Be Sure (Nakhat Singh up) won the Army Cup, the feature event of the races held here on Sunday (Oct. 7). The winner is the property of M. A. M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust rep. by Mr. A. C. Muthiah and trained by Satheesh. Jockey Akshay Kumar rode three winners.
1. SHAMSHABAD PLATE (Div. I), (1,200m), 3-y-o & over, rated upto 30 (Cat. III): ONE ONE ONE (Akshay Kumar) 1, Air Salute (Md. Ismail) 2, Moka (C. Umesh) 3 and Maahismathi (Ajit Singh) 4. 5-1/2, 3/4 and 2-1/4. 1m 13.90s. ₹11 (w), 5, 10 and 7 (p), SHP: 25, FP: 57, Q: 33, Tla: 128. Favourite: One One One. Owner: Mr. M. Ramachandra Rao. Trainer: Sequeira.
2. RED SURPRISE PLATE (1,200m), 4-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III): NEW STATE (Akshay Kumar) 1, Take A Bow (Nakhat Singh) 2, Lord Gift (R. Ajay Kumar) 3 and Platinum Claasz (C. P. Bopanna) 4. Not run: Proud N Arrogant. 2, shd and nk. 1m 14.31s. ₹8 (w), 6, 10 and 6 (p), SHP: 29, FP: 63, Q: 45, Tla: 275. Favourite: New State. Owners: Col. S. B. Nair & Mr. Rahul Nair. Trainer: M. F. Alikhan.
3. SHAMSHABAD PLATE (Div. III), (1,200m), 3-y-o & over, rated upto 30 (Cat. III): ALL THAT JAZZ (C. Umesh) 1, Running Fire (R. Ajay Kumar) 2, Escalating Striker (G. Naresh) 3 and Parizaat (Deepak Singh) 4. 1-1/2, 1/4 and 1. 1m 15.36s. ₹47 (w), 10, 9 and 8 (p), SHP: 23, FP: 268, Q: 126, Tla: 1,332. Favourite: Red Striker. Owners: M/s. Rajesh Kumar Khatri & P. A. Raju. Trainer: L.D'Silva.
4. K. SRINIVAS REDDY MEMORIAL CUP (1,200m), 4-y-o & over, rated 42 to 62 (Cat. II): TITUS (Akshay Kumar) 1, Mozambique (Gopal Singh) 2, Ashwa Bahula (Ashhad Asbar) 3 and Meritocracy (Rohit Kumar) 4. 2-3/4, 2-1/4 and 1-1/4. 1m 11.38s. ₹19 (w), 6, 5 and 8 (p), SHP: 13, FP: 38, Q: 16, Tla: 123. Favourite: Mozambique. Owners: M/s. Baldev Singh, Rajesh Sanghani, Wg.Cdr. D. S. Gill (Retd.). & Mr. Chander Kumar Patny. Trainer: D. Netto.
5. SHAMSHABAD PLATE (Div. II), (1,200m), 3-y-o & over, rated upto 30 (Cat. III): ULTIMATE RISK (C. Umesh) 1, Reach The Heights (Koushik) 2, Aarohi (R. Ajay Kumar) 3 and Stormy (Akshay Kumar) 4. Hd, shd and 1-1/4. 1m 15.18s. ₹54 (w), 14, 7 and 15 (p), SHP: 20, FP: 214, Q: 66, Tla: 2,451. Favourite: Reach The Heights. Owner and trainer: Mr. L.D'Silva.
6. ARMY CUP (1,800m), 4-y-o & over, rated 42 to 62 (Cat. II): BE SURE (Nakhat Singh) 1, Exclusive Symbol (Deep Shanker) 2, Sunday Carnival (Md. Ismail) 3 and On My Way (Tanwar) 4. 3-3/4, 1/2 and nk. 1m 54.91s. ₹8 (w), 5, 13 and 13 (p), SHP: 47, FP: 110, Q: 69, Tla: 1,107. Favourite: Be Sure. Owner: Mr. M. A. M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust rep. by Mr. A. C. Muthiah. Trainer: Satheesh.
7. SURYAPET PLATE (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46, (Cat. III): PALSY WALSY (Deepak Singh) 1, Tokyo Jam (Akshay Kumar) 2, Max (C. Umesh) 3 and Promiseofhappiness (A M Tograllu) 4. 3/4, 4-1/2 and 3/4. 1m 13.59s. ₹102 (w), 14, 7 and 7 (p), SHP: 16, FP: 567, Q: 214, Tla: 1,996. Favourite: Tokyo Jam. Owners: M/s. K. Balamukunda Das, Krishnan Kamesh, K. Shashabindu Das & T. N. Mehta. Trainer: D. Netto.
8. ADILABAD PLATE (1,400m), 3-y-o & over, rated upto 30 (Cat. III): SUNFLOWER (Tanwar) 1, Adoria (P. P. Dhebe) 2, Adamant And Rising (G. Naresh) 3 and Madonna (C. Umesh) 4. Not run: Joy Of Giving. 3-1/4, 5-3/4 and 1-1/4. 1m 28.11s. ₹12 (w), 5, 6 and 39 (p), SHP: 13, FP: 22, Q: 12, Tla: 693. Favourite: Adoria. Owners: Miss Ameeta Mehra & Mr. Teja Gollapudi. Trainer: Laxman Singh.
Jackpot: ₹32,606 (15 tkts), Runner up: 3,811 (55 tkts), Tr (i): 159 (380 tkts), (ii): 1,630 (20 tkts), (iii): 754 (136 (tkts).
