Highly Acclaimed wins Bhagyanagar Cup

Highly Acclaimed (Surya Prakash up) won the Bhagyanagar Cup (1,400m), the main event of the races held here on Monday. The Deshmukh-trained winner is owned by Ahmed Alam Khan.

1. VEGAVATHI PLATE (Div. II) , (1,200m), 3-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III): LONG RANGE (Akshay Kumar) and YOUR GRACE (Nakhat Singh) 1, Symbolic Star (Dhebe) 3 and Tokyo Jam (Srinath) 4. Deadheat, 2-1/2 and 3/4. 1m, 13.31s. ₹6 and 9 (w), 7, 6 and 13 (p), SHP: refunded, FP: 27 and 24, Q: 26, Tla: 413 and 198. Favourite: Tokyo Jam. Owner Col S. B. Nair and trainer Sequeira (for Long Range) and Messrs P. Prabhakar Reddy & Dr. Peddyi Reddy and trainer Laxman Singh (for Your Grace).

2. ELUSIVE HERO PLATE (1,100m), 3-y-o & over, rated 42 to 62 (Cat. II):

CLASSIC REMARK (Ashhad Asbar) 1, Classy Guy (Nakhat Singh) 2, Honest Hunter (Md. Ismail) 3 and Flying Spaghetti (Abhay Singh) 4. 6, 1 and 3/4. 1m, 4.96s. ₹11 (w), 6, 7 and 11 (p), SHP: 17, FP: 47, Q: 28, Tla: 282. Favourite: Classic Remark. Owners: M/s. S.M. Ruia & Surendra Ramachandra Sanas. Trainer: M. Srinivas Reddy.

3. TWIN CITIES CUP (1,400m), 4-y-o & over, rated 42 to 62 (Cat. II): CLARISA (Akshay Kumar) 1, Somerset (Arshad Alam) 2, Humaaghar (Rafiqo Sk.) 3 and Avantika (A.A. Vikran) 4. 2-1/4, 3-1/4 and hd. 1m, 25.93s. ₹14 (w), 9 and 27 (p), SHP: 20, FP: 120, Q: 75, Tla: 2,329. Favourite: Mozambique. Owner: Mr. Prakash Babu. Trainer: Sequeira.

4. VEGAVATHI PLATE (Div. I) , (1,200m), 3-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III): AMAZING SCRIPT (Dhebe) 1, Happy Together (C.P. Bopanna) 2, Farmville (Koushik) 3 and Freedom Fire (G. Naresh) 4. Hd, 1/2 and 1-1/2. 1m, 12.81s. ₹14 (w), 7, 8 and 13 (p), SHP: 22, FP: 55, Q: 31, Tla: 321. Favourite: Amazing Script. Owners: M/s. Zaveri Stud Farm Pvt.Ltd. rep. by Mr. Champaklal Zaveri, Mrs. Bindu C. Zaveri, Miss Harsha N. Desi & Miss Niti N. Desai. Trainer: Deshmukh.

5. BHAGYANAGAR CUP (1,400m), 3-y-o & over, rated 58 to 78 (No whips), (Cat. II):

HIGHLY ACCLAIMED (Surya Prakash) 1, Be Sure (C.P. Bopanna) 2, Durango (Dhebe) 3 and Tootsie Roll (Jitendra Singh) 4. 1/4, 3-1/4 and 2-3/4. 1m, 25.40s. ₹26 (w), 7, 6 and 6 (p), SHP: 15, FP: 73, Q: 42, Tla: 175. Favourite: Durango. Owner: Mr. Ahmed Alam Khan. Trainer: Deshmukh.

6. BHONGIR PLATE (1,400m), 3-y-o & over, rated upto 25 (Cat. III): VALLEE IKON (Md. Ismail) 1, Southern Meteor (Ajit Singh) 2, Diesis Dream (A.A. Vikrant) 3 and Brush The Sky (Gaddam) 4. 2-1/4, 1-1/2 and 1/2. 1m, 27.63s. ₹23 (w), 8, 13 and 31 (p), SHP: 41, FP: 254, Q: 164, Tla: 4,310. Favourite: Vallee Ikon. Owner: Mr. V. Narendra Reddy. Trainer: Faisal Hassan.

Jackpot: ₹5,392 (83 tkts.), Runner-up: 403 (476 tkts.), Treble (i): 102 (254 tkts.), (ii): 533 (259 tkts.).