LAHORE, Feb 26: Khawaja M. Atif ‘s fancied bay Fair Boy put up a grand performance when he outpaced his six rivals to win the feature event of the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races on Wednesday.

He defeated bay filly Morning Bird by three-and-a-half lengths. Bay gelding Thank You Boss posed a token challenge to the winner before bowing out to third place about five lengths further behind while Blue Lead completed the frame.

Trained by Latif Butt the winner was ridden confidently by jockey Khurrum Sheikh in this fifth race in racing order.

Only three favourites obliged in a card of six events, all contested over the sprinting distance of 1200 metres. The favourites to win were — Al Trui Princess, Key Guy Princess and Fair Boy.

The biggest upset of the afternoon was caused by bay horse Fly To The Stars in the fourth race. The lucky punters who backed him on the win tote for rupees 100 ticket got a handsome dividend of rupees 14940 and rupees 1170 for a place bet.

The dual forecast and trio pool remained unsolved and their amount was carried forward in the next race betting pools.

Results:

Clifton Plate Class VII Div VIII (A) 1200m:

Power Plus (M. Ashraf Kothari) 8-5 Najam Iqbal 1. Super Land 9-0 Shahnawaz 2. Blue Champion 8-3 Azhar Hussain 3. Blessed 8-10 Arshad 4

Won by 4 L, Head, 1 1/4 L.

Time one min 20 2/5 secs.

Winner trained by A. Waheed Siddiqui.

Clifton Plate Class VII Div VII 1200m:

Al Trui Princess (Makhdoom Syed Ali Raza) 8-11 Majid Khan 1. Iram State 9-0 M. Zeeshan 2. Tiger’s Wood 8-6 Shahid Mustafa 3. Easy Come Easy Go 7-9 M. Jehangir 4.

Won by Neck, 1/2 L, 2 3/4 L.

Time one min 18 1/5 secs.

Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

Clifton Plate Class VII Div VI 1200m:

Key Guy Princess 8-4 Javed Choudhry 1. Waseem Love 9-0 Qasim Shah 2. Sun Of Gold 8-10 Faisal Tahir 3. Royal Harban 8-6 Majid Khan 4.

Won by 3/4 L, 1 3/4 L, 1 3/4 L.

Time one min 17 4/5 secs.

Winner trained by Choudhry Mohammad Siddique.

Clifton Plate Class VII Div V (B) 1200m:

Fly To The Stars (Fateh Khan) 7-13 Azhar Hussain 1. Morning Noor 8-13 Shahid Mustafa 2. Lucky Credit Queen 8-5 Javed Choudhry 3. Zuhair Choice 9-0 M. Zeeshan 4.

Won by 4 L, 2 L, Head.

Time one min 17 3/5 secs.

Winner trained by Raja Tehmasab Khan.

Clifton Plate Class VII Div V (A) 1200m:

Fair Boy (Khawaja M. Atif) 9-6 Khurrum Sheikh 1. Morning Bird 8-2 Shahid Mustafa 2. Thank You Boss 8-7 Javed Choudhry 3. Blue Lead 8-9 M. Alam 4.

Also ran: Little Master, Dancing Margina and Gold Ribbon.

Won by 3 1/2 L, 4 3/4 L, Distance.

Time one min 17 1/5 secs.

Winner trained by Latif Butt.

Clifton Plate Class VII Div VIII (B) 1200m:

Raad (Sajid Ali Cheema 9-0 Azam Hussain 1. Dun Hill 8-5 Azhar Hussain 2. New Cannon 8-5 Mahmood Ali 3. Super Shot 8-12 Nadeem Ikram 4.

Won by 8 L, 2 1/2 L, 1 1/2 L.

Time one min 19 3/5 secs.

Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.