LAHORE, Sept 18: Fancied chestnut gelding, Lucky Murad, lived up to his status of favouritism when he edged out chestnut colt High Fire to win the feature event run over the sprinting distance of 1200m during the 3rd Lahore Winter Meeting at the rain soaked Racecourse in floodlights on Sunday.
The feature event was the class IV division I handicap race, the Barisal Plate, and the fifth in racing order.
Three-year-old colt High Fire ridden by jockey Javed Iqbal adopted runaway tactics and set a hot pace leading all the way to be caught up by the constant chaser Lucky Murad, who collared the front-runner 20 metres from the finishing post.
The following are the results.
CHUNIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV II & III 1200m.
Bird Fly ((M. Ashraf) 8-11 Azhar Hussain 1. Ministry 9-0 Faisal 2. Raad 8-9 M. Atif 3. Morning Star 9-0 S. Ammad 4.
Won by Distance, Short-head, 6 1/2 L. Time one minute 19 1/5 secs.
Winner trained by the owner.
CHUNIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV 1 1200m.
Babbu The Great (Shahid Pervaiz) 8-1 M. Waseem Khan 1. Fair Boy 9-0 Nazir Ahmad 2. Thinkable 7-10 Shahid Mustafa 7-10 3. Prince Afaq 8-10 Azhar Hussain 4.
Won by 1 L, 1 L, 1 1/2 L. Time one minute 19 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Siddique.
SHAH KOT PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1200m.
Opening Partner (Syed Tahir Ali) 8-9 Azhar Hussain 1. Rough Tough 7-13 Saqib 2. Savera 8-4 Khalil Vicky 3. High Hill 8-10 Javaid Iqbal 4.
Won by 1 3/4 L, Distance, 3 3/4 L. Time one min 17 3/5 secs.
Winner trained by Irfan II.
SHAH KOT PLATE CLASS V DIV I 1200m.
Run And Win (Murtaza Ijaz) 9-4 M. Zeeshan 1. Queen Of Saba 8-13 M. Hanif 2. Native Force 9-1 Shahid Mustafa 3. Well Minister 8-6 Azeem Pervaiz 4.
Won by 1 1/4 L, 1 L, Neck. Time one min 17 3/5 secs.
Winner trained by Aleem-ud-Din.
BARISAL PLATE CLASS IV DIV I 1200m.
Lucky Murad (Haji Mohammad Yaqoob) 9-0 Aamar Parvaiz 1. High Fire 8-1 Javaid Iqbal 2. Black House 8-5 Azam Hussain 3. Memmo 7-13 Vicky Gaman 4.
Won by Head, 2 L, Distance. Time one min 16 3/5 secs.
Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.
BARISAL PLATE CLASS IV DIV II 1200m.
Stereo Nation (M. S. Butt) 8-10 Azeem Pervaiz 1. Brave Majesty 8-2 M. Hanif 2. Puma The Great 8-0 Azhar Hussain 3. Putra’s Lady7-9 Shahid Mustafa 4.
Won by 3/4 L, 1 L, 3/4 L. Time one min 17 secs.
Winner trained by the owner.