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KARACHI, Feb 14: Five-year-old bay horse Jack In The Box who was allowed to run on merit obliged punters when he powered his way to land the feature event as Jawan Bakht bite dust in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Wednesday.
After two consecutive dismal runs he outpaced Killer Instincts to post four lengths victory. Jawab Bakht finished third while Foolish Pleasure settled for fourth place.
Saddled by S. Ehtisham he was ridden home by jockey Ghulam Shabbir II in one min six seconds.
The victory also earned the rider-trainer combination a splendid double following the success of four-year-old bay filly Little Girl in the second race.
The favourite filly registered a facile five lengths victory over mare Meri Paidagiree.
Rider Mohammad Essa shone in the saddle when he presented owner Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara with a winner by piloting public fancy Al Jarrar to one-and-a-half lengths victory over Lucky Girl.
This was Al Jarrar’s first win of the year after three successive failures.
The punters were at the receiving end as the remaining four races turned out to be upsets.
The days’ proceedings began when 11-year-old chestnut mare Taneez created quite a stir by claiming the opener. She beat Tom Cruise by two-and-a-half lengths.
Riding boy Fateh Mohammad registered his first win of the year when he galloped outsider Power Plus to one-three-quarter-of-a-length victory over filly Breaking News.
Chestnut Field Commander pulled off the third upset beating Shah Pasand while mare Sweet Grandy toppled Khas-ul-Khas.
The next Gymkhana race meeting will be held on Sunday.
Results:
THE DUBAI PLATE DIV IV-B CLASS VII 4 1/2F:
Taneez (Mr. Asghar Mehmood Baig) 8-7(cr8-2) M. Waseem II 1, Tom Cruise 8-12 Faisal Qamar 2, Gul-e-Lala 9-0 Fahim K 3, Shah Sawar 8-9(cr8-2) Sohail Ahmed 4. Won by 2 1/2L, 3/4L, 1 3/4L. Time: 1 min 1 1/5 sec.
Winner trained by Ibrahim.
THE DUBAI PLATE DIV IV-A CLASS VII 4 1/2F:
Little Girl (Haji Munir Ahmed) 8-4 Ghulam Shabbir II 1, Meri Paidagiree 9-3 Tariq Baran 2, Azam The Great 8-6(cr8-0) Zulfiqar Ali 3, Lucky Legs 8-12 M. Kashif 4. Won by 5L, 4L, 1 1/2L. Time: 0.59 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by S. Ehtisham.
THE DUBAI PLATE DIV V-B CLASS VII 4F:
Power Plus (Mr. Edward Chuo) 9-2(cr8-11) Fateh Mohammad 1, Breaking News 9-0 Tariq Baran 2, Captain Cook 8-7 Asghar Ali 3, Flying Prince 8-11 M. Yousuf 4. Won by 1 3/4L, 3L, 2 3/4L. Time: 0.55 ½ sec.
Winner trained by A. Waheed.
THE DUBAI PLATE DIV V-A CLASS VII 4F:
Al Jarrar (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 8-6 Mohammad Essa 1, Lucky Girl 8-9 Khalid Amin 2, Sherry The Great 9-0(cr8-11) Sohail Ahmed 3, Royal Reach 8-4 Yousuf Ikram 4. Won by 1 1/2L, 12L, 1/2L. Time: 0.54 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Sher Mohammad.
THE DUBAI PLATE DIV III CLASS VII 5F:
Field Commander(Mr. Basharat Ali) 8-1 Fahim K 1, Shah Pasand 9-4 M. Khizer 2, Donatello 8-5 Faisal Qamar 3, Lucky Boss 8-8 M. Alam 4. Won by 2 1/2L, Neck, Neck. Time: 1 min 6 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Mian Asif.
THE DUBAI PLATE DIV II CLASS VII 5F:
Sweet Grandy(Nawab Jawaid) 8-13 Tariq Baran 1, Khas-ul-Khas 8-4(cr7-11) Amjad 2, Princess Rozi 9-0(cr8-11) Sohail Ahmed 3, Thanks Naeem 8-1 Fahim K 4. Won by 3 1/2L, 2 1/2L, 1 3/4L. Time: 1 min 6 3/5 sec.
Winner trained by M. Khalil.
THE DUBAI PLATE DIV I CLASS VII 5F:
Jack In The Box (Mr. M. Ali Shafi) 8-13 Ghulam Shabbir II 1, Killer Instincts 8-9(cr8-2) Nazil Hussain 2, Jawan Bakht 9-3 Mohammad Essa 3, Foolish Pleasure 8-5 Fahim K 4. Won by 4L, Head, Neck. Time: 1 min 6 sec.
Winner trained by S. Ehtisham.
