Megasthenes wins Army Cup

Mr. M.A.M.R. Muthiah’s Megasthenes (Vaibhav up) won the first division of the Army Cup (1,400m), the chief event of the races held here on Tuesday (Feb. 27). Karthik trains the winner. C. Umesh rode three winners.

1. POLICE CUP (1,200m), rated 20 to 45: CLASSIC SOLITAIRE (Jagadeesh) 1, Agentdoubleoseven (Hesnain) 2, Custodian (Umesh) 3 and Phantom Prince (Ayaz Khan) 4. Not run: Glorious Champ. 5-1/4, 1 and 1. 1m, 14.56s. ₹32 (w), 6, 6 and 6 (p), SHP: 25, FP: 84, Q: 25, Tla: 168. Favourite: Custodian. Owner: Mrs. Anitha Iqbal. Trainer: Iqbal.

2. O.T.A. CUP

(Div. I) , (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms):

SUNDANCE (Noorshed) 1, Seven Crore (Umesh) 2, Active (Deepak) 3 and Deetcove (Irvan) 4. Shd, 2-1/2 and 2-3/4. 1m, 14.05s. ₹102 (w), 6, 5 and 10 (p), SHP: 12, FP: 751, Q: 51, Tla: 4,509. Favourite: Seven Crore. Owner: Mr. Nirmal Singh. Trainer: Sebastian.

3. O.T.A. CUP(Div. II) , (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): CONSUL GENERAL (Vaibhav) 1, Texas Rose (Brisson) 2, Royal Prestige (Saddam) 3 and Country’s Fame (Kiran Naidu) 4. 2-3/4, 1-1/4 and 7-3/4. 1m, 13.46s. ₹8(w), 5, 6 and 5 (p), SHP: 25, FP: 65, Q: 37, Tla: 859. Favourite: Consul General. Owner: Mr. M.A.M. R. Muthiah. Trainer: Karthik.

4. AIR FORCE CUP (1,400m), rated 20 to 45: CHALOUCHI GIRL (Umesh) 1, Cacharel (Jagadeesh) 2, Bambino (Shahar Babu) 3 and Glorious Regime (Hesnain) 4. 1/2, 1-3/4 and snk. 1m, 28.24s. ₹9(w), 10, 6 and 18 (p), SHP: 16, FP: 57, Q: 55, Tla: 1,717. Favourite: Chalouchi Girl. Owner: Mr. M.C. Ponnappa. Trainer: H. Malick.

5. ARMY CUP

(Div. II) , (1,400m), rated 60 to 85:

QUEENS GRACE (Umesh) 1, Vision Of Romance (Tanveer) 2, Havelock Prince (Deepak) 3 and Rose Wood (Irvan) 4. 2, 2-1/2 and 1/2. 1m, 25.98s. ₹10 (w), 9, 19 and 20 (p), SHP: 51, FP: 55, Q: 62, Tla: 841. Favourite: Queens Grace. Owners: Mr. S. Mangalorkar & Mr. S. Sukhveer Singh Samra. Trainer: Fahad.

6. ARMY CUP (Div. I) , (1,400m), rated 60 to 85: MEGASTHENES (Vaibhav) 1, Akha Teej (Jagadeesh) 2, Country Music (Kiran Naidu) 3 and Hector (R. Marshall) 4. Dist, s.nk and nk. 1m, 24.69s. ₹16 (w), 7, 10 and 14 (p), SHP: 36, FP: 52, Q: 33, Tla: 869. Favourite: Megasthenes. Owner: Mr. M.A.M.R. Muthiah. Trainer: Karthik.

7. NAVY CUP (Div. II) , (1,000m), rated 40 to 65, 5-y-o & over: KAPALUA (Umesh) 1, Amigos (Saddam) 2, Country’s Tigress (Kiran Naidu) 3 and Temujin (S. Manohar) 4. 1, 1 and 3/4. 1m, 0.10s. ₹8 (w), 6, 9 and 6 (p), SHP: 21, FP: 25, Q: 26, Tla: 68. Favourite: Kapalua. Owner: Mr. Devaraj Palaniswamy. Trainer: Rahmuthalla.

8. NAVY CUP (Div. I) , (1,000m), rated 40 to 65, 5-y-o & over: COLOSSAL MOMENTS (J. Paswan) 1, Forward Thrust (Umesh) 2, Crystal Monarch (Kiran Naidu) 3 and Maharaj’s Will (M. Bhaskar) 4. 3/4, 3-1/2 and l.nk. 59.68s. ₹11 (w), 6, 8 and 8 (p), SHP: 31, FP: 40, Q: 21, Tla: 194. Favourite: Colossal Moments. Owner: Mr. Devaraj Palaniswamy. Trainer: Rahmathulla.

Jackpot: ₹317 (246 tkts.), Runner-up: 69 (487 tkts.), Mini Jackpot: 97 (234 tkts.), Treble (i): 1,916 (five tkts.), (ii): 71 (321 (tkts.), (iii): 51 (606 tkts.).