LAHORE, Jan 20 Fancied chestnut colt Sher-e-Sialkot showed an impressive turn of foot to register a comfortable success during the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.

The unknown colt, ridden by Ahsan Khan, made a flying start and led the field to beat bay gelding Jal Thal by six clear lengths. Princess Adla and Sensational completed the frame among 15 runners.

This was Sher-e-Sialkot's second win of the career, following his maiden success last week.

The feature event, the Sahiwal Plate Class VI division II-B was annexed by second favourite bay horse Rough Tough who cantered home five lengths ahead of bay mare Daizzy Against All by five lengths. Filly Grayish finished third, one-and-a-quarter lengths back with the 80-100 favourite Jogi fourth among nine runners.

Fancied five-year-old chestnut mare Good Idea, who was disappointing in her five previous outings, at last made amends by winning the supporting and fifth race.

The 5-4 favourite Good Idea piloted by jockey S. Moin, maintained a comfortable lead through the 1,000 metres journey to win by three lengths from long chaser bay gelding Umair Prince. Chestnut Sikander finished third with bay horse Bashayeash fourth in a field of nine runners.

Four-year-old bay filly Kitten came from behind to beat blue-roan horse Raj Babu in the last 200 metres of the 1,000 metres race. The winner was forcefully ridden by riding boy Mazhar Ali while the 80-100 Raj Babu was very carelessly ridden by riding boy Pervez Bhatti.

Riding boy Mazhar Ali excelled among riders by bringing home two winners. He rode bay colt Arham Prince in the opener and the 5-4 favourite Kitten in the third race.

Punters had a good day when well-backed horses romped home in five of the six-event card decided in the afternoon.

Midway through the proceedings, the race-goers mourned the loss of veteran trainer Raja Tehmasab Khan who died of a heart attack the other day. The late trainer had served the equine sports for nearly three decades at the Lahore Race Club.

Results

THE OKARA PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 1,000M

Arham Prince (Khan Mohammad) 8-2, Mazhar Ali 1; King's UK 7-12, M. Zulfiqar 2; Crown Star 7-13, Alam Sher 3; Bash Baby 8-10, Farid Ali 4.

Won by 4L, 5 ¼ L, Head. Time one minute 8 seconds. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

THE OKARA PLATE CLASS VII DIV II & III 1,000M

Sher-e-Sialkot (Qaiser Nadeem) 9-0, Ahsan Khan 1; Jal Thal 9-0, A. Wahab 2; Princess Adla 7-12, M. Zulfiqar 3; Sensational 9-0, Saqib 4.

Won by 6 L, 4 L, Neck. Time one minute 6 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Rafiq Khan.

THE OKARA PLATE

CLASS VII DIV II 1,000M

Kitten (Chaudhry Riazuddin) 8-12, Mazhar Ali 1; Raj Babu 9-2, Pervez Bhatti 2; Ladla 8-8, Yasir Naseer 3; Puma Gee 8-8, M. Hussain 4.

Won by ½ L, 6 ¼ L, 1 ¼ L. Time one minute 7 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Fareed.

THE OKARA PLATE

CLASS VII DIV I 1,000M

Katari (Malik Tariq Majeed) 8-12, M. Atif 1; Quick 9-0, Qadeer Ahmed 2; Fantastic Look 8-8, Fahim K. 3; Ahsan Love 8-6, M. Wasim 4.

Won by 1 L, 2 ¾ L, 5 L. Time one minute 8 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Siddique.

THE SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS VI DIV III & IV 1,000M

Good Idea (Najeeb Haider Bagri) 9-2, S. Moin 1; Umair Prince 8-0, Munir Hussain 2; Sikander 7-6, Qadeer Ahmed 3; Bashayeash Prince 7-10, Pervez Bhatti 4.

Won by 3 L, 3 ¾ L, 8 L. Time one minute 6 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shakir Hussain.

THE SAHIWAL PLATE CLASS VI DIV II-B 1,000M

Rough Tough (Iftikhar Malik) 8-12, M. Wasim 1; Daizzy Against All 8-2, Naseer Ahmed 2; Grayish 8-0, M. Zulfiqar 3; Jogi 8-2, S.A. Qaiser 4.

Won by 5 L, 1 ¼ L, ¾ L. Time one minute 5 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Malik Manga Khan.