KARACHI, July 13: Favourite filly Sweet Girl was deprived of completing a hat-trick when mare The Princess Arab ended her pretensions in a late burst in the only upset in Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

The shock defeat which came in the last race also denied Dawn a clean sweep as all other tips returned with flying colours in the preceding five races.

Having won two races on a trot under rider Arshad, Sweet Girl led the pack of nine horses with Ghulam Shabbir II in the saddle following the withdrawal of mare Savabeel. Shabbir had replaced Nasir at the last moment.

However, after negotiating the bend and getting into the straight chase for home she was overtaken by The Princess Arab with Zaki Zakir astride and further pushed to the third slot by mare Afroze Jehan. Vice Admiral completed the frame.

The Princess Arab beat Afroze Jehan by three lengths to land her maiden title of the season.

Earlier, in the supporting race, public fancy three-year-old colt Star Of Galaxy lived up to his top billing by repeating his winning act for the second time in succession.

Trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan, he galloped to a facile three-and-a-half lengths victory over colt Dark Secret. They were followed by Khan Jee and Saad Prince. Colt Speed Of Arab was not on job.He sprinted to glory by jockey M. Nasir who completed a brace after powering bay Trust Again to victory in the second.

Three-year-old chestnut colt The Reyan atoned for the two loses when he was piloted home by Zubair Ahmed to a splendid 10 lengths victory over King Of Cool in the fourth race. They were chased by Kicking King and Hamza Joy.

The opener, as expected, ended in a blaze of glory for mare Bewitched who was steered to eight lengths victory over Racing Leader by rider Shabbir.

Trust Again picked up spoils in the next sprinting past Love Pakistan by two-and-a-half lengths while Persian Blue made it two wins on the trot by getting the better of NYX by four lengths.

Results:

THE KARACHI PLATE DIV V

CLASS VII 5F:

Bewitched (Syed Ismail Shah) 7-11, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; Racing leader 7-10, A. Amjad 2; Hamza Prince 7-10 (cr7-7), Zaki Zakir 3; Golden Bangles 7-10 (cr8-0), Pervez

Ali 4.

Won by 8L, 5L, 3 1/2L. Time: One min 9 3/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Rafik K.

THE KARACHI PLATE DIV IV

CLASS VII 5F:

Trust Again (Ibrahim) 9-2, M. Nasir 1; Love Pakistan 8-8, Mohammad Essa 2; Princess Sparkle 8-11, Ghulam Shabbir II 3; Moment To Moment II 7-12 (cr8-0), Inayat II 4.

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

THE KARACHI PLATE DIV III

CLASS VII 5F:

Persian Blue (Sher Khan Kasi) 8-12, Fahim K 1; NYX 8-1, Tauheed Ali 2; Princess Rozi 9-5 (cr9-2), Mumtaz Ali 3; New Ferrari 8-6, Riaz Mohammad 4.

Won by 4L, 2L, 9L. Time: one min 5 2/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Mazhar.

THE KARACHI PLATE DIV II

CLASS VII 5F:

The Reyan (Reyan Ahmed) 9-0, Zubair

Ahmed 1; King Of Cool 8-12 (cr8-5), Mohammad Essa 2; Kicking King 8-5, Tariq Baran 3; Hamza Joy 8-1, M. Manzoor 4.

Won by 10L, 8L, 2L. Time: One min 4 4/5 sec. Winner trained by Ghulam Channa.

THE KARACHI PLATE DIV I

CLASS VII 5F:

Star Of Galaxy (Ali Gul) 8-6, M. Nasir 1; Dark Secret 8-13, Ghulam Shabbir II 2; Khan Jee 9-0, Naveed 3; Saad Prince 8-9, Dasrat 4.

Won by 3 1/2L, Dist, 13L. Time: One min 6 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE KHAIRPUR PLATE CLASS IV

AND V DIV I AND II 5F:

The Princess Arab (Syed Khurram Anwar Ahmed) 7-6, Zaki Zakir 1; Afroze Jehan 8-9, Wasim 2; Sweet Girl 8-2, Ghulam Shabbir II 3; Vice Admiral 7-7, Asghar Ali 4.

Won by 3L, Neck, 1L. Time: One min 4 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Ghulam Channa.