LAHORE, Aug 25 Chestnut colt Mera Baba completed a hat-trick of victories while landing the supporting event, run over the sprinting distance of 1,000 metres, during the Lahore Gymkhana midweek races at the Racecourse here on Wednesday.

The Khawaja M. Atif-owned odds-on favourite colt from unknown pedigree, Mera Baba led all the way home to beat bay filly Kitten by a big margin while bay horse Amazing Boy finished third among 11 runners.

Mera Baba gave an armchair ride to riding boy M. Wasim who leads the riding boys' statistics table with 12 victories this season.

This was the fourth race of the five-race card drawn for the midweek racing.

A race later, fancied chestnut filly Hello My Darling, ridden by jockey M. Zeeshan, strolled to win the feature event contested over 1,000 metres.

The winner beat bay gelding Jal Thal by three lengths with filly Pearl Queen and gelding Billoo Gee completing the frame in an event contested by only seven runners.

Three favourite horses won in a card of five races. They were Pocket Money (60-100), Mera Baba (20-100) and Hello My Darling (evens) in the second, fourth and fifth races, respectively.

The other two events were bagged by 7-2 roan filly Lucky Grey and the rank outsider bay filly KRS.

The best performer of the day was chestnut filly Pocket Money, who pocketed Rs25,000 in prize-money plus a high betting amount for owner Khalid Nazeer Chughtai who saw the filly registering her maiden success.

Riding boy Allah Rakha rode the filly trained by Qaiser.

Results

THE TALAGANG PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-B 1,000M

Lucky Grey (Shahid Mahmood) 9-0, Alam Sher 1; Marker 7-4, Munir Hussain 2; Hassan Princess 8-6,

Bilal Ahmed 3; Zeeshan Love 9-0, Naveed Gill 4.

Won by 2 L, 5 L, 1 L. Time one minute 10 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

THE TALAGANG PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-A 1,000M

Pocket Money (Khalid Nazeer Chughtai) 8-6, Allah Rakha 1; Coure 7-12, Alam Sher 2; Jungle Da Badshah 9-0, Munir Hussain 3; Leader's Wing 7-8, Munir Ahmed 4.

Won by 6 L, 4 ½ L, 2 L. Time one minute 8 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Qaiser.

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

KRS (M.S. Butt) 9-0, Anjum 1; Best One 8-2, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Pehchan 8-10, M. Jameel 3; Gold Star 7-12, Munir Ahmed 4.

Won by 1 ¼ L, 5 L, 1 ¾ L. Time one minute 6 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by the owner.

THE TALAGANG PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II 1000M

Mera Baba (Khawaja M. Atif) 8-6, M. Wasim 1; Kitten 8-10, Munir Hussain 2; Amazing Boy 8-6, Farid Ali 3; Silver Star 8-2, Ghulam Qadir 4.

Won by Distance, 2 ¼ L, Distance. Time one minute 6 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

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

Hello My Darling (Qaiser Nadeem) 9-4, M. Zeeshan 1; Jal Thal 8-0, M. Hanif 2; Pearl Queen 7-4, Khalid Vicky 3; Billoo Gee 8-2, M. Jamil 4.

Won by 3 L, 1 ¼ L, 4 ¼ L. Time one minute 6 seconds. Winner trained by M.R. Khan.