Sea King (S. John up) won the South India St. Leger, the last classic of the season here on Saturday (Feb.17). The winner is owned by M/s. Iris Racing & Livestock Pvt.Ltd. and trained by Arjun Mangalorkar.
The results:
1. CHANGE OF LUCK PLATE (1,400m), rated 20 to 45: TENCENDUR (Noorshed) 1, I Am The Boss (Umesh) 2, Bambino (Shahar Babu) 3 and Priorty (Parmar) 4. Lnk, 1 and 1/2. 1m 28.14s. ₹ 41 (w), 5, 5 and 5 (p), SHP: 20, FP: 30, Q: 16, Tla: 512. Favourite: I Am The Boss. Owners: Mrs. Lalitha Deepak Rai, Mrs. Indra Prem Menon & Mrs. Anitha Shanmugam. Trainer: Sebastian.
2. RECONNECT PLATE (1,200m), rated 20 to 45: REVALDO (Vaibhav) 1, Boogie Woogie (Umesh) 2, Amigos (Saddam) 3 and Ole (Paswan) 4. 5-3/4, 3/4, and 5-3/4. 1m 12.83s. ₹5 (w), 5, 7 and 7 (p), SHP: 26, FP: 12, Q: 15, Tla: 178. Favourite: Revaldo. Owners: Mr. R. R. Prasad, Mr. M. Pushparaj, Mr. P. Noble Roy & Mr. R. Prabu. Trainer: Karthik.
3. COORG PLATE (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): OXYGEN (Tanveer) 1, Chennai Chic (Umesh) 2, Caballo Rapido (Akshay) 3 and Queen Of Venice (Hesnain) 4. Snk, 3-1/4 and 1-1/4. 1m 13.79s. ₹67 (w), 5, 5 and 5 (p), SHP: 48, FP: 114, Q: 149, Tla: 597. Favourite: Caballo Rapido. Owners: Mr. C. R. Balakumar, Mr. V. Sathish Kumar & Mr. Fazal -Ul- Rehman. Trainer: Fazal Ul- Rehman.
4. T. NAGAR PLATE (1,400m), rated upto 25: BANDITESS (Trevor) 1, Malpractice (Ayaz Ahmed) 2, Sprinkler (Parmar) 3 and Cacharel (Afsar) 4. Not run: Fieur. 3, 1-1/2 and 1. 1m 28.66s. ₹6 (w), 5, 7 and 10 (p), SHP: 13, FP: 30, Q: 10, Tla: 329. Favourite: Banditess. Owner: Manjri Horse Breeders' Farm Pvt. Ltd. Trainer: Marshall.
5. SOUTH INDIA ST.LEGER (2,800m), 4-y-o only (Terms): SEA KING (Born To Sea - Star Of Soho) John 1,
REUNION (Dancing Forever - Ambos) Suraj Narredu 2,
NICARAGUA (Midnight Interlude - Golden Bright) Sandesh 3
and CHIEF OF COMMAND (Arazan - Flaming Glory) A. Imran 4. 1/2, 2-1/4 and 5. 3m 80s. ₹28 (w), 12 and 7 (p), SHP: 11, FP: 408, Q: 122, Tla: 604. Favourite: Chief Of Command. Owner: M/s. Iris Racing & Livestock Pvt.Ltd. Trainer: Arjun.
Note: Originally Reunion (Suraj Narredu) won the race, an objection was raised by jockey S. John (Sea King), against the winner for coming on to him from the last 200m and bumping into the horse in the last 150m, where he lost momentum and could not ride out the mount, which cost him the race. The objection was upheld and verdict revised as declared.
6. A. R. SRINIVASAN GOLD CUP (1,200m), rated 80: EXCELERATE (Trevor) 1, Goldberg (A. Imran) 2, Conrod (M. Bhaskar) 3 and Academus (Umesh) 4. Shd, 1/2 and 1-1/2. 1m 11.79s. ₹ 21 (w), 8, 6 and 15 (p), SHP: 16, FP: 54, Q: 25, Tla: 517. Favourite: Goldberg. Owner: Manjri Horse Breeders' Farm Pvt.Ltd. Trainer: Marshall.
7. SON OF THE LIGHT PLATE (1,200m), rated 40 to 65: KAPALUA (Umesh) 1, Colossal Moments (Paswan) 2, Country's Tigress (Saddam) 3 and Pretty Gal (Vaibhav) 4. 6, 1-1/4 and nk. 1m 11.28s. ₹15 (w), 8, 15 and 29 (p), SHP: 30, FP: 229, Q: 154, Tla: 15,774. Favourite: Star Convoy. Owner: Mr. Devaraj Palaniswamy. Trainer: Rahmathulla.
Jackpot: ₹2,476 (18 tkts), Runner up: ₹185 (103 tkts), Mini Jackpot: ₹ 840 (10 tkts), Treble (i): ₹584 (14 tkts), (ii): ₹100 (277 tkts).
