KARACHI, July 2: Outsider three-year-old chestnut colt The Ghazan Prince sprinted to glory by lowering the colours of favourite King Of Mehran in a late burst in the Gymkhana meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Monday.

Taking his last two runs into consideration, The Ghazan Prince was not rated to acclaim honours. However, he was heavily backed by the connection and won as he pleased.

Running on the heels of King Of Mehran and be Jamalo in the five furlongs last race of the programme, he overtook them one by one just five yards before the finishing post to post a half-length victory and interrupt winning run of King Of Mehran. Kat Mandu finished three lengths away to secure third place while Be Jamalo was pushed to fourth, further three lengths behind.

Saddled by Karim Bachoo, he was ridden home by M. Manzoor and enabled owner Irfan Mehdi to complete a back-to-back double.

In an earlier race, rider Ghulam Shabbir II stormed favourite bay mare Voo Doo Doll to four lengths victory over Jack In The Box. Sharp Cat had to be content with third place while Jawan Bakht completed the frame.

Six-year-old bay mare Silent Love, with rider Nadeem Akhtar aboard, pulled off the first upset of the day when she edged past Tun Baba Tun by two-and-a-half lengths to land the opener. Daruwala and Tom Cruise, the two joint favourites, finished off the board.

Similarly, three-year-old chestnut colt Sing Sing beat favourite five-year-old bay Powerful Gambler by two lengths to claim his maiden victory.

M. Nasir galloped favourite mare Queen Of Awan to facile win while The Choice Of The Day repeated his winning feat beating Azam The Great by three lengths.

Results:

THE BARSAT PLATE

DIV V CLASS VII 4F:

Silent Love(Nasrullah) 8-12 Nadeem Akhtar 1, Tun Baba Tun 8-8 Fahim K 2, Gul Bano 8-7 Naseem Ahmed 3, Raka Poshi 9-1 M. Amjad 4. Won by 2 1/2L, 3L, 1 3/4L. Time: 0.54 sec.

Winner trained by Mumtaz Ali.

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DIV IV CLASS VII 4F:

Queen Of Awan (Shoukat Awan) 8-12 M. Nasir 1, Jaguar 8-2 Zaheer Ahmed 2, Jadu Nagri 9-0 Mohammad Essa 3, Romeo 8-12(cr8-5) M. Rashid 4. Won by 4 3/4L, 4L, Dist. Time: 0.52 3/5 sec.

Winner trained by Taj Mohammad.

THE BARSAT PLATE DIV III-B CLASS VII 4 1/2F:

The Choice Of The Day (M. Yaqoob Butt) 8-10 M. Yousuf 1, Azam The Great 8-4(cr7-13) Zulfiqar Ali 2, Meri Paidagiree 9-0(cr8-9) M. Nasir 3, Burnish Pride 8-3 Tahir Ali 4. Won by 3L, 6L, 7 1/2L. Time: 0.59 3/5 sec.

Winner trained by owner.

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DIV III-A CLASS VII 4 1/2F:

Sing Sing (M. Tufail) 8-2(cr7-13) Farmanullah 1, Powerful Gambler 8-8 M. Nasir 2, Moment To Moment II 8-12(cr8-5) Zulfiqar Ali 3, Sweet Grandy 8-10 Faisal Qamar 4. Won by 2L, 1 1/2L, 6L. Time: 0.58 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by owner.

THE LUCKY PLATE CLASS VI AND VII DIV I 5F:

Voo Doo Doll (Irfan Mehdi) 8-3 Ghulam Shabbir II 1, Jack In the Box 9-3 M. Manzoor 2, Sharp Cat 9-2 Shahid Manan 3, Jawan Bakht 8-11 M. Yousuf 4. Won by 4L, 1/2L, 2L. Time: One min 4 3/5 sec.

Winner trained by G. Hassan.

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DIV I AND II CLASS VII 5F:

The Ghazan Prince (Irfan Mehdi) 8-2 M. Manzoor 1, King Of Mehran 9-0 M. Nasir 2, Kat Mandu 9-2 Ghulam Shabbir II 3, Be Jamalo 8-1(cr7-8) Abdul Mutalib 4. Won by 1/2L, 3L, 3L. Time: One min 5 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Karim Bachoo.