Suraj Narredu pilots Commander to victory

Commander ridden by Suraj Narredu pipped the first favourite Congressional at the wire in the Southern Command Gold Trophy, the main attraction of the races held here on Sunday. The winner is owned by M/s. Gautam Thapar & Sultan Singh rep. Sohna Stud Farm Pvt Ltd. Nazak Chenoy trains the winner.

1. WARSAW PACT TROPHY DIV.II (1,000m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46: Bidstone Hill (Habbu) 1, Ame (Trevor) 2, Riot Of Colours (Daman) 3 and Aurora Australis (Nazil) 4. Hd, Nose, 2. 1m 0.34s. Rs. 151 (w), 20, 14 and 17 (p). SHP: Rs. 41, FP: Rs. 4,230, Q: Rs. 733, Tanala: Rs. 14,682 and Rs. 3,146. Favourite: Motherland. Owner: Mrs. Farzin V.Gaekwad. Trainer: Vinesh.

2. WARSAW PACT TROPHY DIV.I (1,000m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46:

Gran Paradiso (Parmar) 1, Art Deco (Trevor) 2, Altus (Daman) 3 and Spear Of Trium (Dashrath) 4. 1/2, 2, 3/4. 59.93s. Rs. 352 (w), 36, 12 and 12 (p). SHP: Rs. 68, FP: Rs. 368, Q: Rs. 45, Tanala: Rs. 1,533 and Rs. 1,314. Favourite: Art Deco. Owners: Mr. & Mrs. Vijay B.Shirke & Mr. & Mrs. K.N.Dhunjibhoy rep. Five Stars Shipping Co Pvt Ltd. Trainer: Hosidar Daji.

3. PELICAN TROPHY DIV.II (1,200m), Maiden, 3-y-o only: Forward Thrust (Parmar) 1, Firebolt (Dashrath) 2, Trevelyan (Neeraj) 3 and Astara (Zervan) 4. 1-1/4, 1, 2. 1m 13.29s. Rs. 33 (w), 13, 16 and 19 (p). SHP: Rs. 30, FP: Rs. 128, Q: Rs. 88, Tanala: Rs. 578 and Rs. 248. Favourite: Dubrovnik. Owners: M/s. S.Manglorkar & Sukhveer Singh Samra. Trainer: S.Manglorkar.

4. SWEET MEMORIES TROPHY (1,600m), Cl. V, rated 01 to 26: Daydreamer (Suraj Narredu) 1, Glorious Hymn (Trevor) 2, Samurai (Vishal) 3 and Shivalik Princess (Neeraj) 4. 4, 2, 3-1/2. 1m 40. 36s. Rs. 29 (w), 13, 19 and 27 (p). SHP: Rs. 41, FP: Rs. 74, Q: Rs. 50, Tanala: Rs. 504 and Rs. 324.Favourite: Daydreamer. Owners: Mr. & Mrs. Shapoor P.Mistry rep. Manjri Horse Breeders’ Farm Pvt Ltd, M/s. Vivek S.Jain & Rohit J.Patel. Trainer: Imtiaz Sait.

5. SOUTHERN COMMAND GOLD TROPHY (1,400m), 4-y-o & over:

Commander (Suraj Narredu) 1, Congressional (Neeraj) 2, Brahmachari (Trevor) 3 and Rule Downunder (C.S.Jodha) 4. SNK, 5-1/4, 6-3/4. 1m 25.20s. Rs. 29 (w), 13, and 11 (p). SHP: Rs. 33, FP: Rs. 55, Q: Rs. 19, Tanala: Rs. 119 and Rs. 116. Favourite: Congressional. Owners: M/s. Gautam Thapar & Sultan Singh rep. Sohna Stud Farm Pvt Ltd. Trainer: Nazak Chenoy.

6. PELICAN TROPHY DIV.I (1,200m), Maiden, 3-y-o only: Quixotic (Suraj Narredu) 1, Firenze (Zervan) 2, Beneficial (Kukdeep) 3 and Galtero (Parmar) 4. 2-3/4, 1-1/4, 1-1/4. 1m 12.30s. Rs. 27 (w), 15, 17 and 85 (p). SHP: Rs. 44, FP: Rs. 247, Q: Rs. 57, Tanala: Rs. 2,531 and Rs. 2,169. Favourite: Quixotic. Owners: Mr. Jaydev M.Mody rep. J.M.Livestock Pvt Ltd. Trainer: M.Narredu.

7. DAMODARAN D PILLAI TROPHY (1,800m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46: Striking Story (Ajinkya) 1, Unforgettable You (Suraj Narredu) 2, Frosty (Trevor) 3 and Shivalik Rose (P.S.Chouhan) 4. 1, 3-3/4, 3-3/4. 1m 52.57s. Rs. 213 (w), 32, 10 and 13 (p). SHP: Rs. 35, FP: Rs. 1,088 Q: Rs. 105, Tanala: Rs. 1,485 and Rs. 776. Favourite: Unforgettable You. Owners: M/s. Pruthu K.Dayal & B.Prakash. Trainer: B.Prakash.

8. CHANGE OF LUCK TROPHY (1,200m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66: Valentino (Daman) 1, Dazzling Dancer (Sandesh) 2, My Freedom (Dashrath) 3 and Vistana (Neeraj) 4. 3/4, 1-1/2, Sh. 1m 12.49s. Rs. 75 (w), 21, 15 and 19 (p). SHP: Rs. 47, FP: Rs. 241, Q: Rs. 149, Tanala: Rs. 935 and Rs. 564. Favourite: Vistana. Owners: Begum Shaherbanoo Husain Lagad, M/s. Surendra Kumar Sagar, Vijay V.Shah & Asif Iqbal. Trainer: Narendra Lagad.

Jackpot : 70 per cent: Rs. 98, 446 (7 tkts), 30 per cent: Rs. 3,282 (90 tkts). Treble : (i) Rs. 5,002 (2 tkts), (ii) Rs. 11,320 (2 tkts), Super Jackpot : 70 per cent: Rs. 6, 14, 237 (1 tkt), 30 per cent: Rs. 23, 931 (11 tkts).