KARACHI, May 25: Favourite four-year-old bay filly Diamond In Dust reclaimed her top slot after galloping to three-and-a-half lengths’ victory over arch rival Tyre Jee while landing The Roses In May Cup at the Gymkhana race meeting on Sunday.

The filly from the stables of Syed Ismail Shah was partnered by jockey Ghulam Shabbir II in a start-to-finish bid to register her fourth win of the year at the Karachi Racecourse.

Both Tyre Jee and Diamond In Dust were stunned by mare Spice Of Arab last weekend.

Colt Spirit Of Arab seized the third place seven lengths behind while Desert Hawk completed the board in a field of 10 runners in the six furlongs race.

After three unsuccessful attempts favourite four-year-old chestnut filly Crown Prince made amends by presenting her owner with a winner in the concluding race which was also the supporting event.

Owned by the KRC administrator Haji Khuda Bux Rajar and saddled by Mushtaq Ali Khan, the filly was piloted home by M. Nasir to a three-length victory over mare Blind Date.

They were followed by filly Sweet Girl and mare Lady Conqueror. The latter was not on job. The field was reduced to seven following withdrawl of Leopard Of Arab in the morning declaration.

It was a day of favourite horses as five of them obliged the punters in a card of six.

Jockeys Shabbir and Nasir shared the riding honours partnering a brace of winners apiece.

Six-year-old bay Bharosa completed hat-trick by getting the better of filly Baby John in the top division of class VII.

Bharosa had a perfect start under rider Arshad and led the field of 13 runners. On the other hand, Baby John lagged far behind but after negotiating the bend, she overtook opponents to finish close second.

Manan Prince and John Player occupied the third and fourth place, respectively.

Outsider mare Eye Lady created the only upset of the day by winning the opening race. She beat Qandhar by two-and-a-quarter lengths with Mohammad Essa astride.

Joint favourites Royal Loyalty and Full ‘N’ Final settled for third and fourth places.

Colt Speed Of Arab stormed to a facile seven-length victory over Hamza Joy to claim the second race while another colt Fast Track chalked up his maiden win in the third race, outpacing Sayeen Jee by three lengths.

Results:

THE RINGO PLATE DIV V CLASS VII 5F:

Eye Lady (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 7-10 (cr7-12), Mohammad Essa 1; Qandhar 8-7, Sohail Ahmed 2; Royal Loyalty 8-7, Mohsin Mohiuddin 3; Full ‘N’ Final 8-13 (cr8-6), Tauheed Ali 4.

Won by 2 1/4L, S. Head, 1 1/2L. Time: One min 8 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE RINGO PLATE DIV III

CLASS VII 5F:

Speed Of Arab (Ameer Ahmed) 8-4, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; Hamza Joy 9-0 (cr8-7), Rehan Ahmed 2; Dilruba 8-3, Mohammad Essa 3; Moon Dazzler 8-3, M. Manzoor 4.

Won by 7L, 3/4L, 3L. Time: One min 6 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Ghulam Channa.

THE RINGO PLATE DIV II CLASS VII 5F:

Fast Track (Gul Mohammad Rajar) 8-2, M. Nasir 1; Sayeen Jee 9-0, Mohammad Essa 2; Bam Bamm 8-2, Fahim K 3; Sweetie Pie 7-12, Zaki Zakir 4.

Won by 3L, 3L, Dist. Time: One min 3 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE RINGO PLATE DIV I CLASS VII 5F:

Bharosa (Abdul Rafay Farooqi) 9-0, Arshad 1; Baby John 8-4, Lateef 2; Manan Prince 9-0, M. Yousuf 3; John Player 8-10, Ghulam Shabbir II 4.

Won by 1 1/4L, S. Head, 1 1/4L. Time: One min 5 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Aurangzeb Khan.

THE ROSES IN MAY CUP 2008

CLASS III, IV AND V DIV I AND II 6F:

Diamond In Dust (Syed Ismail Shah) 8-9, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; Tyre Jee 8-2, Tariq Baran 2; Spirit Of Arab 7-8 (cr8-4), M. Nasir 3; Desert Hawk 7-4 (cr7-6), M. Amjad 4.

Won by 3 1/2L, 7L, 5L. Time: One min 17 1/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

THE FRAGRANCE PLATE CLASS VI 6F:

Crown Prince 9-2 (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 9-2, M. Nasir 1; Blind Date 8-8, Ghulam Shabbir II 2; Sweet Girl 8-0, Ashiq Ali 3; Lady Conqueror 7-13, Sohail Ahmed 4.

Won by 3L, 10L, 3 1/2L. Time: One min 19 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.