Trainer S. Padmanbhan’s ward Sir Cecil, who is in great heart as evidenced by his current track performance and past record of Bangalore Colts Trials Stakes and Derby, should score over his rivals in the Villoo Poonawalla Indian 2000 Guineas (Gr.1), the first leg of the Indian Triple Crown here on Sunday (Dec.16) at Mahalaxmi race course.
There will be no false rails.
1 . COLE GOLD TROPHY DIV.I (1,200m), Cl. V, rated 4 to 30, 1.30 p.m: 1. Blazing Steps (4) Ahsan Qureshi 61, 2. Brave (2) Dashrath 61, 3. Sixth Emperor (7) Nazil 61, 4. Flaming Martini (10) David Allan 60.5, 5. Wabi Sabi (8) Shubham 60.5, 6. Bourbon Princess (1) Neeraj 60, 7. Findlerhof (3) Trevor 59.5, 8. Transform (9) Chouhan 59, 9. Dance Emperor (5) Merchant 57.5 and 10. Panaraea (6) S.Amit 57.5.
1. FLAMING MARTINI, 2. BRAVE, 3. FINDLERHOF .
2.RANJIT V BHAT MEMORIAL GOLD TROPHY (1,600m), Cl. I, rated 80 and upward, 2.00:
1. New England (4) R.Downey 60, 2. B Fifty Two (1) Trevor 59.5, 3. Costa Brava (3) Zervan 50 and 4. Grand Accord (2) Bhawani 50.
1. COSTA BRAVA, 2. NEW ENGLAND .
3.P M RUGNTA GOLDEN SPRINT STAKES (1,000m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66, 2.30: 1. Pokerface (1) Sandesh 62, 2. Princess P (3) P. Vinod 60.5, 3. Riquewihr (8) Kaviraj 60, 4. Rising Brave (2) Sharukh 60, 5. Colombianaprincess (7) Nazil 59, 6. Minstrel Heights (6) A.Prakash 57, 7. Fine Tune (5) Chouhan 56.5 and 8. Gold Field (4) Shubham 56.
1. RIQUEWIHR, 2. POKERFACE, 3. FINE TUNE .
4.COLE GOLD TROPHY DIV.II (1,200m), Cl. V, rated 4 to 30, 3.00: 1. El Comandante (6) Sandesh 59.5, 2. Medici (2) Trevor 59.5, 3. Run Happy (7) Malam 59.5, 4. Sharareh (9) Bhawani 59.5, 5. Maestro (5) Santosh 57.5, 6. Lilibeth (3) Dashrath 57, 7. Myrcella (8) Zeeshan 57, 8. She Is A Spy (10) Neeraj 57, 9. Cecelia (1) Niranjan 55.5 and 10. Deccan King (4) Nadeem 50.
1. EL COMANDANTE, 2. SHARAREH, 3. MYRCELLA .
5.FAIZ JASDANWALLA TROPHY (1,200m), Maiden, 2-y-o only, 3.30: 1. Flying Yoda (5) C.S.Jodha 55, 2. Headway (9) Dashrath 55, 3. Sandman (6) Chouhan 55, 4. Juliette (3) Bhawani 53.5, 5. Kariega (4) L.Roche 53.5, 6. Peerless (1) Sandesh 53.5, 7. Princess Scarlet (7) Akshay 53.5, 8. Properly Posh (8) Neeraj 53.5 and 9. Starringo (2) Trevor 53.5.
1. PEERLESS, 2. STARRINGO, 3. SANDMAN .
6.VILLOO POONAWALLA INDIAN 2000 GUINEAS (Gr.1) (1,600m), Indian Horses, 3-y-o only, 4.00: 1. Awesome One (5) Yash 57, 2. Bushtops (8) Sandesh 57, 3. Excellent (6) Neeraj 57, 4. Intense Stylist (4) Trevor 57, 5. Jetfire (1) T.S.Jodha 57, 6. Sacred Roman (3) Leigh Roche 57, 7.Sir Cecil (7) David Allan 57 and 8. Star Superior (2) Suraj Narredu 57.
1. SIR CECIL, 2. STAR SUPERIOR, 3. AWESOME ONE .
7 . SATINELLO TROPHY (1,000m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46, 4.30: 1. Democrat (3) T.S.Jodha 59.5, 2. Julio Cesaro (12) J.Chinoy 58, 3. Ustad Pedro (2) Hanumant 58, 4. Chosen One (9) Trevor 56, 5. Clark Kent (4) Peter 55, 6. Highland Lass (11) Sandesh 54.5, 7. Xoxo (8) Akshay 54.5, 8. Cabellero (7) Kuldeep 54, 9. Mighty Warrior (6) Bhawani 54, 10. Ame (1) Aniket 53.5, 11. Gandalf (5) A.Prakash 50 and 12. Nightfall (10) Zeeshan 49.
1. CHOSEN ONE, 2. HIGHLAND LASS, 3. CLARK KENT .
8.STYLECRACKER BOROUGH STAKES (1,400m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66, 5.00: 1. Glorious Eyes (6) Raghuveer 62, 2. Bold March (7) Bhawani 60.5, 3. Bottega Louie (8) C.S.Jodha 58, 4. Elegant Beauty (2) Gagandeep 55.5, 5. Timeless Deeds (10) S.Chinoy 55.5, 6. Grand Tenton (5) Leigh Roche 54, 7. Sassy Lass (11) Neeraj 54, 8. Safdar (3) S.Amit 51.5, 9. Flashy Wings (1) Vishal 51, 10. Arabian Storm (9) Aniket 50.5 and 11. Hyannis (4) Chouhan 50.
1. BOTTEGA LOUIE, 2. GRAND TENTON, 3. SASSY LASS .
Day’s Best : COSTA BRAVA .
Double : FLAMING MARTINI — EL COMANDANTE .
Jackpot : 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.
Treble : (i) 5, 6 & 7. (ii) 6, 7 & 8.
Tanala : All races.
Super Jackpot : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.