LAHORE, Dec 7: Chestnut colt, Lucky Winner, proved worth his name when he won as expected the Kamalia Cup, the feature event of the Lahore Winter Meeting run over 1200m at the Racecourse on Sunday.
The seven to two chance Lucky Winner took a flying start and led the field from start-to-finish unchallenged. Defying a crushing weight of nine stones four pounds in handicap he beat Guys And Dolls by four and a quarter lengths. Gold Rush and Sugar And Honey completed the frame. In all, 18 contestants faced the starter in this fifth event of the day, a class V division I and II combined handicap race.
This was Lucky Winner’s third consecutive success under jockey Javed Choudhry, his regular partner in saddle. The winner is trained by Shahzad Ali and owned by Choudhry Mumtaz Ahmed Duga.
Long shot Incognito won the supporting and sixth event run over 1600m in a start-to-finish bid.
Ridden by jockey Khurrum Sheikh Incognito set his own pace and led a small field of seven runners to win by a length from late rushing Mahnoor, ridden by a novice Qasim Shah. The 40 to 100 favourite mare Mahnoor was lying sixth as the race began. Khurrum Sheikh using the hit and run tactics led Incognito unchallenged and built up a commanding lead of about ten lengths mesmerising the riders of Mahnoor and Moment To Moment (Aamar Parvez), who became confused by Incognito’s extraordinary performance. Mahnoor finished second a length back. Moment To Moment took the third position with Dhandhana completing the board , a distance further away.
Apprentice rider S. Ammad showed fine skill and determination in the saddle while romping home on long shot Bach View in the opener.
Jockey Aamar Parvez won the racing honours of the day by riding home three winners. He rode home Black House in the second race and then followed it up with a grand success on Bold Venture in the fourth. He completed his treble on Royal Performance, who gave him an arm-chair ride in the concluding and seventh event of the programme.
Trainer Shahzad Ali sent out two winners, Bach View in the opener and Lucky Winner in the fifth and feature event.
Following are the results:
Chichawatni Plate Class VII Div III 1000m.
Bach View (S. M. Naeem) 9-0 S. Ammad 1. Terry Gold 8-13 Qasim Shah 2. Victorious 8-11 Mohsin Ali 3. Double Deal 7-9 Javed Choudhry 4.
Won by 2 L, 1 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L. Time one min 7 secs Winner trained by Shahzad Ali.
Chichawatni Plate Class VII Div II 1000m
Black House (S. Iftikhar Ali) 8-13 Aamar Parvez 1. Royal Class 9-1 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Lot Of Thanks 8-13 Khurrum Sheikh 3. Meri Kajal 7-13 Azhar Hussain 4.
Won by 1 3/4 L, 5 L, 1 3/4 L. Time one min 4 secs . Winner trained by Sharafat Ali.
Chichawatni Plate Class VII Div I (B) 1000m
The Assassin (Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah & S. N. Haider) 8-11 Majid Khan 1. Madam Lorina 8-8 Azhar Hussain 2.My Home Land 9-0 Khurrum Sheikh 3. Thank You Boss 8-11 Qasim Shah 4.
Won by 2 1/4 L, 1/2 L, 1 1/2 L. Time one min 4 2/5 secs . Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
Chichawatni Plate Class VII Div I (A) 1000m.
Bold Venture (Fawad Ahmed Cheema) 9-0 Aamar Parvez 1. Rising Sun 8-8 Faisal 2. Bone Crusher 9-0 Shahid Mustafa 3. Show Counting 9-0 Rehman Ali (II) 4.
Won by 1/2 L, 1/2 L, 1 1/2 L. Time one min 4 3/5 secs Winner trained by Aleem-ud-Din.
Kamalia Cup Class V Div I & II 1200m
Lucky Winner (Choudhry Mumtaz Ahmed Duga) 9-4 Javaid Choudhry 1. Guys And Dolls 8-9 Aamar Parvez 2. Gold Rush 7-11 M. Zeeshan 3. Sugar And Honey 8-8 Salah-ud-Din (II) 4.
Won by 4 1/4 L, I L, 3/4 L. Time one min 17 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Shahzad Ali.
Kala Bagh Plate Class IV Div I & II 1600m.
Incognito (Muhammad Ibrahim) 9-0 Khurrum Sheikh 1. Mahnoor 8-5 Qasim Shah 2. Moment To Moment 9-0 Aamar Parvez 3. Dhandhana 8-1 Azam Hussain 4.
Won by 1 L, 2 1/4 L, Distance. Time one min 46 secs Winner trained by Aamer Azad.
Chichawatni Plate Class VII Div IV & V 1000m .
Royal Performance (Muhammad Shafiq) 8-0 Aamar Parvez 1. Opening Partner 8-6 Rehman Ali (II) 2. Malook Star 8-2 Azam Hussain 3. Muslim Badger 8-0 Faisal Tahir 4.
Won by Distance not taken. Time one min 5 2/5 secs . Winner trained by Raja Muhammad Ashraf.