LAHORE, April 30: The Lahore Race Club has drawn up an ordinary six-event card for the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourse on May Day.

All events will be contested over the sprinting distance of 900 metres. The first race will start at 2.30 pm.

Seven-year-old chestnut gelding Crysler, seems to have a good chance to win the feature event, in the Chichawatni Plate, Class VII Division V which will be the sixth and last race of the afternoon. The gelding has come down considerably in the handicap and is faster than his eight rivals.

Two other chestnut geldings, Moment To Moment and Russian Pet and the bay mare Hot Spell, are the other contestants who can pose some challenge to Crysler.

Meanwhile the Lahore Race Club (LRC) has directed the owners of eighteen horses to present them for verification of their documents in the club paddock on May 4. An LRC notification issued on Tuesday warned absentees that `their entries in races will be banned.

The horses to be verified are: Game Master, Prince Of Arabia, Weldon Shogun, Win Dancer, Wish You Well, Brave Shah, Mera Shahinshah, Lucky Rambo, Rambo’s Way, Rocket, Great Profit, Daring Eagle, Royal Bullet, Sound Of Music, Sweet Cis, Code Of Honour, New Cannon and New Valley.

Following is the field and our selections:

CHICHAWATNI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII 900M

Sugar Daddy 9-0, Lauretta 8-10, Haroon Prince 8-8, Candle Light 8-8, The Minsk 8-8, Tulip 8-5, Shoot To Kill 8-1, Noor Bakht 7-10 and Talk Of The Town 7-10.

Win: Sugar Daddy.

Place: Lauretta or Noor Bakht.

Upset: Talk Of The Town.

CHICHAWATNI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII (A) 900M

Unite Love 9-4, Last Love 8-13, Lex Lugar 8-11, Dunhill 8-8, Strong Arm 8-4, Jack Kallis 8-0, Free Lancer 7-12, Lovely Diana 7-10 and Yarrow Braw 7-10.

Win: Jack Kallis.

Place: Free Lancer.

Upset: Yarrow Braw.

CHICHAWATNI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VII 900M

Jehandar 9-4, Royal Man 8-13, Visit Again 8-11, Naseema Jan 8-11, Morning Bird 8-10, Grey Matter 8-8, Copper Field 8-6, Blue Blood 8-6, Flying Legs 8-11, Silver Baby 7-13, Barbara 7-12, Must Lady 7-10, Gently 7-10, Sun Dance 7-10, Golden Time 7-10 and Adil Prince 7-10.

Win: Morning Bird.

Place: Flying Legs or Gently.

Upset: Golden Time.

CHICHAWATNI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 900M

Top Gun 9-0, Subzero 8-11, New Valley 8-9, Hot Press 8-9, Rambo Princess 8-0, Shot Fire 7-13 and Golden Voice 7-11.

Win: New Valley.

Place: Subzero.

Upset: Hot Press.

CHICHAWATNI PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 900M

Weldon Shogun 9-0, Thank You Dear 9-0, Maadam Lorina 8-13, Desert Raider 8-9, Raad 8-9, Rambo’s Way 8-9, Great King 8-4, Fifty Six Fifty Six 8-4 and Salman Love 8-0.

Win: Thank You Dear.

Place: Madam Lorina.

Upset: Fifty Six Fifty Six.

CHICHAWATNI PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 900M

Crysler 9-0, Moment To Moment 8-13, Snow Cool 8-9, Densee 8-9, Sweet Talk 8-5, High Speed 8-0, Russian Pet 8-0, Hot Spell 7-11 and Lado Rani 7-11.

Win: Crysler.

Place: Moment To Moment or Russian Pet.

Upset: Hot Spell.

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