LAHORE, Oct 28: The three-year-old colt Jet Master maintained his supremacy by winning the Mianwali Cup run over seven furlongs during the 8th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.
Ridden astutely by this country’s leading jockey Shahid Rehman and trained by Sohail Aziz, the bay colt flashed past the front-runner Jet Black in the last furlong of the fifth race of the day and held on strongly to win by two-and-a-half lengths. Another bay colt Crown Maker finished third, one-and-a-half lengths further back while the bay horse Half Love completed the frame. In all, 10 Class V and IV runners faced the starter for the feature event. Jet Master clocked one minute 26 2/5 seconds over the distance of seven furlongs.
The owner of the winner, Wajid Ali Khan received the cup from a former provincial minister and the Lahore Race Club (LRC) senior steward, Malik Ghulam Nabi, soon after the race ended.
The three-year-old bay filly Shattary romped home to an easy win in the second race of the afternoon. It was the supporting event, a terms race for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies and was run over six furlongs.
Trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar, Shattary stormed into the lead after going round the final bend and then strode away to claim the race rather easily. Shattary was ridden by riding boy Qamar Zaman, beating another bay filly Royal Soul by five-and-a-quarter lengths. The bay colt Popeye Well finished third another four lengths behind, while Dane Hill Dancer completed the frame, a distance further away. Only seven competed in this event with Shattary clocking one minute 15 seconds, going over six furlongs.
Following were the results:
NEELUM PLATE 5F
(Terms race for two-year-old thoroughbred Colts & Fillies.
Sound Of Music (Amjad Ali II) 8-5 Aamar Parvez 1, Qaswa Queen 8-5 Kashif Qamar 2, Flame 8-5 Qamar Zaman 3, Wind Dancer 8-5 Tehseen Hussain 4. (Only seven ran)
Won by 3 1/4L, 7 1/2L, Neck. Time 1 min 2 3/5 sec. Winner trained by owner.
KALAT PLATE 6F
(Terms race for three-year-old Colts & Fillies)
Shattary (N. H. Sohni) 8-5 Qamar Zaman 1, Royal Soul 8-5 M. Hanif 2, Popeye Well 8-8 M. A. Shamas 3, Dane Hill Dancer 8-8 Azeem Pervaiz 4. (Only seven ran).
Won by 5 1/4L, 4L, Dist. Time 1 min 15 sec. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.
SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 7F
Golden Road (Usman Ghani) 8-6 M. Hussain 1, Princess Al trui 8-3 M. Hanif 2, Asif Love 8-2 M. Faisal 3, Abr-e-Bahar 9-0 Tehseen Hussain 4. (Only 10 ran).
Won by 1 3/4L, Dist., Neck. Time 1 min 28 3/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Riaz.
SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV II & III 7F
Think Thank (Junaid Anwar) 7-12 A. Aziz 1, Salaaf 7-13 Qamar Zaman 2, King Fisher 8-10 Aamar Parvez 3, Sarfrosh 8-12 Azeem Pervaiz 4. (Only nine ran)
Won by 1 1/2L, 2L, 1/2L. Time 1 min 27 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Raja Tehmasab Khan.
MIANWALI CUP CLASS IV & V 7F
Jet Master (Wajid Ali Khan) 7-10 Shahid Rehman 1, Black Jet 7-10 H. Hanif 2, Crown Maker 7-13 Aamar Parvez 3, Half Love 9-4 M. Hussain 4. (Only 10 ran).
Won by 2 1/2L, 1 1/2L, 4L. Time 1 min 26 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II 7F
One Man Show (Murtaza Ijaz) 8-12 Kamran 1, Dilnasheen II 7-13 Majid Khan 2, Love Moon 9-4 Shahid Rehman 3, Silk Route 8-2 Salah-ud-Din (II) 4. (Only seven ran).
Won by 3/4L, 1 1/2L, 1 3/4L. Time 1 min 27 sec. Winner trained by Mohammad Amin.
