Mr. K. Muthu Vellaiyan's Del Santo (Hesnain up) won the V. G. Saravanabhavanantham Gold Cup the feature event of the races held here on Friday (Jan. 19). R. Foley trains the winner. Jockey C. Umesh scored a treble.
1. A. V. THOMAS CUP (1,000m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): GEORGIA (Saddam) 1, Grey Twilight (Hesnain) 2, Cleona (Brisson) 3 and Nice To See You (Dhebe) 4. 2-3/4, 1-1/2 and snk. 1m 1.75s. Rs. 22 (w), 5, 6 and 5 (p), SHP: 17, FP: 77, Q: 58, Tla: 432. Favourite: Top Of The Pops. Owners: Mr. V. Sathish Kumar, Mr. Laksh Bhatia & C. R. Balakumar. Trainer: Fahad.
2. ARUT JOTHI PLATE (Div. II), (1,000m), rated 40 to 65: PHOENIX WONDER (Hesnain) 1, Lady Elise (Saddam) 2, Dhanwaan (Umesh) 3 and Princess Sanaa (Vaibhav) 4. 3/4, 1-1/4 and 7-3/4. 59. 69s. Rs. 11 (w), 5, 5 and 5 (p), SHP: 18, FP: 46, Q: 25, Tla: 77. Favourite: Phoenix Wonder. Owner: M. A. M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust. Trainer: Foley.
3. ARUT JOTHI PLATE (Div. I), (1,000m), rated 40 to 65: POWDER PUFF (Umesh) 1, Sweet Secret (Jagadeesh) 2, Crystal Monarch (Farhan) 3 and Parrys Glory (Ayaz Khan) 4. 2-3/4, 1 and nose. 59. 82s. Rs. 7 (w), 8, 20 and 9 (p), SHP: 114, FP: 48, Q: 60, Tla: 425. Favourite: Powder Puff. Owners: Dr. Asha Bhat, Mr. Mario Desmond Weller, Mrs. Marlene Bhat & Mr. Denver Andrew Cameons. Trainer: Saddam Iqbal.
4. KOVALAM PLATE (1,400m), rated 40 to 65: QUEENS GRACE (Umesh) 1, High Tower (Dhebe) 2, Humraaj (Brisson) 3 and Autumn Love (Hesnain) 4. 7-3/4, 3-3/4 and 1-1/4. 1m 25.85s. Rs. 6 (w), 6, 7 and 28 (p), SHP: 17, FP: 25, Q: 14, Tla: 674. Favourite: Queens Grace. Owners: Mr. S. Mangalorkar & Mr. Sukhveer Singh Samra. Trainer: Fahad.
5. V. G. SARAVANABHAVANANTHAM GOLD CUP (1,200m), rated 80 & above: DEL SANTO (Hesnain) 1, Extreme Love (Shahar Babu) 2, Simply Clever (Rajendra Singh) 3 and Merchantofvenice (Brisson) 4. 3/4, 2-1/4 and nk. 1m 12. 16s. Rs. 73 (w), 13, 146 and 25 (p), SHP: 1,184 (carried over), FP: 837, Q: 888, Tla: 4,711. Favourite: New Crown. Owner: Mr. K. Muthu Vellaiyan. Trainer: Foley. Note: Originally Fjord (Dhebe) won the race, an objection by jockey Rajendra Singh (Simply Clever) finished fourth against the winner for taking me out from the last 400m and pushed me three to four times in the straight was unable to ride my mount which cost me a certain race was upheld. The winner Fjord was disqualified by the Stewards and the placing revised as above.
6. NELLAI PLATE (1,600m), rated 20 to 45: MARCOUS (Vaibhav) 1, Zlato (Brisson) 2, Steve Mcqueen (Saddam) 3, and Open Offer (Noorshed) 4. 3/4, 3-3/4 and 5-1/4. 1m 41.06s. Rs. 6 (w), 5, 5 and 5 (p), SHP: 5, FP: 26, Q: 12, Tla: 70. Favourite: Marcous. Owner and trainer: Mr. R. Karthik.
7. BRINDAVANAM PLATE (1,200m), rated 20 to 45: ARITHMETICA (Umesh) 1, Ole (Jagadeesh) 2, Photo Opps (Noorshed) 3 and She's No Angel (Ayaz Khan) 4. Nk, 7-3/4 and nk. 1m 14.05s. Rs. 15 (w), 8, 7 and 105 (p), SHP: 10, FP: 59, Q: 17, Tla: 1,356. Favourite: Ole. Owners: Mr. M. P. Biddappa, Mr. Shariq Joshi. Mr. M. B. Suraj & Mr. M. M. Uthaiah. Trainer: Uthaiah.
Jackpot: Rs. 1,295 (30 tkts), Runner up: Rs. 165 (101 tkts), Mini Jackpot: Rs. 528 (21 tkts), Treble (i): Rs. 63 (234 tkts), (ii): 323 (58 tkts).
