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It's Here Comes The Sun versus Golden Blaze

Hyderabad: Here Comes The Sun and Golden Blaze may fight out the finish of the Police Cup (1,600m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday (Oct. 8).

There will be no false rails.

1 BHAGAT SINGH PLATE (1,600m) — Cat-II, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 70 — 1-10 p.m: 1. Gold Mint (Vatsalya) 5 Gallagher 60, 2. Battle Honour (S. Abbas) 6 Qazafi 59.5, 3. Bulls Vision (Shamsuddin) 2 D. Singh 58, 4. Ekagra (Rafaat) 4 Chary 54.5, 5. Cannon Target (Kassam) 3 Laxman 54 and 6. Golden Castle (L. D'Silva) 1 A. Imran Khan 54.

GOLD MINT: A resolute winner of her last start over 1,600m; maintains form. EKAGRA: Scored a gutsy victory over 1,600m; may repeat. GOLDEN CASTLE: Well in at the weights.

1. Ekagra, 2. Gold Mint,

3. Golden Castle

2 REGAL MONARCH PLATE (1,200m) — Cat-II, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 70 — 1-40: 1. Activa (Habibullah) 7 Abhinay 60, 2. Flower Princess (Satyanarayana) 3 Ramana 54, 3. Horatio (L. D'Silva) 4 Uday Kiran 52.5, 4. Gold Rush (Satheesh) 1 Anil 52, 5. Music Express (Raju) 6 Suresh 51.5, 6. Great Combination (Shamsuddin) 5 Sk.Farookh 50.5 and 7. Spring Dawn (Srinivas) 2 Laxmikanth 50.5.

ACTIVA: Speedy; may try pillar to post tactics. FLOWER PRINCESS: A gutsy winner of her last start over 1,400m; retains form. HORATIO: Has improved since his last run. GOLD RUSH: A fair second to Glare (second win) over 1,200m; may upset.

1. Activa, 2. Flower Princess,

3. Horatio

3 FARIDOON S. CHENOY MEMORIAL CUP (1,400m) — Cat-II, 4-y-o & over (Terms) — 2-15: 1. All Round (Prasad) 5 Suraj Narredu 61, 2. Stampede (Netto) 2 R. B. Shinde 61, 3. Hunting Hawk (S. Abbas) 1 Qazafi 59.5, 4. Adelaide (N. Rao) 4 A. Imran Khan 53.5 and 5. Manchester Babe (Vatsalya) 3 Laxmikanth 50.5.

STAMPEDE: Working well enough. ADELAIDE: Comes into the reckoning on her second to Buddy Brothers (second win) over 1,200m; moving well in the morning trials. MANCHESTER BABE: A handicap chance.

1. Adelaide, 2. Manchester Babe

4 CHAITANYA CHAKRAM PLATE (2,200m) — Cat-III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50 — 2-45: 1. Nano Blue (Vatsalya) 8 Gallagher 61, 2. In Vogue (L. D'Silva) 5 Deep Shanker 59.5, 3. Olympic Crown (Shamsuddin) 7 D. Singh 58.5, 4. Arcelor (Vatsalya) 1 Sandeep 56, 5. Star Caliber (Prasad) 6 N. Rawal 53.5, 6. Wild Angel (S. Abbas) 2 Chary 51.5, 7. Track Rule (Habibullah) 3 Abhinay 49 and 8. Fly Emirates (Laxman S) 4 Laxmikanth 47.

OLYMPIC CROWN: Deserves following on his consistency. ARCELOR: A good outsider. STAR CALIBER: Carried 58.5kg to a gutsy win over 1,800m; should be involved in the finish. WILD ANGEL: A close second to Star Caliber (1,800m); will have a bold show.

1. Star Caliber, 2. Olympic Crown, 3. Wild Angel

5 RIGHT STEP PLATE (Div. II) (1,400m) — Cat-III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 50 — 3-15: 1. Friendly Type (L. D'Silva) 4 A. Imran Khan 62, 2. Fitting Tribute (Vatsalya) 3 Sandeep 61.5, 3. Celestial Queen (F. Hassan) 2 M. Krishna 61, 4. Highway Prospector (F. Hassan) 8 Ali Khan 60, 5. Aaja Aaja (Shamsuddin) 5 Sk.Sharookh 59, 6. Sky Heights (Srinivas) 1 Laxmikanth 58, 7. Star Kid (Satheesh) 7 Suresh 56 and 8. Continuity (Habibullah) 6 N. Rawal 47.

FRIENDLY TYPE: A failed favourite last time out; warrants continued support. CELESTIAL QUEEN: Has come on since her last run. AAJA AAJA: Shaping well in the trials. STAR KID: Looks fit.

1. Friendly Type, 2. Aaja Aaja,

3. Star Kid

6 POLICE CUP (1,600m) — Cat-I, 3-y-o & over — 3-45: 1. Red Key Point (Deshmukh) 1 D. Singh 60, 2. Here Comes The Sun (Rafaat) 2 Gallagher 59.5, 3. Royal Hawk (N. Rao) 4 Chary 50 and 4. Golden Blaze (Satyanarayana) 3 Qazafi 49.

HERE COMES THE SUN: After a very interesting duel went down by a short-head to Red Key Point (1,600m); can make a race of it. GOLDEN BLAZE: Well in at the weights.

1. Here Comes The Sun,

2. Golden Blaze

7 MIDNIGHT MADNESS TROPHY (1,400m) — maiden 3-y-o (Terms) — 4-30: (Refer Pune race card).

8 RIGHT STEP PLATE (Div. I) (1,400m) — Cat-III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 50 — 5-10: 1. Artistic Way (Kassam) 3 M. Krishna 62, 2. Mystic Crown (Raju) 7 Suraj Narredu 62, 3. Combe Bassett (L. D'Silva) 2 A. Imran Khan 60, 4. Fashion For Ever (Satyanarayana) 9 Ramana 60, 5. Gift A Future (Satheesh) 6 Ganesh 59.5, 6. Secret Champ (Shamsuddin) 8 Ali Khan 58.5, 7. Pancho Pete (F. Hassan) 1 D. Singh 55, 8. Kilroy Classic (Netto) 5 R. B. Shinde 49.5 and 9. Royal Duty (Raju) 4 Ravi Shanker 47.

MYSTIC CROWN: Seen finishing on well in Cannon Hawk's 1,800m; an each way chance. COMBE BASSETT: Tracking well enough to fight out the finish. FASHION FOR EVER: A good outsider. GIFT A FUTURE: Ignore her previous runs; will have a bold show. SECRET CHAMP: Has improved since his last run.

1. Combe Bassett,

2. Mystic Crown,

3. Fashion For Ever

Day's best: Activa

Double: Ekagra — Friendly Type

Jackpot: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 8. Treble: (i): 1, 2 & 3, (ii): 4, 5 & 8. Tanala: On races where there are five or more starters.

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