LAHORE: Bay horse Sahil made amends for its defeat last time by powering to victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup run over 2000 metres during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.
Sahil exacted revenge on Royal Ransom, which had beaten it on March 6.
A race earlier, bay colt Al Khalid sprang a big surprise when it coasted to a narrow win in the Syed Wajid Ali Shah Memorial Cup run over 1200 metres.
In a stunning performance, long shot chestnut filly Stunning One won the Pakistan Day Cup run over 1300 metres.
Before the start of the racing action, Lahore Race Club administrator Syed Tasvir Hussain and former stewards Mahmood Khan and Fawad Ahmad Cheema addressed a joint meeting of riders and trainers to underline the need for maintaining strict discipline and directed them to shun malpractices to make the equine sports fairer, qualitative and transparent.
They warned them that it has been decided to withdraw the permission of the professionals forthwith if any of the jockeys was detected pulling his mount and the trainer running chance horses in unfit condition.
Results:
CHENAB PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VI—900M
Gul-e-Measam (Najam Shamim ) 8-10 Safdar Hussain 1. Safdar Princess 8-2 Safdar Ali 2. Jalal Queen 9-0 Mazhar Ali 3. Neeli The Great 8-12 Shahzad Bhatti 4.
Won by 9 L, 7 L, 2 L. Time 58 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mazhar Abbas Kalyar.
CHENAB PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION V-900M
Khareef One (Mohammad Safdar Jutt ) 8-6 Tahir Abbas 1. Merchant Of Venus 8-6 Safdar Hussain 2. Gifts Of Gold 7-10 Zameer 3. Galactic Choice 7-8 Kashif Arshad 4.
Won by 4 L, Head, 1 L. Time 59 seconds. Winner trained by A. B. Malik.
CHENAB PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION 111 & IV-900M
Maxi Million ( Mazhar Qayyum ) 8-6 Safdar Hussain 1. Tatla Princess 8-12 Bilal Ahmad 2. Chhota Bravo 8-10 Tahir Abbas 3. Sehar 8-0 Aftab Choudhry 4.
Won by Short-head, ½ L, 1 ½ L. Time 55 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Khawaja Qamar Hameed.
SYED WAJID ALI SHAH MEMORIAL CUP, CLASS VI-1200M
Al Khalid (Malik Salman Khalid ) 8-10 Tahir Abbas 1. Market Leader 8-10 Safdar Hussain 2. Borte 9-0 Javed Iqbal 3. G. One 8-0 Mazhar Ali 4.
Won by Head, 6 L, 2 ¼ L, Time one minute 12 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Husnain.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II, CHALLENGE CUP, A HANDICAP RACE FOR FOUR YEAR-OLD AND ABOVE-2000M
Sahil (Khawaja M. Atif ) 9-0 Aftab Choudhry 1. Royal ransom 9-4 Bilal Amad 2. Purnoor 8-5 Tahir Abbas 3. Widada 9-5 Mazhar Ali 4.
Won by 7 L, 3 L, 2 L. Time two minutes 5 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.
PAKISTAN DAY CUP CLASS VII DIVISION 1 7 11-1300M
Stunning One 7-10 Babar Rehman 1. Bambsi 8-8 Aftab Choudhry 2. Ullswater 8-0 M. Hanif 3. Tiger Jet 7-10 Kashif Arshad 4.
Won by 5 L, ½ L, ½ L. Time one minute 19 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Abdul Rashid.
Published in Dawn, March 28th, 2022
