KARACHI, March 26: Sada Bahar, an unknown pedigree bay horse, who delighted all and sundry by landing The Sprint Cup in the Pakistan Day meeting on Wednesday has bright prospects to annex The Ziarat Cup when the Gymkhana race meeting takes place at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday. He opened his account galloping to fluent three lengths victory under Rehan Ahmed leaving three defeats behind.

Drawn in a field of 15 horses in the class VII division V fifth race to be run over four-and-a-half furlongs, Sada Bahar starts as our days best and on present form is tipped to stretch his winning run.

Those who come in the reckoning to pose him challenge are filly Count Down and mare Royal Blue.

Sania, also an unknown pedigree mare, who faltered in the last outing looks set to shine in the next race, The Kalat Cup, which is restricted to unknown horses.

However, she has to overcome challengers Kamran and Guru Manter among 10 starters.

If current form is a barometre then four-year-old dark bay colt Golden Touch should go all out to make it three on trot in the seventh and concluding race.He is likely to be followed by Ghazni and Splended Victory.

At the outset, five-year-old chestnut mare After Shock who was among those who also ran in the last run look poised to win the opener which is also days feature event.

Dark Secret, a six-year-old bay horse, should excel in the second and supporting race so does colt Thief Of Baghdad and filly Fame And Fortune in the following two races.

A card of seven races has been drawn for the days meeting. The first race starts at 1.00pm.

Following is the field and our selections:

THE FIRST LADY PLATE CLASS IV AND V DIV I AND II 5 F:

Flying Cloud 9-3, Supari 8-11, Army Of One 8-3, After Shock 7-10, Crazy 7-4, Dilruba 7-2. Win: After Shock. Place: Supari and Army Of One.

THE OVERDOSE PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 5 F:

Black Rose 10-6, Bacaradi 9-0, Dark Secret 9-0, Dexterous 8-10, La Maafi 8-9, African Rose 8-6, Ittahad 8-6, Victory Hero 8-6, Hot Black 8-2, Naughty Boy 7-13, Good Baba 7-12, Dhanwan 7-11. Win: Dark Secret. Place: African Rose and Dexterous. THE OVERDOSE PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 4 1/2 F:

Baazbabaaz 9-1, Thief Of Baghdad 8-13, Mukadar 8-12, Mister Mystry 8-10, Over Stepped 8-9, Tanveer Prince 8-9, Jhat Pat 8-6, Crown Prince 8-2, Mind Me 8-2. Win: Thief Of Baghdad. Place: Mukadar and Jhat Pat.

THE OVERDOSE PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 4 ½ F:

Shah Pari 9-0, King Maker 8-13, High Standard 8-13, Days Inn 8-13, Cool Boy 8-8, Silent Killer 8-6, Re-Set 8-6, The End 8-3, Dhamaka 8-2, Fame And Fortune 8-2, Mitchells 8-2, National Lady 8-2. Win: Fame And Fortune. Place: The End and Dhamaka.

THE ZIARAT CUP CLASS VII DIV V 4 ½ F:

Shinning Star 9-4, Royal Blue 9-2, Khabardari 9-0, Dabang 8-13, Eager Saint 8-12, Jeedar 8-9, Ajma 8-7, Sada Bahar 8-5, Fearless Boy 8-5, Dhamal 8-5, Count Down 8-4, Angoori 8-0, Campari 8-0, Princess Amaan 8-0, Striker 7-12. Win: Sada Bahar. Place: Count Down and Royal Blue.

THE KALAT CUP FOR UNKNOWN HORSES 4 ½ F:

Sania 9-0, Yamla Jutt 8-13, Kamran 8-12, Guru Manter 8-11, Safari 8-9, Baby Doll 8-3, Pawan 8-3, Quetta Queen 8-3, Silver Arrow 8-3, Hoor-e-Saran 8-3. Win: Sania. Place: Kamran and Guru Manter.

THE OVERDOSE PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 4 ½ F:

Lucky Ticket 9-1, Splended Victory 9-1, Ghazni 9-1, Golden Touch 9-0, Salome Baby 9-0, Key Of Luck 8-10, Aar Paar 8-9, Hustler 8-6, Blue Eyed Boy 8-4. Win: Golden Touch. Place: Ghazni and Splended Victory.

DAY’S BEST: Sada Bahar.

GOOD DOUBLE: Dark Secret and Golden Touch.

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