KARACHI: Four-year-old bay colt Big Bravo, who completed hat-trick while lifting the Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup on Dec 25, is set to stretch his winning run when he appears in the New Year Cup in the winter Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Race­course on Saturday.

Big Bravo is drawn alongside half-a-dozen horses in the New Year Cup which will be contested over a distance of six furlongs. It is the fourth race of the day’s programme.

Besides the cup, the first two races will go over four-and-a-half furlongs while the remaining two over five furlongs. Kabil will make debut in the first race.

According to programme, the first race starts at 2.30pm.

Following is the field and selection:

THE NEW YEAR PLATE SCALE ORDER VIII 4 ½ F:

Kabil 9-0, Black Darling 8-7, Load Shedding 8-6, Usman Prince 8-4, Sparkle (Lady In Black) 7-10.

Win: Black Darling.

Place: Usman Prince.

THE NEW YEAR PLATE SCALE ORDER VII 4 ½ F:

Day Breaker 9-0, Second Life 8-12, Mission Possible 8-9, Sonia Again 8-9, Sweet Sereena 8-8, Sea Gold 8-6.

Win: Day Breaker.

Place: Mission Possible.

THE NEW YEAR PLATE SCALE ORDER V AND VI 5 F:

Olympus One 9-0, Sher Khan 9-0, Jawad Love 8-13, Race 8-3, Big Smo 8-1, Snow White 7-11, Duran Duran 7-11, Shandar Love 7-5, Galaxy 7-4.

Win: Shandar Love.

Place: Olympus One and Sher Khan.

THE NEW YEAR CUP ROUND BEND – A HANDICAP RACE FOR PAK HORSES – 6 F:

Big Bravo 10-0, Big Bash 9-0, Hot Man 8-8, Toofan 7-12, Tanya 7-6, English Vinglish 7-2, Show Stopper 7-0.

Win: Big Bravo.

Place: Hot Man.

THE NEW YEAR PLATE SCALE ORDER III AND IV 5 F:

My Beauty 9-0, Sayeen Jee 8-12, Shan-e-Kaif 8-8, Lady’s Secret 8-3, Cherish 8-0, Lovely Baby 8-0, Zareen 7-6.

Win: Sayeen Jee.

Place: Shan-e-Kaif.

Published in Dawn, January 6th, 2018

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