LAHORE, May 8: Rank outsider chestnut horse, Lucky Winner, proved worth his name, winning the feature event during the Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday. Ridden by Faisal Tahir, Lucky Winner collared front-runner Young Emperor inside the final 200m to win by five lengths with astonishing ease.
Fancied Baker Lard finished third another seven lengths behind with Pawan fourth, almost a distance further away.
Trained by Abdur Rashid, the winner clocked one min 18 2/5 secs over the 1300m distance.
The victory of Lucky Winner gave jockey Faisal Tahir a fine treble when he had earlier piloted home Green Hill and Weldon Shogun in the second and third race of the day.
A race earlier four-year-old chestnut colt, Sunny Kid, trained by Mubarik Ali underlined his improvement when getting the better of fancied Who Dares in a good final 100m duel to annex the supporting and sixth event over 1300m by a short-head in photo-finish.
The colt from Cannon Falls out-of-The Impress was ridden by jockey Aamar Parvaiz. Empire Maker finished third, half-a-length further back while Druree completed the frame.
Earlier End Play and Where Or When were withdrawn from the race leaving ten runners in the field.
Only two favourites, Easy Come Easy Go and Decent Proposal in the first and fifth race, obliged the punters when a card of seven events was decided in the afternoon.
The other events were won by horses available at long odds.
Results:
BADOMALHI PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II 1200m.
Easy Come Easy Go (Ch. Mohammad Iqbal) 7-11 M. Jehangir 1. Asif Love 8-3 Bashir Butt 2. Daring Bulbul 8-10 Rehman Ali (II) 3. Sohna Malook 8-6 Fareed Ali 4. Won by Neck, 1 L, 2 3/4 L. Time one minute 18 2/5 seconds. Winner trained privately by Iftikhar Ahmad Ch.
BADOMALHI PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1200m.
Green Hill (Saeed Ahmad) 9-0 Jago 9-0 M. Hanif 2. Golden Faith 7-8 Niaz Ahmad 3.Oscar 8-6 Sajjad Hussain 4. Won by 2 L, 4 1/2 L, 1/2 L. Time one min 16 2/5 secs. Winner trained privately by Alim-ud-Din.
SAMBHARIAL PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1200m.
Weldon Shogun (Mohammad Hanif) 7-8 Faisal Tahir 1. Savera 8-9 M. Hanif 2. Queen Of Saba 9-0 Rehman Ali (II) 3. Stride To Moment 8-7 Azhar Hussain 4.
Won by 4 1/4 L, 5 1/4 L, 8 1/2 L. Time one minute 15 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Wali Mohammad.
SUMBHARIAL PLATE CLASS V DIV I 1200m.
Morning Bird (M. Arshad) 8-0 M. Zeeshan 1.Puma The great 9-3 Aamar Parvaiz 2. Safe And Sound 9-0 Javaid Iqbal 3. Mera Chandiwala 8-11 Salah-ud-Din (II) 4. Won by 1/2 L, 1 1/2 L, 1 3/4 L. Time one minute 15 3/5 secs. Winner trained privately by the owner.
SANGLA HILL PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1300m.
Decent Proposal (Raja Khushbukhat-ur-Rehman) 8-7 Azhar Hussain 1.High Dream 8-11 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Zardan 9-0 M.Hanif 3. Silver Queen 8-7 Javaid Iqbal 4.
SANGLA HILL PLATE CLASS IV DIV II 1300m.
Sunny Kid (Shoaib Tariq) 9-1 Aamar Parvaiz 1. Who Dares 9-0 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Empire Maker 9-0 M. Hanif 3. Druree 9-3 Faisal 4.
Won by Short-head, 1/2 L, 4 L. Time one minute 21 2/5 secs.
SANGLA HILL PLATE CLASS IV DIV I 1300M.
Lucky Winner (Raja Rehmat-ullah Khan Satti) 8-10 Faisal Tahir 1. Young Emperor 8-8 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Baker lard 9-0 Aamar Parvaiz 3. Pawan 7-10 Vicky Gaman 4. Won by 5 L, 7 1/4 L, 9 L. Time one min 18 3/5 secs. Winner trained privately by Abdur Rashid.