La Romance, ridden by Arshad Alam, won the (Div. I) Sri S. Ramakrishnam Raju Memorial Cup, the main event of the races held here on Monday (July 30). The winner is owned by Mr. Ashok Rupani and trained by Kishore. Jockey Akshay Kumar had a wonderful afternoon as rode five horses to victory out of seven rides, while trainer Sequeira saddled three winners.
1. MAJOR MIR MUJTABA HUSSAIN MEMORIAL PLATE (1,600m), 3-y-o & over, rated 42 to 62 (Cat. II) PHENOMENAL CRUISE (Akshay Kumar) 1, Durango (Hannam) 2, Treasure Striker (Neeraj) 3 and Bayrd (Deepak Singh) 4. 1/4, 2-1/4 and 3-1/2. 1m, 40.30s. ₹8 (w), 6, 8 & 7 (p), SHP: 17, FP: 32, Q: 20, Tla: 78. Favourite: Phenomenal Cruise. Owners: P. Ranga Raju, C. Nanda Kumar & K. Ramakrishna. Trainer: D. Netto.
2. SET ALIGHT PLATE (Div. I) , (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only (Cat. II), (Terms): THE SPECIAL ONE (Koushik) 1, City Of Ayaansh (G. Naresh) 2, Your Grace (Kuldeep Singh) 3 and Classy Guy (Nakhat Singh) 4. 3/4, 1/2 and hd. 1m, 14.77s. ₹208 (w), 38, 12 and 6 (p), SHP: 27, FP: 2,790, Q: 637, Tla: 2,873. Favourite: Your Grace. Owner: Mr. Kasuganti Srirangarao. Trainer: Sequeira.
3. SET ALIGHT PLATE (Div. II) , (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only (Cat. II), (Terms): RIDDARI (Akshay Kumar) 1, Natasha (A.A. Vikrant) 2, Best Friend (Nakhat Singh) 3 and Handsome Duo (Ajeeth Kumar) 4. 4-1/2, 1-3/4 and hd. 1m, 14.28s. ₹19 (w), 9, 26 and 9 (p), SHP: 105, FP: 902, Q: 644, Tla: 8,125. Favourite: Adoria. Owners: Mr. Marthand Singh Mahindra, Mrs. Rina Mahindra & P. Prabhakar Reddy. Trainer: Seuqeira.
4. SRI S. RAMAKRISHNAM RAJU MEMORIAL CUP (Div. II) , (1,200m), 3-y-o & over, rated 58 to 78 (Cat. II): AMAZING RESPONSE (Akshay Kumar) 1, Dream Girl (N. Rawal) 2, Palisades Park (Arshad Alam) 3 and O Ms Akilah (G. Naresh) 4. Not run: Astra. 3-1/4, 1/2 and nk. 1m, 12.73s. ₹11 (w), 6, 8 and 11 (p), SHP: 24, FP: 58, Q: 36, Tla: 383. Favourite: Amazing Response. Owners: Mr. P. Prabhakar Reddy & Katikaneni Abhijit Rao. Trainer: Sequeira.
5. REGENCY PLATE (1,400m), 3-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III): BARNABAS (Akshay Kumar) 1, Sublime (Hannam) 2, Classic Remark (A. S. Pawar) 3 and Vashishta (Arshad Alam) 4. 2-1/4, 2 and 1. 1m, 27.32s. ₹19 (w), 7, 6 and 16 (p), SHP: 19, FP: 47, Q: 21, Tla: 245. Favourite: Sublime. Owner and trainer: Mr. L. D’Silva.
6. SRI S. RAMAKRISHNAM RAJU MEMORIAL CUP (Div. I) , (1,200m), 3-y-o & over, rated 58 to 78 (Cat. II): LA ROMANCE (Arshad Alam) 1, Far Sight (Tanwar) 2, Batur (Rohit Kumar) 3 and Celtic Queen (Kunal Bunde) 4. 2-1/4, shd and 1/2. 1m, 12.96s. ₹40 (w), 12, 15 and 34 (p), SHP: 26, FP: 322, Q: 144, Tla: 12,082. Favourite: Highly Acclaimed. Owner: Mr. Ashok Rupani. Trainer: Kishore.
7. FLOWERSOFTHEFOREST PLATE (1,600m), 4-y-o & over, rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III): ET VOICI (Neeraj) 1, Raajneeti (Tanwar) 2, Avantika (Deepak Singh) 3 and Silver Dollar (A. A. Vikrant) 4. Not run: Princess. 1-1/4, 1 and hd. 1m, 41.76s. ₹17 (w), 7, 10 and 12 (p), SHP: 22, FP: 61, Q: 33, Tla: 508. Favourite: Et Voici. Owner: Mr. S.M. Ruia. Trainer: Deshmukh.
8. VIJAYS CONQUER PLATE (1,100m), 5-y-o & over, rated upto 30 (Cat. III): GREAT GLORY (Akshay Kumar) 1, Hammer (Ashhad Asbar) 2, Aalishaan (Koushik) 3 and Sefarina (Deepak Singh) 4. Not run: Invasion. 1/4, 3/4 and 1/4. 1m, 9.04s. ₹15 (w), 7, 21 and 8 (p), SHP: 75, FP: 295, Q: 158, Tla: 1,463. Favourite: Great Glory. Owner and trainer: Mr. M.P. Ananta Vatsalya.
Jkt: ₹2,715 (242 tkts), Runner-up: 381 (738 tkts), Tr (i): 2,132 (24 tkts), (ii): 114 (480 tkts), (iii): 388 (229 tkts).
