LAHORE: A well-handicapped eight-event card awaits the race goers during the 21st Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

In all, 78 horses are to take part in the races with two to be gone over 900 metres, three over 1m000 metres and as many to be contested over 1m300 metres.

The feature event, the Blooming Plate, a term race for three-year-old thoroughbred and half-bred colts and fillies (Maidens) set to be contested over 1,300 metres has a field of 10 acceptors.

The runners, none having won a race, represent five top sires and are expected to provide a thrilling finish to be enjoyed by the connoisseurs of the equine sports. The other events too promise a good competition to swing either way between punters and turf accountants.

Meanwhile, the Lahore Race Club (LRC) has notified for the information of equine sports lovers that the 1000 Guineas Of Pakistan will be staged on Feb 1, the Derby Trials on Feb 15 and the annual cherished Pakistan Derby 2015 on March 8. The LRC plans to hold the events in traditional way.

The first race will be held at 12.00noon. Following is the field and selections:

THE MURREE PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-B — 900M:

Jungle Da Raja 9-0, Buy And Sell 8-12, Well In Time 8-12, Phantom 8-10, Naseeb Aya 8-8, Princess Resham 8-0, Ababeel 8-0, Jay Cutlier 7-8, Rinkan Gulbahar 7-8, Jug Jug Geo 7-8, Vezzali 7-4.

Win: Jungle Da Raja.

Place: Princess Resham and Naseeb Aya.

THE MURREE PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-B — 900M:

Raja Gee 9-0, Gold Medal 8-12, Geo Meray Lal 8-12, Jammu Queen 8-12, Koail Of Tajpura 8-10, Chiragh-e-Noor 8-8, Kali Ghata 8-8, God Father 8-2, Mushk-e-Amber 8-0, Rough Field 8-0, Black Rose 7-8.

Win: Raja Gee.

Place: Jammu Queen and God Father.

THE MURREE PLATE CLASS VII DIV III — 1,000M:

Kalyar Prince 9-0, Vigo 9-0, Kaptaan 9-0, Olympus 9-0, Huraira Prince 9-0, Khan Gee 8-8, Lucky Sohna 8-7, Danial Bryan 8-6, Nambardar 8-4.

Win: Khan Gee.

Place: Nambardar and Lucky Sohna.

THE MURREE PLATE CLASS VII DIV 1I & 1II — 1,000M:

Young Warrior 9-0, Steel The Show 9-0, Dera Dubai 9-0, Magic King 8-10, Honey The Prince 8-0, Royal Spirit 7-12, Winning Princess 7-10, Daud King 7-8, Abbas Fun 7-8, Khan Bright 7-8, Pepina 7-8.

Win: Honey The Prince.

Place: Young Warrior and Winning Princess.

THE MURREE PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II — 1,000M:

Abbas Prince 9-0, Early Pride 8-12, Bukhara Pride 8-12, Nikita 8-6, Tora Rose 8-0, Accurate Child 7-10, Hikmat Rani 7-8.

Win: Early Pride.

Place: Nikita and Abbas Prince.

THE BLOOMING PLATE — A TERM RACE FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD THOROUGHBRED AND HALF-BRED COLTS AND FILLIES (MAIDENS) — 1,300M:

Now And Never 8-8, April Shower 8-8, Admiral Walk 8-8, Revolutionary 8-8, Best Of The Lot 8-5, Blue Moon 8-5, Silk Cut 8-5, Melsi 8-5, Big Confidence 8-5, Jewels 8-5.

Win: Breeder Shahid Hussain’s choice.

Place: Melsi and Owner Faouzi Mairaj’s choice.

THE MURREE PLATE CLASS VI DIV I & II — 1,300M:

Battle Flame 9-4, Angel Eye 8-10, Show Card 8-10, Whistling Wind 8-10, Gujrat Queen 8-10, Sattiana Prince 8-6, Lucky Winner Again 8-6, Savante Hill 8-6, Al Fajre 8-2, See The Moon 8-2, First Option 8-2, Dreaming High 7-8.

Win: Dreaming High.

Place: Sattiana Prince and Al Fajre.

THE MURREE PLATE CLASS VI DIV III — 1,300M:

Thanks Dad 9-2, Shah Khobana 9-0, Vixen 8-10, Raj Neti 8-6, New Tear 7-12, Simran 7-12.

Win: Thanks Dad.

Place: New Tear and Simran.

Published in Dawn January 25th , 2015

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