Hearts And Flowers (Rajendra Singh up) won the Northern India Breeders Madras Gold Vase, the main event of the races held here on Wednesday (Feb. 24). The winner is owned by Mr. M. A. M. Ramaswamy and trained by R. Foley.
The results:
1. MANGALORE PLATE (1,000m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): Head Over Heels (C.Velu) 1, Galaxy Quest (S. Manohar) 2, Ambitious (Ross) 3 and Frost Prince (Miss Roopa) 4. 1-1/2, 1-3/4 and nk. 1m 3.95s. Rs. 25 (w), 5 and 5 (p), SHP: Rs. 16, FP: Rs. 90 (carried over), Q: Rs. 33, Tanala: Rs. 166 (carried over). Favourite: Galaxy Quest. Owner: Mr. Rm. Lakshmanan. Trainer: R. Foley.
2. SEA WHALE PLATE (1,000m), Cl. II: Cosmic Explorer (Manikandan) 1, Savannah Fleet (Miss Roopa) 2, Bureaucrat (Rajendra Singh) 3 and Honoured Guest (Prem) 4. 1-1/4, 1-1/2 and 2. 1m 6.92s. Rs. 5 (w), 5 and 6 (p), SHP: Rs. 5, FP: Rs. 6, Q: Rs. 7, Tanala: Rs. 15. Favourite: Cosmic Explorer. Owner: Mr. M. A. M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: R. Foley.
3. GREAT EMPIRE PLATE (1,200m), Cl. I: Retained Asset (Ross) 1, Moon Emperor (S. Manohar) 2, Dancer's Wave (Kabthar) 3 and First Emperor (C. Velu) 4. Hd, 2-1/4 and 1-3/4. 1m 14.95s. Rs. 76 (w), 5 and 5 (p), SHP: Rs. 22, FP: Rs. 63 (carried over), Q: Rs. 21, Tanala; Rs. 169. Favourite: Moon Emperor. Owner: Mr. Rm. Lakshmanan. Trainer: R. Foley.
4. NORTHERN INDIA BREEDERS MADRAS GOLD VASE (1,400m), 3-y-o (Terms): Hearts And Flowers (Rajendra Singh) 1, Be My Valentine (Prem) 2, In The Moonlight (Babul) 3 and Rainbow Lady (Ross) 4. 4-1/4, 2 and 2-1/4. 1m 36.67s. Rs. 8 (w), 5 and nil (p), SHP: Rs. 21, FP: Rs. 10, Q: Rs. 5, Tanala; Rs. 45. Favourite: Hearts And Flowers. Owner: Mr. M. A..M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: R. Roley.
5. CUPID PLATE (1,200m), Cl. III: Empirical (Rajendra Singh) 1, Romantic Count (M.Venkatesh) 2, Dolphin Bay (Miss Roopa) 3 and Resounding Glory (Prem) 4. 2-1/2, 1-3/4 and 1-1/2. 1m 18.54s. Rs. 7 (w), 5 and 5 (p), SHP: Rs. 6, FP: Rs. 5, Q: Rs. 7, Tanala; Rs. 17. Favourite: Empirical. Owner: Mr. Rm. Lakshmanan. Trainer: R. Foley.
6. KANYAKUMARI PLATE (1,200m), Cl. IV: Grey Eagle (Casey) 1, Kingdom Of Heaven (Ross) 2, Formidable Force (Miss Roopa) 3 and Star Adventure (Kabthar) 4. 2, 2 and 1-1/2. 1m 17.09s. Rs. 14 (w), 10 and nil (p), SHP: Rs.12, FP: Rs. 34 (carried over), Q: Rs. 40, Tanala: Rs. 38. Favourite: Formidable Force. Owner: Mr. M. K. Sevugan Chetty. Trainer: B. Suresh.
7. KARUR PLATE (Div.I), (1,400m), Cl. V-B: Ballydoyle Star (A.. Hussain) 1, Salut D' Amour (Zulquar Nain) 2, Jack Palance (Casey) 3 and King's Delight (Venkatesan) 4. Dist, 1-1/4 and 2-1/4. 1m 27.36s. Rs. 5 (w), 6, 6 and 9 (p), SHP: Rs. 7, FP: Rs. 32, Q: Rs. 10 (carried over), Tanala: Rs. 44. Favourite: Ballydoyle Star. Owner: Mr. E. Vijay Anand. Trainer: R. Karthik.
8. ROCK HAVEN PLATE (1,400m), Cl. V-A: Touch Of Land (Miss Roopa) 1, Rudimentary (Babul) 2, Forcing Bid (M. Venkatesh) 3 and Special Gallery (C. Velu) 4. 2-1/2, 1-1/4 and 1-1/4. 1m 30.75s. Rs. 13 (w), 6, 19 an 19 (p), SHP: Rs. 32, FP: Rs. 40 (carried over), Q: Rs. 78, Tanala: Rs. 99 (carried over). Favourite: Special Gallery. Owner: Mr. A. Selvakumar. Trainer: B. Suresh.
9. KARUR PLATE (Div.1), (1,400m), Cl. V-B: Regal Secret (Lakshmanan) 1, Diamond King (Zulquar Nain) 2, Luck By Chance (Mukesh Kumar) 3 and Royal Answer (C. Umesh) 4. Shd, 2-1/4 and 1-1/4. 1m 30.12s. Rs. 9 (w), 5, 5 and 5 (p), SHP: Rs. 19, FP: Rs. 5 (carried over), Q: Rs. 48, Tanala: Rs. 5 (carried over). Favourite: Diamond King. Owners: M/s. A. D'Silver & A.. Ganesan. Trainer: D'Silver.
Jackpot: Rs. 256 (carried over).
Mini Jackpot: Rs. 438 (carried over).
