Marmaris outpaces rivals to score big victory at LRC
LAHORE: Classic contender Marmaris outpaced her 15 rivals to win the feature event at the Racecourse here on Sunday.
The 3-1 chance three-year-old filly made all the running in the 1,000 metres sprinting distance contest under jockey Deenar Mirwani to register a convincing victory by a big margin.
Trained by Mohammad Afzal this was the filly’s second successive win in a week as she beat bay horse Salam-e-Dera to second position with favourite filly Warrior’s Charge third in a dismal show after her maiden success last Sunday.
The last race of the day was delayed by over an hour as the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards changed the rider of one runner and issued warnings to a couple of others to make them perform on merit after suspecting foul [lay.
Only one favourite obliged the punters in a small card of five races.
The next race meeting has been brought forward to Thursday due to Ashura, the LRC announced.
Results:
THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV V — 1,000M:
Jalpana Prince (Shahid Nawaz Khan Niazi) 8-4, Zulfiqar 1; Piyari Guriya 7-10, Riaz Hussain 2; Shining Armour 8-4, Mohammad Hanif 3; Dancing Beauty 7-10, Sunny Babu 4.
Won by 2½ L, 4L, 2½ L. Time: one minute six seconds. Winner trained by Nadeem Raza Khan.
THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV V — 1,000M:
Crown Jewel (Najam Shamim) 8-0, Mazhar Ali 1; Bright Gold 8-12, Deenar Mirwani 2; Chan Punjabi 8-10, Mubashir Bhatti 3; Punjabi Munda 9-0, S. Raza 4.
Won by ½ L, 7 L, 4 L. Time: one minute 5 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.
THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV — 1000M:
Anibal (Abdul Sattar) 9-4, Tahir Abbas 1; Qalandra 8-12, Deenar Mirwani 2; Lahori Badshah 8-8, Munir Hussain 3; Lala Rukh 8-6, Mohammad Hanif 4.
Won by 8 L, 5 L, Distance. Time: one minute 3 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.
THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II — 1,000M:
Marmaris (Asif Inayat Shahani and Syed Adeel Bukhari) 8-10, Deenar Mirwani 1; Salam-e-Dera 9-0, Mubashir Bhatti 2; Warrior’s Charge 8-0, Mohammad Hanif 3; Remember Me 8-8, Munir Hussain 4.
Won by Distance, 1½ L, ½ L. Time: one minute 1 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
THE HIGH AGAIN PLATE CLASS VII DIV III — 1,000M:
Rashk-e-Qamar (Mian Waleed Haroon) 8-6, Aftab Chaudhry 1; Faizi Choice 8-4, Mohammad Hanif 2; Silken Black 8-8, S. Moin 3; Gold Man 9-0, Bilal Ahmed 4.
Won by 3 L, 2 L, 2 L. Time: one minute 3 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
Published in Dawn, August 24th, 2020