KARACHI, June 29: Favourite three-year-old bay filly Black Velvet justified the confidence reposed in her when she stormed to facile victory to make it two on the trot in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

She edged past colt The Reyan by one-and-a-half lengths with jockey M. Nasir in the saddle. Filly Dilruba finished further five lengths behind to grab third place while Kicking King completed the frame.

Six-year-old bay Bharosa celebrated the day by completing a double hat-trick when he claimed the feature event in style. With five wins under his belt, Bharosa galloped to a splendid three lengths’ victory over Black Girl for the honours.

The horse from the stables of Abdul Rafay Farooqi was sprinted home by Nasir which helped him complete a double. He was saddled by Aurangzeb Khan.

In an earlier race, six-year-old bay mare Voo Doo Doll made amends when she got the better of Closing Argument by a length to land supporting event.

Princess Sparkle, Daruwala and Shiracco won the first three races.

Jockey M. Manzoor also came out with a double by sprinting Princess Sparkle and Voo Doo Doll to victories.

Results:

THE AIYAZ PLATE DIV V CLASS VII 5F:

Princess Sparkle (Miss Zainab Ali and Miss Iman Ali) 8-11 M. Manzoor 1, Paidagiree 9-4 Sohail Ahmed 2, Prince Shahzad 7-9 Abdul Mutlib 3, Gul Bano 7-7 Zaki Zakir 4.

Won by 4L, 8L, 2 ½ L. Time: One min 9 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by M.Mazhar.

THE AIYAZ PLATE DIV IV

CLASS VII 5F:

Daruwala ((M. Yousuf Khan) 8-5 Yousuf Ikram 1, Trust Again 9-0 Shahid Manan 2, Love Pakistan 8-9 M. Yousuf 3, Spenzer 8-3 Fahimuddin 4.

Won by 2L, 1L, 7L. Time: One min 7 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by M. Aslam Khan.

THE AIYAZ PLATE DIV III

CLASS VII 5F:

Shiracco (Syed Sadruddin Shah) 8-6

Ghulam Shabbir II, 1, NYX 7-11 Tauheed Ali 2, New Ferrari 8-4 M. Riaz 3, Jaguar 8-6 Abdul Mutlib 4.

Won by 4L, 7L, 1L. Time: One min 6 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

THE AIYAZ PLATE DIV II CLASS VII 5F: Black Velvet (Mr. Gul Mohammad Rajar) 9-0 M. Nasir 1, The Reyan 8-1 Zaki Zakir 2, Dilruba 8-4 Mohammad Essa 3, Kicking King 8-10 A. Rauf 4.

Won by 1 1/2L, 5L, 11L. Time: One min 4 4/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE GOODWILL PLATE CLASS VI 5F:

Voo Doo Doll (Mr. Irfan Mehdi) 8-12 M. Manzoor 1, Closing Argument 8-11 Mumtaz Ali 2, Blind Date 8-13 Ghulam Shabbir II, 3, Leopard Of Arab 7-11 Zaki Zakir 4.

Won by 1L, 4 1/2L, 5 1/2L. Time: One min 4 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by G. Hassan.

THE FANTASTIC FACE PLATE CLASS IV AND V DIV I AND II 5F:

Bharosa (Abdul Rafay Farooqi) 8-10 M. Nasir 1, Black Girl 7-9 M. Amjad 2, The Ghazan Prince 8-1 M. Manzoor 3, Savabeel 8-8 Ashiq Ali 4.

Won by 3L, 3L, 3/4L. Time: One min 3 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Aurangzeb Khan.