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LAHORE, Feb 25: Coming from behind, fancied chestnut colt Son Of A Gun moved ahead and never allowed any one to beat him, to claim the Derby Trials race at the Racecourse on Monday. The race was competed over one-and-a-quarter miles.
A big crowd of connoisseurs of racing came to rapt attention before bursting into a spontaneous applause as Son Of A Gun fled past the winning post. He defeated Karachi’s prodigious bay colt Steal The Show by two-and-a-half lengths. Bay filly Gambling Princess was nosed out by Steal The Show and finished third. Yet another bay filly Cisco Magic completed the frame, two lengths further behind. In all, eight ran in this fourth race of the day.
Running strongly in the early part of the race, Son Of A Gun shot into the lead in the home stretch and registered a facile win.
Piloted by the jockey Aamar Parvez, this colt Son Of A Gun is from Shogun-out-of-Ginza Gift, is owned by Mohammad Yaqoob and trained by Khadim Hussain. The Derby Trials was a term race for four-year-old Pakistani colts and fillies.
The winner clocked a good time of two minutes 9 4/5 seconds over the distance in this most important race of the afternoon.
Earlier, three-year-old bay filly Democracy lifted the Bin Qasim Cup run over the sprinting distance of six furlongs.
In this term race for three-year-old home-bred colts and fillies, Democracy made a late burst of speed from the last position to win the race in a heroic fashion. She beat the bay colt Flight Alert by one-and-a-quarter lengths. The dark-bay filly Qaswa Princess finished third half-a-length further behind while Red Storm completed the board, seven lengths further back. In all, only seven colts and fillies faced the starter’s order in this second race of the afternoon. The ace jockey Salah-ud-Din II rode Democracy to this creditable victory.
Following are the results:
NAROWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION III & IV 6 FURS:
Real Quit (Nisar Ahmad) 7-11 A. Imran 1. Wing Commander 8-1 Qamar Zaman 2. Royal Prosper 8-11 Zahid Ali 3. Roberto Bay 8-5 Kamran Hussain 4. (All 15 ran).
Won by 6 L, 2 1/2 L, 1 3/4 L.
Time one minute 15 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Bashir.
BIN QASIM CUP. A TERM RACE FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PAKISTANI COLTS AND FILLIES. 6 FURS:
Democracy (Nayyar Sheikh) 8-4 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Flight Alert 8-0 Tehseen Hussain 2. Qaswa Princess 7-11 Majid Khan 3. Red Storm 7-11 Shahid Rehman 4. (All seven ran).
Won by 1 1/4 L, 1/2 L, 7 L.
Time one minute 15 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Bashir.
NAROWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION II & III 6 FURS:
Top Choice 8-13 A. Aziz 1. Puma Star 7-13 M. Jehangir 2. Fancy Light 9-7 M. A. Shamas 3. Arooj 9-2 Shahid Rehman 4. (All 15 ran).
Won by 1 1/4 L, 1 1/2 L, 4 3/4 L.
Time one minute 15 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.
DERBY TRIALS. A TERM RACE FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD PAKISTANI COLTS AND FILLIES. ONE-AND-A-QUARTER MILE:
Son Of A Gun (Mohammad Yaqoob) 8-12 Aamar Parvez 1. Steal The Show 8-12 Shahid Rehman 2. Gambling Girl 8-9 Qamar Zaman 3. Cisco Magic 8-9 Kamran 4. (Only eight ran).
Won by 2 1/2 L, Neck, 2 L.
Time Two minutes 9 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Khadim Hussain.
BEGUM KISHWAR ABID HUSSAIN MEMORIAL CUP, CLASS IV & V (COMBINED) ONE MILE:
Think Thank (Junaid Anwar) 8-2 Javed Iqbal 1. Run Way Lady 8-12 Shahid Rehman 2. Royal Soul 8-13 Qamar Zaman 3. Half Love 9-13 Kamran Hussain 4. (Only nine ran).
Won by 2 L, Neck, Distance.
Time one minute 42 seconds.
Winner trained by Raja Tehmasab Khan.
NAROWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION I & II ONE MILE:
King Fisher (Sohrab Khan) 9-2 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Love Moon 7-11 Javed Iqbal 2. Saughat 8-9 M. A. Shamas 3. The New Champion 7-10 Zulfi 4. (All 12 ran).
Won by 1/2 L, Distance, 4 L.
Time one minute 42 seconds.
Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.
