Mr. Marthand Singh Mahindra, Mrs. Rina Mahindra & Mr. P. Prabhakar Reddy’s Kangra (A. Sandesh up) won the Nizam’s Gold Cup, the chief event of the races held here on Monday (August 20). Athaollahi trains the winner.
1. DECCAN QUEEN PLATE (1,600m), (Cat. II), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): ALEXANDERTHEGREAT (P. Trevor) 1, Lockhart (Deep Shanker) 2, Super Act (Md. Ismail) 3 and Nathu La (Akshay Kumar) 4. Not run: Jo Malone. 3, 2 and 2-1/4. 1m 43.71s. Rs. 5(w), 5 and 7(p), SHP: 10, FP: 8, Q: 7, Tla: refunded. Favourite: Alexanderthegreat. Owners: M/s. S. M. Ruia, Kersi Homy Vachha & Aditya P. Thackersey. Trainer: Deshmukh.
2. ASTRONOMIC PLATE (Div. II), (1,100m), 3-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III): 1. LIGHTNING FIN (Deepak Singh) 1, Money Time (Gopal Singh) 2, Excellent Hope (Suraj Narredu) 3 and La Mer (Akshay Kumar) 4. 1-1/2, nose and shd. 1m 8.72s. Rs. 19(w), 7, 23 and 6(p), SHP: 145, FP: 1,108, Q: 567, Tanala: 2,004. Favourite: Excellent Hope. Owners: M/s. Rajesh Sanghani Atul Bhanu Sanghani, Narendra Surana & Madharapu Sudhir. Trainer: D. Netto.
3. ASTRONOMIC PLATE (Div. I), (1,100m), 3-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III): SHAQUILLE (Suraj Narredu) 1, Trump Girl (Akshay Kumar) 2, Rahil (Gopal Singh) 3 and Cash For Rank (P. Ajeeth Kumar) 4. 2-3/4, 1-3/4 and 3. 1m 8.60s. Rs 23(w), 7, 6 and 5(p), SHP: 12, FP: 73, Q: 30, Tla: 100. Favourite: Rahil. Owners: Mr. Sardar Jivtesh Singh, Dr. Prabhakar Chowdary Tripuraneni & Mr. Mohammed Rasheed Ali Khan. Trainer: D. Netto.
4. CHARMINAR CUP (1,400m), 3-y-o & over, rated 42 to 62 (Cat. II): SOUTHERN LEGACY (Tanwar) 1, Barnabas (Akshay Kumar) 2, Bayrd (Suraj Narredu) 3 and Turf Legend (Akeeth Kumar) 4. Not run: City Of Sails. 1-1/2, 1 and 6-1/4. 1m 28.61s. Rs. 8(w), 5, 6 and 7(p), SHP: 12, FP: 12, Q: 10, Tla: 21. Favourite: Southern Legacy. Owner: Mr. Teja Gollapudi. Trainer: Laxman Singh.
5. XISCA PLATE (1,400m), 3-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III): BLUE EMPRESS (Kuldeep Singh) 1, The Special One (Aneel) 2, Guiding Force (N. Rawal) 3 and Vashishta (P. Trevor) 4. 1/2, 1-1/4 and hd. 1m 29.66. Rs. 7(w), 6, 7 and 7(p), SHP: 19, FP: 20, Q: 17, Tla: 66. Favourite: Blue Empress. Owners: Dr. Pratap C. Reddy, Mrs. Upasana Kamineni & Miss Ameeta Mehra. Trainer: Laxman Singh.
6. NIZAM’S GOLD CUP (2,000m), 4-y-o & over (Terms): KANGRA (A. Sandesh) 1, Captain Morgan (Akshay Kumar) 2, Lady In Lace (P. Trevor) 3 and Like Wise (Nakhat Singh) 4. 2, 3-3/4 and 1/2. 2m 7.55s. Rs.15(w), 5 and 8(p), SHP: 12, FP: 84, Q: 31. Owners: Mr. Marthand Singh Mahindra, Mrs. Rina Mahindra & Mr. P. Prabhakar Reddy. Trainer: Athaollahi.
7. MANCHIRYALA PLATE (1,600m), 5-y-o & over, rated upto 30 (Cat. III): CARNIVAL EXPRESS (Koushik) 1, My Windfall (C.P. Bopanna) 2, Amaravathi (G. Naresh) 3 and Dhool Ka Phool (Md. Ismail) 4. Hd, 1/4 and 2-1/2. 1m 45.05s. Rs. 18(w), 8, 8 and 10(p), SHP: 17, FP: 70, Q: 46, Tla: 601. Favourite: Hammer. Owner: Mr. Syed Nawaz Hussain. Trainer: L.D’Silva.
Jackpot: Rs. 2,279 (156 tkts), runner-up: 164 (926 tkts), Treble (i): 347 (146 tkts), (ii): 116 (1,067 tkts).
