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LAHORE, March 21: Three-year-old bay colt Super Star looks favourite to pick up the spoils in the Ghazali Cup featuring the card of six events drawn for the 24th Lahore Winter Meeting to held at the Racecourse on Saturday.
Races scheduled for Sunday have been advanced by a day due to Pakistan Day falling on that day.
Contesting in the Class V Division I handicap race among 11 runners, to be run over the sprinting distance of 1200 metres, Super Star stands out. A son of Cisco Well out of Madhu Bala, the shapely bay colt has already won two races on the trot and will be going all out to make it three in-a-row.
Top weight Storm Bird, Rukhtas Again and lowly placed Rukhsh should provide the main challenge in this race, the fifth event of the afternoon.
The seven-year-old Australian-bred chestnut, who has so far failed to justify his blood-line rating in his last two outings but should not let his followers by making amends this time in the Lyrical Plate, a class IV division I handicap race to be run over 1200 metres. He should be followed by Prime Force and Sound Of Music in a small field of seven runners. African Knight is a son of Sir Tristram, a champion thoroughbred of Newzealand in early 1990s. African Knights performance on the track so far is unexpected of his high class breeding. Something seems amiss his training. This will be the fourth race in racing order.
In all, six events have been carded, four to be contested over 1200 metres and two over 1000 metres. The first race will begin at 1.30 pm.
Meanwhile, the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards have directed all owners to try their runners, if they are more than one in an event. All no try horses belonging to such owners will be denied margin of running in the handicap. The owners have also been directed to get prior permission for a horse to be led by his syce to the starting gates. Those violating the order will be fined, a notification issued by the LRC said.
The following are the fields and our selections:
MASTUNG PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1000 1000M
Shadow Snatcher 9-0, Canawara 8-9, Lucky Don 8-9, Lucky Winner
8-5, Fairy Fred 8-5, Puma King 8-5, Morning Bird 8-3, Royal Performer 8-0, Al Ailan 8-0, Science Fiction 8-0, Dancing Margina 7-12, Arizona 7-10, Gun Salute 7-9, Knock First 7-9, Here Come Rambo 7-9, Zuhair Choice 7-6 and Honey Harvest 7-6.
Win: Dancing Margina.
Place: Morning Bird and Arizona.
GHAZALI PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1200M
Green Hill 9-1, Moon Walker 9-0, King’s Best 9-0, Glorious Song 9-0, Fair Boy 8-9, Royal Strength 8-6, Shining Steel 8-4, Al Jarrar 8-3, Burn Heart 8-3, Bold Venture 8-1, Meri Kajal 7-13 Flame 7-12. Lucky Bailiff 7-4 and Beena Roy Baby 7-4.
Win: Glorious Song.
Place: Green Hill and Flame.
LYRICAL PLATE CLASS IV DIV 1200M
Dare To Dream 9-0, Moment To Moment 8-13, Zargar 8-8, Nain Tara 8-1, Bold Commander 7-8, Incognito 7-4, Royal Leader 7-4, Happy Boy 7-4, Candy Babe 7-4, Royal Salute 7-4 and Innuendo 7-4.
Win: Moment To Moment.
Place: Happy Boy and Zargar.
LYRICAL PLATE CLASS IV DIV I 1200M
Prime Force 9-00, Royal Fantasy 8-12, African Knight 8-10, Sound Of Music 8-3, Al Ashiya 8-2, Lover’s Lady 8-1, and Gold Bird 7-12.
Win: African Knight.
Place: Prime Force and Sound Of Music.
GHAZALI CUP CLASS V DIV I 1200M
Storm Bird 9-8, Super Star 9-2, King Of Hearts 8-13, Legality 8-13, Rukhtas Again 8-8, Shama 8-7, Thunder Storm 8-6 , Aechoo 7-12, Snow Line 7-12, King’s Way 7-12, Departure On Time 7-11, Sheridan 7-11, Rukhsh 7-5 and Time Is Gold 7-4.
Win: Super Star.
Place: Rukhtas Again and Storm Bird.
MASTUNG PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1000M
Mastung Plate Class VII Division I 1000 Metres:
Lucky Credit Queen 9-0, Faheem Choice 8-13, Cape Town 8-13, Win Dancer 8-13, Nature’s Splendour 8-13, Bone Crusher 8-9, Speed Gun 8-8, Two-B 8-8, Knock Out 8-7, Free My Heart 8-3, All At Sea 8-3, Waseem Love 8-2, Silver Sweet 7-12, Rambo Princess 7-12, and Hunza 7-11.
Win: Free My Heart.
Place: Rambo Princess and Bone Crusher.
