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LAHORE, March 18: English bay filly Grecianette displayed all the characteristics of a street fighter to win the Mountain Dew Eclipse Stakes Of Pakistan cup, ran over 2000 metres, during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.
Running in the silks of Syed Parvaiz Hussain Shah, the filly was given a splendid ride by jockey Shahid Rehman from an inside draw to win by two lengths from Go With The Wind after fighting a tough battle.
Miss Thailand lost stamina and finished third with Dexterity coming fourth to complete the frame.
In the fifth race, favourite colt Tipu Sultan landed the Pepsi Cup which ran over 1600 metres. Owned jointly by Syed Parvaiz Hussain Shah and Munir Ahmad Dar, the colt triumphed by six lengths from Flying Pet.
Shahid Rehman rode Tropical, Grecianette and Tipu Sultan to win second, fourth and fifth race respectively.
Four favourites won in a card of six events except fourth and sixth races.
Results:
SIBBI PLATE CLASS-V DIV-III 1300M:
Hitler (Malik Bashir Ahmed) 8-12 A. Imran 1, Murad King 9-0 Ali Raza 2, Rana Choice 8-6 Faisal Tahir 3, Tornado 8-6 Imran Parvaiz 4.
Won by 3 ½ L, 2 L, Distance. Time one min 24 1/4 sec.
Winner trained by Rashid Latif.
SIBBI PLATE CLASS-V DIV-XI 1300M:
Tropical (Bilal Khan) 8-11 Shahid Rehman 1, Royal Luck 9-0 Atif Javaid 2, Scarlet O' Hara 9-0 Salahuddin 3, Bone Crusher 8-12 Sikander Khan 4.
Won by 5 ½ L, 2 L, Distance. Time one min 23 1/5 sec.
Winner trained by Amjad Ali 11.
PEPSI PLATE CLASS-IV DIV-II & III 1600M:
Azzam (Asif Ali Khan) 8-8 Salahuddin 1, Great Murad 8-8 A. Imran 2, Wendy Trace 9-4 Atif Javaid 3, Miss Photogenic 7-11 A. Rahim 4.
Won by 7 L, Distance, Distance. Time one min 41 1/5 sec.
Winner trained by Abdul Rashid.
MOUNTAIN DEW ECLIPSE STAKES OF PAKISTAN CLASS-111 AND UPWARD 2000M:
Grecianette (Syed Parvaiz Hussain Shah) 9-12 Shahid Rehman 1, Go With The Wind 10-0 Salahuddin 2, Miss Thailand 9-2 Faisal Tahir 3, Dexterity 8-2 M. Zeeshan 4.
Won by 2 L, 1 3/4 L, 4 1/4 L. Time two min 7 sec.
Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
PEPSI CUP CLASS-IV DIV-I & II 1600M:
Tipu Sultan (Munir Ahmad Dar & Syed Parvaiz Hussain Shah) 7-13 Shahid Rehman 1, Flying Pet 8-2 M. Zeeshan 2, Top Cat 9-4 Khurrum Sheikh 3, Jasrah 9-0 Salahuddin 4.
Won by 6 L, 5 L, 6 L. Time one min 40 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Manzoor Ahmad.
SIBBI PLATE CLASS-V DIV-I 1300M:
Cross Ruff (Masood Pervaiz & Javaid Khalid) 7-10 M. Zeeshan 1, Run And Win 8-10 Faisal Tahir 2, Cobbler 9-0 Khurrum Sheikh 3, Big Bird 8-10 A. Rahim 4.
Won by 3 ½ L, 8 L, 5 L. Time one min 22 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by I. Nawab.
