LAHORE, April 15: Chestnut filly Hidden Pearl showed an impressive turn of speed to capture the Brave Act Cup under the guidance of top jockey Shahid Rehman during the 33rd Lahore Winter Meeting at the racecourse on Sunday.
The three-year-old Haji Abid Mahmood-trained animal justified her 25 to 100 favouritism when she set up a good pace right from the start in the event run over 1,100 metres, before accelerating in the straight to spare seven and-a-half lengths over bay filly Golden Rose at the finishing line Bay horse Let Me Shine was nosed out into third place with filly Magical Time fourth, another three lengths back. Eight ran after the last-minute withdrawal of Right One from the feature event, which was the seventh race of the day.
A race later, filly Mutajil Queen, brilliantly ridden by jockey M. Hanif, won the supporting event, the Brave Act Plate class V division II run over 1,100 metres. She beat mare Mirana Shaheen by three-fourth of a length with favourite filly Love To Win third.
The best performer of the day was chestnut mare Pocket Money, who won the third race.
Riders Munir Hussain and Qasim Salahuddin and trainers Haji Abid Mahmood, Qaiser and Zia-ur-Rehman shared the racing honours on Sunday.
Munir Hussain rode Mirana Flower to a surprise victory in the opener and followed it up with a popular victory on Pocket Money. Riding boy Qasim Salahuddin registered a well-deserved double partnering long-shot Little Kiss and rank outsider Rapid Flow in the fifth and sixth races.
Haji Abid Mahmood sent out Hidden Pearl and Mutajil Queen while Qaiser saddled Mirana Flower and Pocket Money. Zia-ur-Rehman’s winners were Rapid Flow and Great Story.
Results: THE DEAR CREEK PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-C 1,100M: Mirana Flower (Chaudhry Iftikhar-uz-Zaman) 8-10, Munir Hussain 1; Muskan 8-10, Qasim Salahuddin 2; Jug Jug Geo 8-6, Imran Pervez 3; Izza 7-10, Abid Ali 4.
Won by ½ L, 2 L, Distance. Time one minute 19 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Qaiser.
THE DEAR CREEK PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-B 1,100M: Brave Leeza (Mohammad Ali) 8-10, Pervez Bhatti 1; Golden Spectra 8-10, Munir Hussain 2; Salman Sahib 9-0, Qasim Salahuddin 3; Salman’s Love Again 8-0, M. Jahangir 4.
Won by 5 L, 8 L, 1¼ L. Time one minute 18 seconds. Winner trained by Farhan Ashraf.
THE DEAR CREEK PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV-A 1,100M: Boss (Chaudhry Mohammad Qasim) 9-0, Atif Javed 1; Oxygene 9-0, Ali Raza 2; Perfect Time 8-0, M. Jahangir 3; Chal Samney 8-10, M. Bilal 4.
Won by 2¾ L, 7 L, 6 L. Time one minute 17 seconds. Winner trained by A.B. Malik.
THE DEAR CREEK PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 1,100M: Pocket Money (Khalid Nazir Chaudhry) 9-4, Munir Hussain 1; J.K. New York 9-0, M. Asad 2; Lucky Sohna 8-10, Qasim Salahuddin 3; Sana Princess 8-10, Aftab Chaudhry 4.
Won by 7 L, Neck, I L. Time one minute 16 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Qaiser.
THE DEAR CREEK PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 1,100M: Little Kiss (Arif Mahmood Butt) 8-12, Qasim Salahuddin 1; Day By Day 8-10, Aftab Chaudhry 2; Darley Arabian 8-2, M. Hanif 3; Dark Lord 8-2, Imran Pervez 4.
Won by 6 L, 1 L, ½ L. Time one minute 11 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Salahuddin.
THE DEAR CREEK PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1,100M: Rapid Flow (Mazhar Qayyum) 8-6, Qasim Salahuddin 1; Little Baby 8-6, Bilal Ahmed 2; Aftab Prince 9-3, M. Zeeshan 3; Victory Gift 9-0, Aamir Pervez 4.
Won by Short-head, ¾ L, 1¼ L. Time one minute 11 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Zia-ur-Rehman.
THE BRAVE ACT CUP CLASS V DIV II 1,100M: Hidden Pearl (Malik Hamid Ali Noon) 9-0, Shahid Rehman 1; Golden Rose 9-0, Mazhar Ali 2; Let Me Shine 8-8, Bilal Ahmed 3; Magical Time 8-8, M. Hanif 4.
Won by 7½ L, Neck, 2¾ L. Time one minute 7 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Abid Mahmood.
THE BRAVE ACT PLATE CLASS V DIV III 1,100M: Mutajil Queen (Raja Khushbakht-ur-Rehman) 9-0, M. Hanif 1; Mirana Shaheen 9-2, Bilal Ahmed 2; Love To Win 8-6, Shakeel Mahmood 3; P.K. Princess 8-10, Taimur Saleem 4.
Won by ¾ L, Short-head, ½ L. Time one minute 9 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Abid Mahmood.
THE DEAR CREEK PLATE CLASS VI DIV I 1,200M: Drover (Arbab Aamir Ayub Khan) 8-6, S. Moin 1; Aboor 8-2, Imran Mustafa 2; Tea Star 9-0, Imran Pervez 3; Van Gough 8-6, Bilal Ahmed 4.
Won by 1¾ L, 2 L, 3¼ L. Time one minute 16 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Abdul Rashid.
THE DEAR CREAK PLATE CLASS VI DIV II 1,200M: Great Story (Touseef Nisar) 8-6, Taimur Saleem 1; Brave Zoia 9-0, Munir Hussain 2; Pari Packer 8-6, Shakeel Mahmood 3; Assailant 9-0, M. Zeeshan 4.
Won by ¾ L, Neck, ½ L. Time one minute 16 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Zia-ur-Rehman.