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LAHORE, April 24: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards were forced to rescind their order aimed at reducing stake-money to horses placed first, second and third in the Lahore Gymkhana races within two hours and restored it in full on Wednesday.
The LRC stewards had announced a sizable reduction in stake-money Wednesday. This evoked a sharp reaction and strong protest by the horse-owners, who decided not to run their animals in races from today until the order was withdrawn.
A delegation of the owners led by Sohrab Khan met the stewards and demanded withdrawal of this order and restoration of the earlier schedule of prize-money.
They said when the maintenance cost of animals has risen so high there seems no reason for such an action. They threatened not to send their charges to take part in races.
After half-an-hour deliberations the stewards announced that they will award stake- money according to the earlier schedule.
As a result races started 45-minutes behind scheduled time. Only three fancied animals won in a card of six events. All races were contested over the distance of five furlongs.
The bay gelding Star Gate partnered by jockey Shahid Rehman came from behind to pip the front runner Puma Star on the finishing line and won the sixth and feature event. Iram State and Aao Payar Se completed the frame.
The following are the results:
PATTOKI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII
Silver Baby (Mohammad Amin) 8-13 Shah Nawaz 1, Jack Kallis 8-13 Khalid 2, Free Lancer 9-0 Zahid Ali 3, Sugar Daddy 8-12 Qasim Shah 4. (All eight ran).
Won by 7 1/4L, Head, Neck. Time 1 min 7 4/5 sec. Winner trained by owner.
PATTOKI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VII & VIII
Grey Matter (Syed Parvez Shah) 7-13 Faisal 1, Morning Bird 9-0 Mehmood Ali 2, Yarrow Braw 7-11 Khalid 3, Gently 8-0 Nazeer Ahmad 4. (All 12 ran).
Won by 1/2L, 1/2L, 4L. Time 1 min 6 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
PATTOKI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI & VII
Lucky Lass (Riaz-ul-Haq Qureshie) 9-0 Qamar Zaman 1, New Valley 8-13 Mohsin Ali 2, Tiger’s Wood 7-12 Shahid Mustafa 3, Jehandar 8-10 Azhar Hussain 4. (All 11 ran).
Won by 2L, Dist., Head. Time 1 min 5 sec. Winner trained by Raja Tehmasab Khan.
PATTOKI PLATE CLASS VII DIV V & VI
Densee (Miss Aisha Qadir) 8-5 Ishtiaq Ali 1, Rocket Fuel 9-0 Qasim Shah 2, Goshie The Great 9-0 Nadeem Ikram 3, Salman Love 8-11 Shah Nawaz 4. (Only six ran).
Won by Dist., Dist., 3/4L. Time 1 min 6 sec. Winner trained by Wahid Gul.
PATTOKI PLATE CLASS VII DIV V
Taj-ul-Malook (Ghulam Sarwar Sahi) 7-13 Nadeem Ikram 1, Pistol Pete 8-12 Qamar Zaman 2, Russian Pet 8-3 Shahid Mustafa 3, Madam Lorina 8-3 Zulfi 4. (Only nine ran).
Won by 9L, 1/2L, Dist. Time 1 min 4 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Saeed-ul- Bashar.
PATTOKI PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV & V
Star Gate (Mohammad Yaqoob) 8-11 Shahid Rehman 1, Puma Star 8-7 Shahid Mustafa 2, Iram State 8-9 Qamar Zaman 3, Aao Payar Se 9-0 Qasim Shah 4. (All nine ran)).
Won by Neck, 5L, 3L. Time 1 min 3 3/5 sec.
