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Cosmic Explorer clinches Nilgiris 2000 Guineas

UDHAGAMANDALAM: Mr. M. A. M. Ramaswamy’s Cosmic Explorer (Rajendra Singh up) claimed the Nilgiris 2000 Guineas, the second Classic of the season held here on Friday (May 1).

1. CHINCHONA PLATE (1,200m), 3-y-o only (Terms): Beauchamp Prince (Ross) 1, Apple Of My Eye (M. Venkatesh) 2, Blushing King (Milan) 3 and Eagle Eye (Manikandan) 4. 3/4, 2-1/2 and 1. 1m 18.22s. Rs. 10 (w), 5, 6 & nil (p), FP: nil. Q: Rs. 21. Favourite: Beauchamp Prince.

Owner: Mr. A. Selvakumar. Trainer: R. Foley.

2. CHARING CROSS PLATE (1,200m), Cl. II: Empirical (Manikandan) 1, Romantic Count (S. Manohar) 2, Highland Wonder (Milan) 3 and Secret Warrior (Mohan) 4. 2-1/2, 1-1/4 and 1. 1m 15.05s. Rs. 6 (w), 7 and nil (p), FP: Rs. 33, Q: Rs nil. Favourite: Empirical.

Owner: Mr. A. Selvakumar. Trainer: R. Foley.

3. CHINCHONA PLATE (Div. II), (1,200m), 3-y-o only (Terms): Bureaucrat (Ross) 1, Vantage Point (Prem) 2, Luxurious (S. Manohar) 3 and Majestic Times (Milan) 4. 1-3/4, 2-1/4 and shd. 1m 15.77s. Rs. 14 (w), 5, 5 and 5 (p), FP: nil, Q: Rs. 40. Favourite: Vantage Point.

Owner: Mr. N. Anantharam. Trainer: R. Foley.

4. COIMBATORE PLATE (1,300m), Cl. I: Moon Emperor (Prem) 1, Retained Asset (Miss Roopa) 2, First Emperor (Casey) 3 and Moon Forest (Mohan) 4. 1-3/4, 1-1/2 and 1-3/4. 1m 19.93s. Rs. 12 (w), 18 and 26 (p), FP: Rs. 32, Q: nil. Favourite: First Emperor.

Owner: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: B. Suresh.

5. NILGIRIS 2000 GUINEAS (1,400m) 3-y-o (Terms):

COSMIC EXPLORER (Always A Rainbow - Balmoral Belle) Rajendra Singh 1,

DIVINE SPIRIT (Always A Rainbow – Canonize) Kabthar 2,

SPANISH PARADE (Star Supreme – Micro Magic) Babul 3 and

KING CRIMSON (Always A Rainbow – Domino Queen) Ross 4.

1-1/4, 1-3/4 and 2. 1m 35.80s. Rs. 5 (w), 9 and 9 (p), FP: Rs. 7, Q: nil. Favourite: Cosmic Explorer.

Owner: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: R. Foley.

6. MADRAS RACE CLUB CUP (1,300m), Cl. V-B: Ocean Spirit (Milan) 1, Secret Dance (S. Manohar) 2, Astronomer Royal (C. Velu) 3 and Salient Star (Narasimha) 4. 1-1/4, 4-1/2 and 1-1/2. 1m 26.18s. Rs. 31 (w), 6, 5 and 13 (p), FP: nil, Q: Rs. 490. Favourite: Galloping Bay.

Owner: Mr. Sp. Palaniappan. Trainer: B. Suresh.

7. HAIR PIN BEND PLATE (Div.I), (1,200m), Cl. V-B: Island Ruler (C. Umesh) 1, Trojan River (Huzaif) 2, Yahoodotcom (Zulquar Nain) 3 and Majestically (Mukesh Kumar) 4. 2-1/2, 2-1/2 and 1-1/4. 1m 15.09s. Rs. 5 (w), 7, 7 and 8 (p), FP: nil, Q: Rs. 16. Favourite: Island Ruler.

Owners: M/s. R.R. Prasad, M. Pushparaj & E. Vijay Anand. Trainer: R. Karthik.

8. KANDAL PLATE (1,400m), Cl. V-A: Star Summit (Miss Roopa) 1, Storm Regent (Mohan) 2, Star Of Windsor (S. Manohar) 3 and Spenderville (Ross) 4. Nk, hd and 2. 1m 28.81. Rs. 30 (w), 13, 9 and 46 (p), FP: nil, Q: Rs. 27. Favourite: Storm Regent.

Owner: Mr. Rm. Lakshmanan. Trainer: R. Foley.

9. FERN HILL PLATE (1,200m), Cl. III: Royal Falcon (M. Venkatesh) 1, Always Vigilant (Manikandan) 2, Secret Romeo (Miss Roopa) 3 and Noble Flash (Babul) 4. 2-1/2, 2-1/4 and 1-1/4. 1m. 20.18s. Rs. 10 (w), 5 and 5 (p), FP: Rs. 14, Q: nil. Favourite: Royal Falcon.

Owner: Mr. T. Irudhayaraj. Trainer: R. Foley.

10. HAIR PIN BEND PLATE (Div. II), (1,200m), Cl. V-B: Capricorn Line (Zulquar Nain) 1, Sharp Spirit (Lakshmanan) 2, Amazing Blaze (A. Hussain) 3 and Move Maori (C. Murugan) 4. 1/2, 3/4 and 4. 1m 17.86s. Rs. 141 (carried over for win), 5, 5 and 5 (p), FP: nil, Q: Rs. 663 (carried over). Favourite: Amazing Blaze.

Owners: Mrs. G. Neetha Raghav, M/s. K. S. Vijaykumar, K. Raghavaram & Mrs. V. Rukmani. Trainer: H. Malick.

Treble (i): Rs. 50 (carried over); (ii): Rs. 73 (carried over).

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