LAHORE, June 5: The bay colt Gold Bird registered his  first victory in the feature event of the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday.

Gold Bird defeated the fancied bay filly Mahnoor  by  a  big margin of six lengths. Best In Show and Prince Of Peace completed the frame among eight runners.

The Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards came down hard on  riders, who did not allow their mounts to run on merit. In the third race they  suspended nine riders for 15 days each on this  count.  

The suspended riders are: M. Imran (High Speed), Qasim Shah  (Rocket Fuel), Azam Hussain (Dhandhana), Faisal (Grey Matter), M.  Shiraz (The Warrior), M. Nawaz II (Lado Rani), Salah-ud-Din II (Rocket), M. Asif II (Desert Raider) and Kamran (Time Is Gold).

Following are the results:

PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII 800M:

Diva  (Zaheer  Aslam) 7-10 Parvez Bhatty 1.  Silver  Baby  9-4 Khalid  Jan 2. Lovely Diana 8-9 M. Hussain 3. Delta Song  8-7  A. Aziz 4. (Only 16 ran).

Won by 1 1.4 L, 3/4 L, 1/2 L.

Time 52 seconds.

Winner trained by Tanveer Aslam.

PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV VII 800M:

Talk  Of The Town (Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry) 7-10  M.  Jehangir 1.Strong  Arm 7-10 Qasim Shah 2. Candle Light 7-10  Shahnawaz  3. Gently 7-10 Nazir Ahmad 4. (Only 16 ran).

Won by 3 1/2 L, 1 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L.

Time 51 1/5 seconds.

Winner trained by the owner.

PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 800M:

Great  King (Qasim Javaid) 8-3 Zulfi 1. Golden Time 8-3  Majid Khan 2. Lado Rani 8-9 M. Nawaz (II) 3. Grey Matter 8-11 Faisal 4. (Only 11 ran).

Won by 5 L, Distance, 1/2 L.

Time 50 2/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Mian Jawaid.

PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI (A) 800M:

Little  Master  (Rana Mohammad Farooq) 9-4 Khurrum  Sheikh  1. Flying Fin 8-3 M. Zeeshan 2. Madam Lorina 8-1 M. Jehangir 3. Abr- e-Bahar 9-2 A. Aziz 4. Only ten ran).

Won by 2 L, 6 L, 2 1/2 L.

Time 50 1/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Rashid Latif.

PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 800M:

Thank  You Dear (Zeeshan Ayub) 8-9 A. Aziz 1. Lucky Lass  8-13 Kamran  2. Densee 9-0 M. Hussain 3. Ujala 8-9 Khadim  Hussain  4. (All ten ran).

Won by 1/2 L, 3 L, 3 1/4 L.

Time 50 3/5 seconds.

Winner trained by M. Ayub Butt.

PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 800M:

Gold  Bird  (Tariq Saeed Butt) 9-2 Mohsin Ali 1.  Mahnoor  8-5 Shahid  Rehman 2. Best In Show 8-6 M. A. Khan 3. Prince Of  Peace 8-8 M. Zeeshan 4. (All eight ran).

Won by 6 L, 3 3/4 L, 1/2 L.

Time 48 4/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Malik Manga Khan.