LAHORE: Three cup races prominently feature in a seven-event card drawn by the Lahore Race Club (LRC) in connection with the Independence Day celebrations here at the Racecourse on Sunday.

The main event of the day, the Independence Day Cup, to be gone over 1,100 metres comprises a tiny field of five good sprinters which makes it a potentially close contest.

The day’s supporting event, the Jashn-e-Azadi Cup which will be to be contested over 1,100 metres, contains ten runners while the Kashmir Cup, of 1,000 metres, has nine runners, all maidens which makes it a challenging affair.

In all, 54 horses will take part in today’s day-night action. The first race starts at 5:00pm.

Published in Dawn, August 10th, 2025