Burewala Plate Class V Div I & II 1400m
Super Star 9-0 Came Home 9-0 Love Moon 8-9 Puma King 8-9 Royal Loyalty 8-7 Beena Roy Baby 8-5 Waseem’s Love 8-3 Glorious Song 8-3 Flood Of Gold 8-1 Sugar And Honey 7-12 Peach 7-10 and Kala Shah Kaku 7-8.
Win: Flood Of Gold. Place: Beena Roy Baby and Glorious Song.
