LAHORE: Fancied bay filly Slightly Hurt landed the Makhdoomzada Syed Hasan Mahmud Memorial New Year Cup in a style of her own when she outclassed her seven rivals to take the crown during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.
The USA sire Tybalt’s daughter, Slightly Hurt came home an emphatic five-length winner in a field of eight high-class bloodline runners during the term race for the three-year-olds run over the sprinting distance of 1,000 metres.
The Chaudhry Tahir Mahmood-owned filly recorded a fast timing of 59 3/5 seconds over the race distance in her second successive victory.
This was the sixth race of the day in the racing order. Originally the winner was to be ridden by jockey Aamir Pervez but he had to be replaced by A. Raza after Aamir had a fall from chestnut colt Strife in the fourth race but was lucky to escape unhurt. Perhaps trainer Shahid Rehman thought the jockey may be in a state of shock hence may not be able to partner the filly in the race billed a tough affair but it turned out totally the reverse of it.
Bay fillies Cattelieya, Emaan and Shooting star completed the frame.
A race earlier bay filly Savante Hill produced a performance worth her pedigree potential to win the Ghaznavi Cup run over 1,300 metres. She took up the lead while entering in to the straight and was cleverly guided by M. Hanif to a half-a-length success.
Bay filly Proposal finished second with Colour Me Crazy and Tarteeb completing the frame.
Trainer Tauqir Ahmed maintained his lead on the Jockey Club Of Pakistan (JCP) trainers’ statistics table for 2015-16 when he sent home bay colt Vegas a clear five-length winner in the fourth race in which the other public fancy chestnut colt Strife’s jockey Aamir had a fall.
Tauqir had to his credit 16 wins against his nearest rival Mohammad Afzal’s 14.
Results:
THE LISTEN TO ME PLATE CLASS VII DIV III & IV – 900M:
True Man (Khawaja Wali Mohammad) 8-10, Munir Hussain 1; Kali Ghata 9-0, Shahzad 2; Aajiz 8-10, Raheel Sabir 3; Tera Karam 8-2, Taimur Hasan 4. Won by Short-head, ½ L, 2½ L. Time 57 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Rana M. Arshad.
THE LISTEN TO ME PLATE CLASS VII DIV III – 900M:
Prince Saidan Shah (Haroon Ghani Cheema) 8-8, M. Hussain 1; Tora Rose 8-6, Tahir Abbas 2; Lucky Sohna 8-6, Shahnawaz 3; Talha Prince 8-6, M. Wasim 4. Won by 5 L, 1¾ L, 2 L. Time 57 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Kamal.
THE LISTEN TO ME PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II – 1,100M:
Babarak (Mazhar Abbas Kalyar) 7-4, Babar Rehman 1; Awan Prince 8-12, M. Zulfiqar 2; Heart Beat 8-2, Munir Hussain 3; Baby On Board 8-8, Shakeel Mahmood 4. Won by 1½ L, 3¼ L, 5 L. Time one minute 11 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by M. Abbas.
THE LISTEN TO ME PLATE CLASS VII DIV I – 1,100M:
Vegas (Aamir Sheikh) 8-12, Umar Saleem 1; Chand Pari 8-2, Munir Hussain 2; Simran 9-0, M. Wasim 3; Lucky Sohna 8-10, M. Hanif 4. Won by 5½ L, ¾ L, 3 L. Time one minute 10 seconds. Winner trained by Tauqir Ahmed.
THE GHAZNAVI CUP CLASS V DIV II & III – 1,300M:
Savante Hill (Khawaja M. Atif) 7-12, M. Hanif 1; Proposal 7-12, M. Zulfiqar 2; Colour Me Crazy 8-6, A. Raza 3; Tarteeb 8-2, Tahir Abbas 4. Won by ½ L, 1 L, 3½ L. Time one minute 19 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Rashid Latif.
THE MAKHDOOMZADA SYED HASAN MAHMUD MEMORIAL NEW YEAR CUP – A TERM RACE FOR THREE- YEAR-OLD – 1,000M:
Slightly Hurt (Haji Chaudhry Tahir Mahmood) 8-11, A. Raza 1; Cattelieya 8-4, M. Zulfiqar 2; Emaan 8-4, Shahnawaz 3; Shooting Star 8-4, M. Hanif 4. Won by 5 L, 1 ½ L, ¾ L. Time 59 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Shahid Rehman.
THE LISTEN TO ME PLATE CLASS VI DIV I, II & III – 1,300M:
Admiral’s Walk (Shahid Islam Bhinder) 8-6, Aamir Pervez 1; Punjab 8-6, A. Raza 2; Glittering Star 9-0, M. Hanif 3; Jewels 9-0, M. Zulfiqar 4. Won by 7 L, 2¾ L, 3½ L. Time one minute 19 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.
THE LISTEN TO ME PLATE CLASS VI DIV III – 1300M:
Class Leader (Mohammad Ahsan Irfan) 8-12, Tahir Abbas 1; Big Player 7-12, Aamir Pervez 2; The King Maker 8-8, M. Zulfiqar 3; Aya Gujrati 8-12, Ghaus Bakhsh 4. Won by 2 L, 4 L, 4¼ L. Time one minute 21 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
Source :Published in Dawn, January 11th, 2016
