LAHORE, June 14 Four-year-old bay colt Black Mamba underlined his bloodline credentials in securing the feature event during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday evening.

Flying the blue-white colours of the Jockey Club Of Pakistan (JCP) steward Javed Khalid, Black Mamba in splendid burst of speed smartly overtook front-running mare Mirana Shaheen in the home stretch to win by over three lengths in an amazing performance. Jockey Shakeel Mahmood rode the winner trained by Aleemuddin.

After the race was over, Anjum, the rider of JCP steward Munir Dar-owned bay filly Mirana Shaheen, lodged a frivolous objection against the winner for crossing in the home stretch which was rightly overruled by the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards.

When Black Mamba challenged Mirana Shaheen, the filly succumbed under the heavy impost of crushing nine stones three pounds weight while Black Mamba was carrying a light weight of eight stones in the handicap.

Blue-roan filly Lady In Grey put up a disappointing show under riding boy Mazhar Ali to finish third six lengths behind the winner.

The Raiwind Plate class V division II contested over the sprinting distance of 1,000 metres was the sixth and last race of the card. The winner clocked one minute 1 2/5 seconds.The best performer of the evening was three-year-old bay filly Bandanika, who ended a two-month victory drought of stable owned by LRC steward Malik Hamid Ali Noon by winning the fourth race.

Another well-bred filly Chomsky put up a magnificent show of speed to register her maiden success by lifting the supporting event. Backed at 60-100 the filly led all the way home under rider Javed Iqbal to beat the chestnut colt Victory Star.

Two chance horses — Jal Thal and Victory Smile — were withdrawn from the third race. As a result seven-year-old bay gelding Umair Prince was installed a favourite but his odds eased up from 40-100 to 5-4 when Victory Song and Real Fighter were backed.

In spite of carrying nine stones four pounds on his back gelding Umair Prince, ridden by A. Raza, won the race by six lengths from Arzoo II. Victory Song finished off the board.

Four favourites obliged the punters in a card of six events.

Results

THE KASUR PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 800M

Let Me On (Mohammad Ali) 7-6, Sajjad Hussain 1; Marker 7-4, Qadeer Ahmed 2; Accurate Princess 8-10, Nawazish Raza 3; Sonia My Love 7-12, Allah Rakha 4.

Won by 5 L, 1 L, 7 L. Time 53 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Qaiser.

THE KASUR PLATE CLASS VII DIV III & IV 800M

Amazing Boy (Arif Gulzar) 8-10, Atif Javed 1; The Shocking 7-10, M. Zulfiqar 2; Kitten 8-2, M. Wasim 3; Kabaria 8-10, Allah Rakha 4.

Won by ¾ L, ¾ L, 1 L. Time 51 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Salahuddin.

THE KASUR PLATE CLASS VI DIV III & IV 1,000M

Umair Prince (Mian Mohammad Farrukh) 9-4, A. Raza 1; Arzoo II 8-0, Alam Sher 2; Real Fighter 8-6, Sajjad Hussain 3; Fantastic Look 7-4, Qadeer Ahmed 4.

Won by 6 L, 2 L, ½ L. Time one minute 4 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

THE KASUR PLATE CLASS VI DIV II-B 1,000M

Bandanika (Malik Hamid Ali Noon) 9-0, Shahid Rehman 1; Sona Chandi 8-0, M. Wasim Khan 2; Pawan Prince 8-10, M. Zeeshan 3; Legend Sattar 8-6, Tajammul Hussain 4.

Won by 3 L, ½ L, ½ L. Time one minute 3 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Abid Mahmood.

THE KASUR PLATE CLASS VI DIV I 1,000M

Chomsky (Arif Khurshid Baig) 8-4, Javed Iqbal 1; Victory Star 8-0, M. Zulfiqar 2; Pretty Girl 7-12, Alam Sher 3; Mr Gujrat 8-10, Mazhar Ali 4.

Won by ¾ L, 5 ½ L, 8 ½ L. Time one minute 1 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Tanvir Aslam.

THE RAIWIND PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1,000M

Black Mamba (Javed Khalid) 8-0, Shakeel Mahmood 1; Mirana Shaheen 9-6, Anjum 2; Lady In Grey 8-6, Mazhar Ali 3; Notia 9-4, Bilal Ahmed 4.

Won by 3 ¼ L, 2 ¾ L, 3 L. Time one minute 1 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Aleemuddin.