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LAHORE, Oct 16: Three-year-old chestnut colt, Newton, ridden by jockey Shahid Rehman predictably outclassed his 13 rivals to edge out Manu Janu to win the Islamabad Cup run over 1200m during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.
The winner dictated a good gallop in the early part of the race but was caught up at the dying minutes of the race but for strong pushing by jockey Shahid Rehman which saw the colt win by a neck’s margin from late rushing Manu Janu.
Rough Tough finished third a length further behind while Green Street completed the frame among 14 runners. This was very keenly contested race among top jockeys at Lahore.
The first meeting during the holy month of Ramazan proved very profitable for jockey M. Hanif and veteran trainer Haji Ghulam Sarwar, who stole the limelights.
Hanif rode home four winners which included a hat trick while Sarwar sent out three winners. Both ending the day in a blaze of glory.
Jockey Hanif’s winners were First Passion, Legend, Brave Majesty and Achilles.
His three winners except Brave Majesty were trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar, a champion trainer of yesteryear.
Meanwhile, the the Lahore Race Club (LRC) has donated another rupees three million towards the President’s Relief Fund for the rehabilitation of earthquake victims.
LRC had made the first tranche towards the fund earlier. The donation was announced by LRC chairman Tariq Aziz while talking to Dawn after the meeting with stewards, LRC management and owners of the horses.
The third instalment would be announced later. Six races were held in day time while the seventh and last was held in floodlights.
Results.
NARANG MANDI PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 1000m.
Ministry (Latif Butt) 9-4 M. Zeeshan 1. Lovely Diana 7-10 M. Jehangir 2.Aishwarya 8-10 M. Hanif 3. Amsterdam 9-0 Azam Hussain 4. Won by 3 L, 2 L, Head. Time one min 3 secs. Winner trained by the owner.
NARANG MANDI PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1000m.
First Passion (Rai Ali Zulqarnain) 8-6 M. Hanif 1. Golden Faith 7-4 A. Alam 2. Shaba Queen 8-6 Azhar Hussain 3. Mutyar 7-8 Shahid Mustafa 4. Won by 4 3/4 L, 1 1/2 L, Short-head. Time one min 2 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.
ISLAMABAD PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1200m.
Owais Jan (Mohammad Azeem) 8-4 Azam Hussain 1. Chan Badshah 3 / ? 9-0 Javaid Iqbal 2. Grey Swallow 9-0 Salah-ud-Din (II) 3. Stride To Moment 7-13 Azhar Hussain 4.
Won by Distance, Short-head, 2 3/4 L. Time one minute 14 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
ISLAMABAD CUP CLASS V DIV I 1200m.
Newton (Mohammad Ilyas) 8-12 Shahid Rehman 1. Manu Janu 8-8 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Rough Tough 8-9 Azhar Hussain 3. Green Street 9-4 P. Bhatty 4. Won by Neck, 1 1/4 L, 1 3/4 L. Time one min 15 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Mian Javaid.
Sangla Hill Plate Class IV Division III 1200m.
Legend (Abid Mahmood) 9-0 M. Hanif 1. Storm Warning 9-0 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Penalty Corner8-6 Anjum 3. Key Guy Doll 9-0 M. Zeeshan 4. Won by 5 L, 3/4 L, Distance. Time one minute 14 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.
SANGLA HILL PLATE CLASS IV DIV II 1200m.
Brave Majesty (Mohammad Shafiq Sadiq) 8-6 M. Hanif 1. Royal Bird 9-0 Shahid Rehman 2. Puma The Great 8-2 Sajjad Hussain 3. Safe And Sound 8-4 M. Atif 4. Won by 7 L, Head, 5 1/2 L. Time one min 13 3/5 secs. Winner trained by M. Khan.
Sangla Hill Plate Class IV Div I 1200m.
Achilles (Arbab Mohammad Zahur) 8-2 M. Hanif 1. Freedom Dancer 7-11 Shahid Mustafa 2. My Own Job 8-2 Azhar Hussain 3. Stereo Nation 8-0 P. Bhatty 4.
Won by 2 L, 2 1/4 L, 3 1/4 L. Time one min 13 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.
