LAHORE, May 22: The bay mare Hot Spell completed a hat-trick of victories for owner Sohrab Khan when she won the feature event run over 800 metres during the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races  at the Racecourse on Wednesday.

The winner backed confidently at 3 to 2  was  steered  by riding boy A. Aziz, her regular partner in the saddle.

Hot Spell defeated the second favourite Devi  Husn  Ki  by three  lengths. The chestnut filly Royal Prosper  and  the bay  gelding Fifty Six Fifty Six , who were never in the run  for supremacy completed the board. Ten ran for the sixth  and last  event in which Hot Spell clocked 50 3/5 seconds  for  the distance. Trainer Amjad Ali II saddled the winner.

The outstanding performance of the day came in the fifth and supporting event when the 5 to 2 second favourite Rambo  ‘s Way humbled the fancied Imagine If to win by three-quarters of  a length in a close finish. The colt Rambo’s  Way  was  astutely ridden by jockey Aamar Parvez, who returned to saddle after three months absence.

The  day’s  races  began on a violent note.  As  the  horses taking  part in the first race returned to the paddock a  section of the crowd started demonstration voicing their  resentment  at the “dismal showing” of the popularly backed mounts. In the meantime someone fired a shot in the air.

The policemen posted  on duty caught  the  man  with  his pistol. They also arrested Jawad Niazi, who led the  section  of agitators. Police gave Jawad Niazi a good beating, handcuffed him and put him in the jeep. Two policemen continued  beating  him. Later they took both the men away.

Two riding boys were injured during the fourth  race  when their mounts collided with each other. Riding boy  Qamar  Zaman (Time To Lead) and riding boy Azhar Hussain (Rocket Fuel)  were taken to hospital.

The following are the results:

Talagang Plate Class VII Division VIII 800 Metres:

Easy Come Easy Go (Choudhry Mohammad Iqbal) 7-10 M. Jehangir 1.  Lovely  Diana 7-10 Shahid Mustafa 2. Last Love 8-1  M.  Nawaz (II) 3. Delta Song 8-3 Shahnawaz 4. (All 14 ran).

Won by Short-head, 5 L, Head.

Time 53 2/5 seconds.

Winner trainer by the owner.

Talagang Plate Class VII Division VII 800 Metres:

Golden   Time   (Mohammad  Yaqoob)  8-1  Nadeem   Ikram   1. Copperfield 8-11 Anwar Khan 2. Royal Man 9-0 A. Aziz 3.  Silver Baby 8-11 Kamran 4. (All ten ran).

Won by Neck, 3/4 L, Neck.

Time 54 1/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Shakir Ali.

Talagang Plate Class VII Division VII (A) 800 Metres:

Lucky  Super  Market 7-13 Nazir Ahmad 1.  King  Panther  8-1 Shehzad  Ahmad 2. Hot Press 9-0 Javed Bashir 3. Jonty Road  8-2 Nadeem Ikram 4. (Only six ran).

Won by Distance, 4 1/4 L, 3 1/2 L.

Time 53 2/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Malik Manga Khan.

Talagang Plate Class VII Division VI 800 Metres:

Jehandar  (Syed  Tasweer Hussain Shah) 7-12 Qasim  Shah  1. Abr-e-Bahar  9-0 A. Aziz 2. Sunny The Great 7-10 Shahid  Mustafa 3. Subzero 7-12 Shehzad Ahmad 4. (Only 17 ran).

Won by 1 3/4 L, Neck, 4 3/4 L.

Time 54 1/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.

Talagang Plate Class VII Division V 800 Metres:

Rambo’s  Way  7-12  Aamar  Parvez 1.  Imagine  If  7-12  M. Jehangir 2. Best In Show 8-11 M. Nawaz (II) 3. Little Master 8-2 Nadeem Ikram 4. (Only 15 ran).

Won by 3/4 L, 4 L, 1 1/4 L.

Time 51 2/5 seconds.

Winner trained by A. Mir.

Talagang Plate Class VII Division IV 800 Metres:

Hot  Spell (Soharb Khan & Hamza Khan) 7-12 A. Aziz  1.  Devi Husn  Ki 7-10 F. Qamar 2. Royal Prosper 8-13 Zahid Ali 3.  Fifty Six Fifty Six 8-2 A. Imran 4. (All ten ran).

Won by 3 L, 3 1/2 L, 2 1/4 L.

Time 50 2/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

Breaking rules: Breaking rules seems no bar for the  LRC officials.

Bay colt Thunder Storm entered for Wednesday’s races by the  LRC officials themselves against the club rules. Thunder Storm’s name was not included in the  runners  for the fifth race in handicaps released Tuesday.  

The owner of the grey horse Imagine If raised an alarm  over its inclusion and demanded from the stewards to withdraw Thunder Storm  from the race. Since all was against the rules  of  racing the colt Thunder  Storm had to be withdrawn from  the  race  on Wednesday. The race was however, won by Rambo’s Way.