LAHORE: A six-event card featuring two cup races awaits race-goers when the 25th Lahore Winter Meeting gets under way here at the Racecourse on Sunday.

The feature event, the Faiz Ahmad Faiz Cup, a handicap race to be gone over 1,200 metres, has eight runners making it an open affair while the supporting event of 1,200 metres, the Sher Garh Cup, has a big field of twelve runners.

In all, 58 runners will be competing in the six races.

Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2025

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