LAHORE: Dark-bay filly Purnoor, extended its winning streak to five when it triumphed at the Pakistan Derby, the premier race of the country for four-year-old country-bred colts and fillies run over 2400 metres, before a fairly big crowd at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

Owned by Malik Salman Khalid, Husnain-trained Purnoor was guided to a superb success by jockey Tahir Abbas amidst roars from the fans. It beat favourite filly Silver Fast ridden by jockey Aftab Choudhry. Colt Raksh and filly Jamal Din Wali completed the frame.

The main supporting event, the National Breeders Cup, a term race for three-year-olds run over 1400 metres was won by chestnut filly Nostalgia. The Syed Atif Ashfaq Shah-owned Nostalgia was piloted by Aftab Choudhry and beat bay colt Parsian Pearl by seven lengths.

The second supporting event, the Champion Stakes Cup run over 2000 metres went to bay horse Royal Ransom.

Results:

MOJ-EBAHAR PLATE CLASS VI1 DIVISION VI-1100M.

Malik Badshah ( Malik Abid Hussain) 8-6 Shahbaz A 1. Gul-e-Mesam 8-6 M. Fayyaz 2. Amazing Thunder 8-0 M. Ajmal 3. Lajpal Badshah 8-6 Mazhar Ali.

Won by 3 ½ L, Neck, 7 L. Time one minute 9 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

MOJ-E-BAHAR PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION IV & V- 1100M.

Golden Arrow (Mohamamd Ashraf ) 9-0 Safdar Hussain 1. Merchant Of Venus 8-6 M. Sajjad 2. Galactic Choice 7-10 Kashif Arshad 3.Jalal Queen 8-4 Dinar Mirwani 4.

Won by 7 L, 1 L, Neck. Time one minute 8 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Nadeem Raza Khan.

MOJ-E-BAHAR PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION 111 & IV-1100M.

Chotta Bravo (Shahid Mahmood Goga ) 8-2 Dinar Mirwani 1.Tatla Princess 9-2 Tahir Abbas 2. Chan Pari 7-12 M. Hanif 3. Ibram Prince 8-10 Haroon Gulzar 4.

Won by 2 ½ L, ¾ L, Head. Time one minute 9 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Afzal.

SPRING CUP CLASS VII DIVISION 11-1400M.

Sword Of Fateh (Mohamamd Ahsan Irfan ) 8-2 Tahir Abbas 1. Silent Assasin 8-4 Javaid Iqbal 2. Galactic Song 8-6 Hassan Toor 3. Midnight Storm 8-6 M. Munir (11) 4.

Won by 2 ½ L, 6 L, 3 L. Time one minute 27 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohamamd Afzal.

Steward Cup Class VI Division 1,11, 111 (Class V included )-1400M.

Shorawak (Mohamamd Abid ) 9-6 Dinar Mirwani 1. Professor 8-2 Safdar Hussain 2. Sanctity 8-10 Joey Sheridan 3. Hassan’s Heights 8-0 M. Zulfikar 4.

Won byu1 ¼ L, 6 L, 8 L. Time one minute 26 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Afzal.

NATIONAL BREEDERS CUP , A TERM RACE FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD 1400M.

Nostalgia (Syed Atif Asgfaq Shah ) 8-5 Aftab Choudhry 1. Parsian Pearl 7-10 M. Zulfiqar 2. Borte 7-7 Mubashar Bhatti 3. Pakistani Star 8-2 Mazhar Ali 4.

Won by 7 L, 3 L, 3 ½ L. Time one minute 26 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Afzal.

PAKISTAN DERBY 2022, A TERM RACE FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD COLTS AND FILLIES-2400M.

Purnoor (Malik Salman Khalid ) 8-11 Silver Fast 8-11 Aftab Choudhry 2. Rakhsh 9-0 Bilal Ahmad 3. Jamal Din Wali 8-11 M. Zulfikar 4.

Won by 2 ½ L, 2 L, 3 ½ L. Time two minutes 39 seconds. Winner trained by Husnain.

CHAMPION STAKE CUP , UNDER JOCKEY CLUB OF PAKISTAN RULES OF RACING-2000M.

Royal Ransom (Haji Sahib Jan ) 9-4 Safdar Hussain 1. Sahil 8-12 Aftab Choudhry 2.Widaad 9-6 Joey Sheridan 3.

Only three ran.

Won by 2 L, Distamnce. Time two minutes 8 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali (KRC).

LRC CUP CLASS VII DIVISION 1 & 11-1400M.

Watto Choice (Mohamamd Abbas Watto) 8-4 Aftab Choudhry 1. Widad 9-0 Thir Abbas 2. Drums Of War 9-0 Mazhal Ali 3. Queen Of Spades 8-10 Waheed Baran 4.

Won by ½ L, 2 L, 2 ½ L, Time one minute 29 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Afzal.

MOJ-E-BAHAR PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION IV-1400M.

Provoked (Zaid Raheem) 8-4 Aftab Choudhry 1. Market Leader 8-8 Mubashair Bhatti 2. Al Khalid 9-0 Tahir Abbas 3. Barbarians Charge 8-6 Javaid Iqbal 4.

Won by 1.2 L, Neck, 3 ½ L. Time one minute 27 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shahid Rehman.

MOJ-E-BAHAR PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION 1-1400M.

Elektra (Faisal Saleem Durrani ) 8-10 Tahir Abbas 1. Queen 8-10 Aamir Pervez 2. Squid Games 8-4 M. Hanif 3. Forbidden Love 8-10 M. Zulfiqar 4.

Won by 3 L, 3 L, 3 L. Time one minute 28 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Abid Mahmood.

Published in Dawn, March 7th, 2022