LAHORE, Sept 27 Half-bred four-year-old bay filly Princess Ginza, outclassed her rivals, mostly thoroughbreds, to land the Eid Cup run over 1,300 metres during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.
The daughter of Prince Legend out-of-Miss Ginza, Princess Ginza owned by Raja Khushbakht-ur-Rehman took up the running in the early part of race and then led the field to beat favourite colt Whisper comfortably by three and a half lengths.
The 80 to 100 favourite Whisper, inheriting a good bloodline, was slow at the start and failed to match the hot pace set by the winner and came staggering behind.
The top weight mare Jo Jo Gift battled courageously to defy the heavy impost of nine stones ten pounds and finished third over a length further behind.
Bay filly Ocean Song too was shy of the pace set by the front running pack and could hardly complete the frame.
The winner trained by Haji Abid Mahmood and piloted by jockey A. Raza clocked one minute 19 3/5 seconds over the distance in this fifth race of the day.
A race earlier, four-year-old chestnut colt Vendetta, partnered by the jockey Shakeel Mahmood, provided trainer Sohail Aziz his biggest success of the on-going season when winning the Mohammad Tughlaq Cup run over 1,200 metres.
Owned by Syed Tasweer Hussain the colt beat front-runner bay filly Sun City who was unable to hold the late thrust by the winner by two and a half lengths. Favourite filly Lady Narnia and Mano Saheb completed the frame in a dozen runners.
Trainer Sohail Aziz was undoubtedly the most proud man at the Racecourse when he led in three winners, all running in the silks of Syed Tasweer Hussain. He began the day with a close victory through Pretty Woman in the opener, followed it up with an easy six-length win by Cansi Lupus in the Super cup and a big triumph by Vendetta in the Eid Cup.
Khalil Vicky rode home two of his three winners, filly Pretty Woman and colt Canis Lupus, to score the only double by a rider.
Results
SUPER PLATE CLASS VI DIV
II-B 1,000M
Pretty Woman (Syed Tasweer Hussain &
S.N. Haider) 8-7, Khalil Vicky 1; Big Power 9-0, Aamir Pervez 2; Manager 8-2, M. Zeeshan 3; Maharani 8-3, Khalid 4.
Won by 3/4 L, 1 1/2 L, Neck. Time one minute 3 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
SUPER PLATE CLASS VI DIV
II-A 1,000M
Shan-e-Shan (Humayun Rashid) 7-10, S. Moin 1; Snow Fall 9-2, A. Raza 2; Brave Heart 8-0, Naseer Ahmed 3; My One 7-4, Sajjad Hussain 4.
Won by 2 L, Head, 5 1/2 L. Time one minute 3 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Zahid Rashid.
SUPER CUP CLASS VI DIV I 1,000M
Canis Lupus (Syed Tasweer Hussain &
S.N. Haider) 8-10, Khalil Vicky 1; Triple Star 8-8, Farid Ali 2; Reborn 8-0, Alam Sher 3; Jurrat 9-0, Aamir Pervez 4.
Won by 6 1/2 L, Head, Head. Time one minute 2 second. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
MOHAMMAD TUGHLAQ CUP CLASS IV DIV I, II & III 1,200M
Vendetta (Syed Tasweer Hussain) 7-9, Shakeel Mahmood 1; Sun City 8-2, Naseer Ahmed 2; Lady Narnia 7-6, M. Zeeshan 3; Mano Saheb 7-4, A. Raza 4.
Won by 2 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L, 1 L. Time one minute 14 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
EID CUP CLASS IV DIV I,
II & III 1,300M
Princess Ginza (Raja Khushbakht-ur-Rehman) 8-6, A. Raza 1; Whisper 8-9 Shahid Rehman 2; Jo Jo Gift 9-10, A. Imran 3; Ocean Song 7-4, Shakeel Mahmood 4.
Won by 3 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L, 2 1/4 L. Time one minute 19 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Abid Mahmood.
SUPER PLATE CLASS VI DIV
III & IV 1,000M
Jungle Queen (Sagheer Hussain) 9-4, Shahid Rehman 1; Quick 9-0, S. Moin 2; Naeem Man 8-2, Aamir Pervez 3; Bashayeash Prince 8-0, Mazhar Ali 4.
Won by 7 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L, 3/4 L. time one minute 3 1/5 second. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.