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LAHORE, Jan 29: Backers of favourites had a profitable afternoon, when fancied horses won five out of six events during the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.
Five-year-old blue roan, My Home Land, opened his debut with an easy victory over second favourite Royal Harban. Fancied bay mare Lovely Diana beat joint favourite Royal Arrow in the second race. Dark bay, Beena Roy Baby continued favourites’ domination when he beat long shot Tiger’s Wood in the third race.
In the fourth and supporting event dark bay colt Royal Class showed his class by cruising to a narrow win over Decent Fellow in the fourth race which was packed with good sprinters. The heavily backed even money favourite bay colt Super Star coasted home ahead of the field in the fifth and feature event. He beat second favourite Fair Boy by two lengths.
The punters ended the day on a disastrous note when fancied chestnut Blue Champion failed to oblige them in the sixth and last race. He was beaten by a long shot bay mare Silver Sweet on the finishing post. All events were contested over the sprinting distance of 1000 metres.
Trainer Mohammad Afzal was the only one to score a double. He sent out My Home Land in the opener and Royal Class in the fourth race.
Results:
LOWER BARI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 1000M:
My Home Land (Arif Mahmood Butt) 8-4 M. Nawaz (II) 1. Royal Harban 8-7 A. Aziz 2. Bone Crusher 9-0 M. Hussain 3. Rambo Princess 8-0 M. Imran 4.
Also ran: Satellite Star, Glorious Song, Welcome Pechino, Regal, Most In, Fly Over Home, Ghabra, Al trui Princess, Key Guy Princess, Khan Bahadur and Fine Gold.
Won by 2 1/2 L, Neck, 3 1/4 L.
Time one minute 5 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
LOWER BARI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII (A) 1000M:
Lovely Diana (Choudhry Mohammad Iqbal) 9-1 Shahid Mustafa 1. Royal Arrow 8-8 Parvez Bhatty 2. Rizwan The Great 9-0 M. Nawaz (II) 3. Haroon Prince 8-11 Vicky Gaman 4.
Also ran: Las Pal Mas, Royal Touch and Supreme Boy.
Won by 2 3/4 L, 4 3/5 L, 8 1/2 L.
Time one minute 6 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Iftikhar Ahmad Choudhry.
LOWER BARI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII 1000M:
Beena Roy Baby (Mohammad Rashid) 9-0 M. Hussain 1. Tiger’s Wood 8-1 Shahid Mustafa 2. Seven Spades 7-6 Javed Iqbal 3. Easy Come Easy Go 8-0 M. Jehangir 4.
Also ran: Grey Matter, Mohni Road, Madam Lorina, Gently, Lado Rani, Yarrow Braw and Disney Land.
Won by 1/2 L, 3 3/4 L, 3/4 L.
Time one minute 4 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Raja Tehmasab Khan.
LOWER BARI PLATE CLASS VII DIV V (B) 1000M:
Royal Class (Makhdoom Syed Ali Raza) 9-0 A. Aziz 1. Decent Fellow 8-9 M. Hussain 2. Rukhsh 8-6 Mujahid Ali (II) 3. Silk Route 8-10 Shahid Rehman 4.
Also ran: Oneeza, Honest Bird, Rising Sun, Caspian Queen, Hello Brother and Fly To The Stars.
Won by 3/4 L, 4 L, 3/4 L.
Time one minute 3 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
LOWER BARI PLATE CLASS VII DIV V (A) 1000M :
Super Star (Choudhry Mohammad Munir) 8-12 Khurrum Sheikh 1. Fair Boy 8-13 M. Hanif 2. Eastern Bird 8-9 Faisal Tahir 3. Imagine If 8-4 Qamar Zaman 4.
Also ran: Blue Lead, Rajistan, Velvet Green, Easy To Listen, All At Sea and Abbevalle.
Won by 2 L, 1 1/2 L, 3 L.
Time one minute 3 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
LOWER BARI PLATE CLASS VIII (B) 1000M :
Silver Sweet (M. Arshad) 7-6 M. Jehangir 1. Blue Champion 9-0 Azhar Hussain 2. Cranbrook Boy 8-9 Nadeem Ikram 3. Raad 9-1 Mohsin Ali 4.
Also ran: Concept Again, King Gondal, Boby Prince, Shot Fire, Dun Hill, Grey Tide, Silver March, Tulip and Jan-i-Mir.
Won by 3/4 L, 3 L, 1 L.
Time one minute 7 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
