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LAHORE, Nov 2: Fancied bay colt, Tora Bora, put up a brilliant performance to triumph in the feature event run over 1600m during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.
Ridden by jockey M. Zeeshan and trained by Mohammad Bashir, Tora Bora defeated front-runner Mahnoor by one-and-a-quarter lengths with Flame, two lengths further away in third place. Amazing completed the frame. In all, 14 ran for the feature event, Burewala Plate class IV division I and II combined handicap race. The winner clocked one minute 43 3/5 seconds over the distance.
The best performer of the day was the bay filly Roxanne, who won the fifth race.
Backed at 3 to 2 joint favourite with Lucky Winner, Roxanne brushed aside a token challenge from Lucky Winner and Weldon Shogun to register a runaway victory. Jockey Salah-ud-Din II partnered the winner, who recorded her fourth successive win in tremendous style.
Jockey M. Zeeshan won the day’s riding honours by bringing home three winners. He started the day with a splendid success on Rising Sun in the fourth race. His second winner was Tora Bora in the seventh and feature event. He completed his treble with a smart win on Sugar And Honey in the last and eighth race.
Among trainers Sohail Aziz distinguished himself by saddling three winners. He sent out Roxanne, Puma Princess and Sugar And Honey in the fifth, sixth and eighth races, respectively.
Results:
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div IV 1000m.
Shot Fire (Mohammad Ibrahim) 8-2 A. Aziz 1. Miss Picasso 7-8 M. Zeeshan 2. Shifting Gold (formerly Khalid Chandiwala) 8-9 A. Haq 3. Wall Street 8-0 Shahid Mustafa 4.
Won by 3 L, Head, Head. Time one min 5 secs. Winner trained by Haji Fazal Hadi.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div III 1000m.
Black House (S. Iftikhar Ali) 9-0 Mohsin Ali 1. Golden Heart 9-0 Javed Bashir 2. Abbevalle 9-0 Salah-ud-Din (II) 3. Double Mithoo 9-0 Majid Khan 4.
Won by 4 L, Distance, 5 L. Time one min 4 1/5 secs . Winner trained by Sharafat Ali.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div III 1000m.
Madam Lorina (Mohammad Rashid) 9-2 Azam Hussain 1. Final Count Down 7-12 Iqbal Khan 2. Present Queen 8-9 M. Zeeshan 3. Zuhair Choice 9-4 Faisal Tahir 4.
Won by 1 3/4 L, 1 1/2 L, 1/2 L. Time one min 4. Winner trained by Raja Tehmasab Khan.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div II 1000M
Rising Sun (Syed Parvez Hussain Shah) 8-2 M. Zeeshan 1. Lot Of Thanks 8-8 Khurrum Sheikh 2. Al trui Princess 8-11 A. Aziz 3. Meri Kajal 8-8 Faisal Tahir 4.
Won by 1 3/4 L, 3 L, Head. Time one min 3 secs. Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
Bhakkar Plate Class VII Div I 1000m.
Roxanne (Wajid Ali Khan) Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Lucky Winner 8-2 Majid Khan 2. Weldon Shogun 9-1 A. Aziz 3. Bone Crusher 9-4 Shahid Mustafa 4.
Won by 2 L, 1 3/4 L, 4 1/2 L. Time one min 2 3/5 secs. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
Rawalpindi Plate. A term race for two-year-old halfbred colts and fillies (Maidens) 800m.
Puma Princess (Toheed Manzoor) 8-5 A. Imran 1. Meri Mahbooba 8-5 Khalid 2. D. J. Doll 8-5 A. Aziz 3. Legend 8-8 Qasim Shah 4.
Won by 3 L, 5 L, 2 3/4 L. Time 50 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
Havelian Plate Class IV Div I & II 1600m.
Tora Bora (Khawaja M. Arif) 8-1 M. Zeeshan 1. Mahnoor 8-2 Qasim Shah 2. Flame 8-0 A. Aziz 3. Amazing 8-7 Shahzad Iqbal 4.
Won by 1 1/4 L, 2 L, 1 1/2 L. Time one minute 43 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Bashir.
Plate Class V Div I & II 1400m.
Sugar And Honey (Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah) 7-12 M. Zeeshan 1. Flood Of Gold 8-1 Shahid Mustafa 2. Puma King 8-9 A. Imran 3. Beena Roy Baby 8-5 Khurrum Sheikh 4.
Won by 2 1/2 L, 1 3/4 L, 1 1/2 L. Time one minute 29 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
