KARACHI: A quartet of horses will make their presence felt in the Skyline Cup when it takes place in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Saturday.

The combined scale order III and IV cup race to be contested over four-and-a-half furlongs, is also the day’s feature event. It is the third race in racing order.

Altogether, 20 horses have entered the four-race card that has been drawn for the day.

Two horses — chestnut filly Dazzling Diva and Lhore’s Rawal Naz — will make their debut in the opening race.

The first two races will go over four furlongs while the other two will be run over four-and-a-half furlongs.

The first race gets into action at 3.30pm.

Following is the field and selection:

THE SKYLINE PLATE SCALE ORDER VIII 4 F:

Dazzling Diva 9-0, Mehak 8-10, Clarity 8-6, Rawal Naz 8-5, Raging Victory 8-3, Jugni G 7-13.

Win/Place: No Selection.

THE SKYLINE PLATE SCALE ORDER V AND VI 4 F:

Snow White 9-0, Shining Arrow 8-11, Saba (Zain Love) 8-6, Boogey Man 8-3, Milansar 8-1.

Win: Snow White.

Place: Milansar.

THE SKYLINE CUP SCALE ORDER III AND IV 4 ½ F:

King Of Kashmir 9-4, Doctor 8-5, Chief Sahab 7-8, Salam-e-Kaif 7-7.

Win: Chief Sahab.

Place: Salam-e-Kaif.

THE SKYLINE PLATE SCALE ORDER V 4 ½ F:

Rainbow 9-0, Black Tiger 8-13, Don Khalifa 8-13, K. Al Arab 8-11, New Hope 8-11.

Win: Black Tiger.

Place: Don Khalifa.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2018

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