LAHORE: Classic contender Marmaris outpaced her 15 rivals to win the feature event at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

The 3-1 chance three-year-old filly made all the running in the 1,000 metres sprinting distance contest under jockey Deenar Mirwani to register a convincing victory by a big margin.

Trained by Mohammad Afzal this was the filly’s second successive win in a week as she beat bay horse Salam-e-Dera to second position with favourite filly Warrior’s Charge third in a dismal show after her maiden success last Sunday.

The last race of the day was delayed by over an hour as the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards chan­ged the rider of one runner and issued warnings to a couple of others to make them perform on merit after suspecting foul [lay.

Only one favourite obliged the punters in a small card of five races.

The next race meeting has been brought forward to Thursday due to Ashura, the LRC announced.

Results:

THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV V — 1,000M:

Jalpana Prince (Shahid Nawaz Khan Niazi) 8-4, Zulfiqar 1; Piyari Guriya 7-10, Riaz Hussain 2; Shining Armour 8-4, Mohammad Hanif 3; Dancing Beauty 7-10, Sunny Babu 4.

Won by 2½ L, 4L, 2½ L. Time: one minute six seconds. Winner trained by Nadeem Raza Khan.

THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV V — 1,000M:

Crown Jewel (Najam Shamim) 8-0, Mazhar Ali 1; Bright Gold 8-12, Deenar Mirwani 2; Chan Punjabi 8-10, Mubashir Bhatti 3; Punjabi Munda 9-0, S. Raza 4.

Won by ½ L, 7 L, 4 L. Time: one minute 5 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV — 1000M:

Anibal (Abdul Sattar) 9-4, Tahir Abbas 1; Qalandra 8-12, Deenar Mirwani 2; Lahori Badshah 8-8, Munir Hussain 3; Lala Rukh 8-6, Mohammad Hanif 4.

Won by 8 L, 5 L, Distance. Time: one minute 3 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II — 1,000M:

Marmaris (Asif Inayat Shahani and Syed Adeel Bukhari) 8-10, Deenar Mirwani 1; Salam-e-Dera 9-0, Mubashir Bhatti 2; Warrior’s Charge 8-0, Mohammad Hanif 3; Remember Me 8-8, Munir Hussain 4.

Won by Distance, 1½ L, ½ L. Time: one minute 1 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV III — 1,000M:

Rashk-e-Qamar (Mian Waleed Haroon) 8-6, Aftab Chaudhry 1; Faizi Choice 8-4, Mohammad Hanif 2; Silken Black 8-8, S. Moin 3; Gold Man 9-0, Bilal Ahmed 4.

Won by 3 L, 2 L, 2 L. Time: one minute 3 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

Published in Dawn, August 24th, 2020