LAHORE, July 3: Favourite backers went home happy when fancied horses swept the six-event card on the opening day of the Lahore Racing season 2002-2003 during the gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday.

The punters started the day on a successful note when 3 to 2 favourite bay mare Super Moon Light registered an easy victory in the opener. This was followed by even-money favourites Golden Voice, Abr-e-Sehar and Super Time, who romped home in the second, third and fourth events.

The 20 to 100 favourite chestnut gelding Time Is Gold won the fifth and supporting event, providing an arm-chair ride to jockey Kamran outpaced Malook Star by five lengths comfortably. Russian Pet and Cherry’s Own completed the frame among nine runners.

Favourite bay colt Little Master captured the feature and the last event of the day in a run away style finally finishing three lengths ahead of Abr-e-Bahar. Lucky Lass and Popeye well finished third and fourth. In all, ten ran for this event. All races were contested over 800 metres.

Following are the results:

Rohri Plate Class VII Division VIII 800 Metres:

Super Moon Light (Riaz-ul-Haq Qureshi) 7-10 Mahmood Ali 1. Courtesan 7-10 Shehzad Ahmad 2. Last Love 8-8 M. Nawaz (II) 3. Flying Legs 8-12 Zulfi 4.

Also ran: Magic Prince, Sugar Dady, Free Lancer, River Wild, Noor Bakht and Tulip.

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

Time 52 3/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Akhtar Mir.

Rohri Plate Class VII Division VIII (A) 800 Metres: Golden Voice (Usman Ghani) 8-9 Shehzad Ahmad 1. Barbara 8-7 Zafar Din 2. Red Bullet 8-1 Parvez Bhatty 3. Hamza Love 8-5 Anjum 4.

Also ran: Nasima Jan, Love Land, Hamza Love and Sovero.

Won by Distance, 8 L, 2 1/2 L.

Time 52 2/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Mohammad Riaz.

Rohri Plate Class VII Division VII 800 Metres:

Abr-e-Sehar (Muzaffar Khan) 7-12 Majid Khan 1. Time To Lead 9-0 A. Imran 2. Blue Champion 7-10 Javed Iqbal 3. Rocket Fuel 8-9 Qasim Shah 4.

Also ran: Top Gun, Yasoob Princess, Goshie The Great, High Speed, Science Fiction and Lex Lugar.

Won by 1 L, 2 L, 9 L.

Time 52 seconds.

Winner trained by the owner.

Rohri Plate Class VII Division VI 800 Metres:

Super Time (Raja Mohammad Ashraf) 8-12 Waqas Sheikh 1. Golden Time 9-0 Qasim Shah 2. Muslim Badger 8-9 M. A. Khan 3. Easy Come Easy Go 8-8 Javed Iqbal 4.

Also ran: Magambo, Love Faisal, Sweet Talk, Boby Prince, Talk Of The Town and Tiger’s Wood.

Won by 6 L, Distance, 1 L.

Time 52 3/5 seconds.

Winner trained by the owner.

Rohri Plate Class VII Division VI 800 Metres:

Time Is Gold (Murtaza Ijaz) 8-12 Kamran 1. Malook Star 9-0 A. Imran 2. Russian Pet 8-4 Mubashar Ali 3. Cherry’s Own 8-5 M. Hanif 4.

Also ran: Chungez, Samore Star, Bilal Star and Final Count Down.

Won by 5 1/4 L, 1/2 L, 6 1/4 L.

Time 51 2/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Mohammad Amin.

Rohri Plate Class VII Division V 800 Metres:

Little Master (Rana Mohammad Farooq) 9-4 Khurrum Sheikh 1. Abr-e-Bahar 8-6 Javed Iqbal 2. Lucky Lass 7-12 Shahid Mustafa 3. Popeye Well 8-4 M. A. Shamas 4.

Also ran: Iqbal Maid, Surprise Mission, Turn On, Set A Fire, Eastern Bird and Shadow Snatcher.

Won by 2 3/4 L, 2 1/4 L, 7 1/2 L.

Time 51 4/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Rashid Latif.