Dr. T.C. Kasiviswanathan’s Solitaire Royale (P.S. Chouhan up) won the Karnataka Racehorse Owners’ Association Trophy, the main event of the races held here on Saturday (Jan. 19). The winner is trained by Dominic.
1. SHIVANASAMUDRA CUP (Div. II), (1,200m), rated 40 to 65, 5-y-o & over: Sunny Seven (V.R. De Sousa) 1, Sweet Timer (P.S. Chouhan) 2, Hillstone (Qureshi) 3 and Right On Time (Noornabi) 4. Not run: Sparkling Image. 2-3/4, Shd and Hd. 1m 14.74s. Rs. 143 (w), 28, 16 and 14 (p), SHP: Rs. 47, FP: Rs. 375, Q: Rs. 123, Trinella: Rs. 799 and Rs. 408. Favourite: Living Legend. Owner: Mr. Shailendra V. Kamat. Trainer: Faraz Arshad.
2. VEDAVATI PLATE (2,000m), rated 20 to 45: Glycys Bay (Vivek) 1, Rebuttal’s Hope (V.R. De Sousa) 2, Velvetine (Gnaneshwar) 3 and Smokehead (P.S. Chouhan) 4. Nose, 2-1/2 and 1. 2m 7.79s. Rs. 43 (w), 16, 21 and 13 (p), SHP: Rs. 73, FP: Rs. 155, Q: Rs. 125, Trinella: Rs. 301 and Rs. 103. Favourite: Velvetine. Owners: M/s. Shailendra Singh, C. Sadananda & N. Ramesh. Trainer: Prasanna Kumar.
3. JAMUNA PLATE (1,400m), rated 00 to 25, 5-y-o & over: Indian (Rajesh Babu) 1, Hatchet Harry (P. Culhane) 2, Claara (P. Trevor) 3 and Loving Fantasy (Shobhan) 4. Not run: Sabala. Lnk, 3-1/4 and 1. 1m 28.32s. Rs. 24 (w), 14, 15 and 30 (p), SHP: Rs. 43, FP: Rs. 55, Q: Rs. 32, Trinella: Rs. 425 and Rs. 302, Exacta: Rs. 8,513 and Rs. 7,297. Favourite: Indian. Owner: Mr. Rajashekar. P. Trainer: Babu Rao.
4. KOLLUR PLATE (Div. II), (1,400m), rated 60 to 85, 5-y-o & over: Gun Salute (S. Hussain) 1, Decorated (P. Trevor) 2, Make My Day (S. John) 3 and I Specialist (I. Chisty) 4. 3, 1/2 and 3/4. 1m 27.02s. Rs. 287 (w), 41, 19 and 14 (p), SHP: Rs. 58, FP: Rs. 3,823, Q: Rs. 490, Trinella: Rs. 3,441 and Rs. 1,769. Favourite: I Specialist. Owners: M/s. N.R. Sudhakar & S. Narredu. Trainer: S. Narredu.
5. KARNATAKA RACEHORSE OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION TROPHY (1,200m), 3-y-o, (Terms): Solitaire Royale (P.S. Chouhan) 1, Duma (S. John) 2, Socrates (D.K. Ashish) 3 and Madame Bovary (C. Henrique) 4. Lnk, 1-1/4 and 1-1/2. 1m 13.60s. Rs. 52 (w), 13, 17 and 18 (p), SHP: Rs. 43, FP: Rs. 291, Q: Rs. 90, Trinella: Rs. 672 and Rs. 282. Favourite: Murioi. Owner: Dr. T.C. Kasiviswanathan. Trainer: Dominic. (Note: Originally Murioi, Duma, Solitaire Royale and Socrates took the first four places. An objection lodged by P.S. Chouhan, rider of Solitaire Royale, against Sreekanth, rider of Murioi and S. John rider of Duma for coming in sharply and bumping him near 300m, which cost him a certain race, was upheld. Subsequently Murioi was disqualified by the Stewards and the placings revised as above).
The Stewards then decided to cancel the last three races due to administrative reasons.
Jackpot: Rs. 1,089 (393 tkts); Mini Jackpot: Rs. 1,816 (16 tkts); Treble: Rs. 33 (1,226 tkts).
