Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy's Lights Of Heaven (Ross astride) won the Christmas Cup, the chief event of the races held here on Friday (Jan. 25). The winner is trained by R. Foley.
The results:
1. MEMBERS CUP (1,000m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): Excalibur (Babul) 1, Centurian (Kabdhar) 2, Dashing Stars (Casey) 3 and Commander Bond (Rajendra Singh) 4. 1-3/4, 1-1/2 and 1-1/2. 1m, 8s. Owner: Mr. Rm. Lakshmanan. Trainer: B. Suresh.
2. J. H. FOLEY MEMORIAL CUP (1,000m), rated 80 & above: Mustang Royal (Rajendra Singh) 1, Moon Forest (Ross) 2, Precious Forever (N. Rupa) 3 and Regal Classic (Prem) 4. 1/2, 3 and 1-1/2. 1m, 4.73s. Owner: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: R. Foley.
3. CHRISTMAS CUP (1,200m), 3-y-o (Terms): Lights Of Heaven (Ross) 1, Highly Regarded (Casey) 2, Together Forever (Prem) 3 and Transonic (N. Rupa) 4. 1, 1-1/2 and 1/2. 1m, 22.71s. Owner: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: R. Foley.
4. PINK CITY PLATE (1,000m), 8-y-o & over rated 40 to 65: Fly For Sure ( N. Rupa) 1, Orlando Bloom (Prem) 2, Forest Knight (Babul) 3 and Cobra King (Venkatesan) 4. 1-1/2, 1-1/2 and 1-3/4. 1m, 6.39s. Owner: Rm. Lakshmanan. R. Foley.
5. TEXTILE CITY PLATE (1,200m), rated 60 to 85: Green Zone (Casey) 1, Diabolical (Rajendra Singh) 2, Empirical (Ross) 3 and Steal The Glory (N. Rupa) 4. 1-1/2, 2 and 2-3/4. 1m, 18.28s. Owner: M.A.M. R. Muthiah. Trainer: B. Suresh.
6. MANACHAI PLATE (1,200m), rated 20 to 45: Lake Superior (Babul) 1, Star Miracle (Prem) 2, Legendary (Ross) 3 and Assert The Right (Rajendra Singh) 4. 3/4, 2 and 1. 1m, 17.03s. Owner: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: R. Foley.
7. BELGAUM PLATE (Div. I), (1,200m), rated 00 to 25: Polynesian Pearl (C.A. Brisson) 1, Viking Valor (Saddam Iqbal) 2, Flash Back (Venkatesan) 3 and Sharavathi (C. Velu) 4. 3/4, 3 and nk. 1m, 19.37s. Owner: Mrs. Tresa Sebastian. Trainer: Sebastian.
8. BABA KHAN CUP (1,000m), 4-y-o (Terms): Royal Collection (Mukesh Kumar) 1, Romantic Encounter (S. S. Azad) 2, Calypso Bay (Shahar Babu) 3 and Apache Summit (Lakshmanan) 4. 2, 3/4 and 1/2. 1m, 5.92s. Owner: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: B. Suresh.
9. BELGAUM PLATE (Div. II), (1,200m), rated 00 to 25: Black Belt (C. Umesh) 1, Diamond King (S. Manohar) 2, Beau Gallant (Bopanna) 3 and Gold Vault (Sham Kumar) 4. 3, 4-1/2 and 4-1/4. 1m, 20.27s. Owner: M/s. P. S. Ranganathan, M.M. Dinesh, M.A. Muthaiah & M. P. Biddappa. Trainer: Uthaiah.
