LAHORE: Favourite bay horse Sardar Gee pulled off a rare feat as he extended his winning streak to five triumphs after landing the Ramadan Cup, run over 1100 metres during the 32nd Lahore Winter Meeting here at the Racecourse on Sunday.
With four victories on the trot the country-bred Sardar Gee came rushing from behind at a ferocious speed in the dying strides to nose out bay colt Big Beat at the finish line while bay filly Nimal Princess finished third among seven runners.
In the last seventh and last race of the day, Sardar Gee was piloted home by Safdar Hussain with a precise judgment to receive a loud applause from the crowd.
The bay horse was trained by Khawaja Qamar Hameed and co-owned by Zain-ul-Abideen and Malik Asghar Ali.
A race earlier the rank outsider colt Sword Of Faateh put up a smashing performance to win the Malik Ghulam Nabi Memorial Cup run over 1100 metres.
Riden by Deenar Mirwani, the colt blitzed down the home stretch to beat front-running colt Shaman by about two lengths.
Chestnut colt Timeline finished third while the favourite colt Sir occupied the fourth berth in a very dismal show.
Punters had a profitable day when five favourite horses won in a card of seven events.
Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2023
