LAHORE, Mar 31: Fancied horse, Baba Gee put up a scintillating display of speed to storm home an easy winner in the feature event during the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Thursday.

The even-money favourite unknown chestnut was third behind bay horse Compromise and the mare, Mano in the initial stages of the 1000 metres race and when the heads turned towards the straight he flashed past the front-runners pack to win to his liking.Piloted by the riding boy S. A. Qaisar and trained by Mohammad Hanif, Baba Gee beat Compromise by about five lengths with Mano and Zunair Prince to complete the frame among a dozen opponents.

The victory of Baba Gee gave S. A. Qaiser a well deserved treble when earlier he had brought in Victory Shine and Red Eye to win the first and third race, respectively. Whereas Qaisar stole the limelight of the day’s racing he failed to show a similar horsemanship on his mount Pocket Money in the fifth and supporting event finishing off the frame.

Meanwhile, the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards have taken to task jockey Naseer Ahmad handing over to him a two-month suspension for pulling his mount, the favourite horse Alpine Creek in the last race on Sunday.

Prominent race-horse owner Mahmood Khan talking to Dawn said the suspension though meager, still augur’s well in the interest of fair racing. He said the dare-devil jockey, who had remained under suspension for most of the time during the season did not allow his mount to take a level start and then strode him to finish a calculative fourth.

The punishment would go a long way to restore lost confidence of punters, who hope similar prompt actions in such cases in future too.

Results. Sargodha Plate Class VII Division IV-C 800M.

Victory Shine (Choudhry Sagheer Hussain) 9-0 S. A. Qaisar 1. Queen Of Kalra 7-4 Sajjad Hussain 2. Silent Lover 8-10 Aftab Choudhry 3. Esperanza 8-10 Khaid 4. Won by 2 ¼ L, Head, ¾ L. Time 55 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

Sargodha Plate Class VII Division IV-B 800M.

Speed Racer (Mian Waleed Haroon) 9-0 M. Akram 1. Sohna Hadi 8-4 Qadeer Ahmad 2. Kit Kat 8-10 S. A. Qaisar 3. Great Adla 7-10 Aftab Choudhry 4. Won by ¾ L, 5 ¼ L, ½ L. Time 55 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shah Nawaz Qaisar.

Sargodha Plate Class VII Division IV-A 800M.

Red Eye (Intikhab Haider Khan Sial) 9-0 S. A. Qaisar 1. Capri Queen 9-0 Fareed Ali 2. Regency 8-8 A. Wahab 3. Miraj-e-Husn 7-8 Pervez Bhatti 4. Won by 2 ½ L, 5 ½ L, 3 L. Time 53 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Irfan II.

Sargodha Plate Class VII Division III 1000M.

Billoo Jani (Arif Gulzar) 8-10 Atif Javed 1.Lajverd 7-8 M. Jehangir 2. Kalyar Love 8-2 Fareed Ali 3. Ssam 7-12 Imran Pervez 4. Won by Distance, 2 L, ¾. Time one minute 7 seconds. Winner trained by M. Fareed. Sargodha Plate Class VII Division II & III 1000M.

Shahzada Jogi (Mohammad Ashraf) 8-8 Qaseer Ahmad 1. Naughty Girl 8-10 Anjum 2. Kitten 9-0 Khalid 3. Lucky One 9-0 Aftab Choudhry 4 Won by 3 L, 1 L, Neck. Time one minute 8 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Babar Bhatti. Sargodha Plate Class VII Division II 1000M.

Baba Gee (Khawaja M. Atif) 8-11 S. A. Qaisar 1. Compromise 8-6 Hidayat Hussain 2. Mano 8-4 Qadeer Ahmad 3. Zunair Prince 9-0 Fareed Ali 4. Won by 5 L, 3 L, 2 L. Time one minute 6 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Hanif Shera.