LAHORE: Dark-bay favourite colt Sword Of Honour put up a scintillating display of speed to clinch the feature event, the Mian Abdul Waheed Memorial Cup, run over 1000 metres during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.
Trained by Zahid Rasheed and ridden by jockey Aftab Chaudhry, the five to four favourite colt came from behind and gained a comfortable lead before finishing four-length ahead of the second placed Murtajil. Chestnut filly Forbidden Love finished further two lengths away to grab the third place. The winning owner Mohammad Ahsan Raza was presented the cup steward Mian Mohammad Saleem.
The main supporting event, the Jashn-e-Baharan Cup run over 1000 metres was won by the long shot bay gelding Gul-Lala One partnered by Munir Hussain and trained by Mazhar Abbas Kalyar. He beat bay filly Olympic Queen by over eight lengths while the gelding Kara Mac finished third. LRC steward Mahmood Khan gave away the cup to the winning owner Mohamamd Bilal Qureshi.
Awais Anjum, an up and coming rider, secure two cups as he rode bay colt Absolutely Not to triumph in the sixth race and finished the day on a high note when he rode bay horse Guns Of Navarone to victory in the last race of the event.
Published in Dawn, March 13th, 2023
