Srinath rides Alaindair to victory

The Altamash Ahmed-trained Alaindair (Y.S.Srinath up) won the Indian Turf Invitation Cup, the blue riband of the Indian racing calendar, here on Saturday (March 8). The winner is the property of Dr Nevill R. Devlaliwalla, Miss Ameeta Mehra and Mr. Gaurav Sethi.

1. PALAZZIO PLATE (1,400m), Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 50: Princess Cruise (Christopher) 1, Mount Titlis (I. Chisty) 2, Graceland (N.S. Parmar) 3, Tamanna (Ashhad Asbar) 4. 1, 1-3/4 and shd. 1m 27.26s. Rs. 25 (w), 8, 6 and 13 (p), SHP: Rs. 20, FP: Rs. 62, Q: Rs. 22, Tanala: Rs. 418. Favourite: Mount Titlis. Owners: M/s. P. Ranga Raju & Dande Yugander. Trainer: D. Netto.

2. GOOD FELLAS PLATE (1,400m), Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 75:

Winds and Waves (Dashrath Singh) 1, Greek Star (K. Anil) 2, Decathlon (I. Chisty) 3, Montauk (A. Sandesh) 4. 2-3/4, nose and 1-1/2. 1m 26.04s. Rs. 10 (w), 6, 29 and 6 (p), SHP: Rs. 157, FP: Rs. 456, Q: Rs. 351, Tanala: Rs. 850. Favourite: Winds and Waves. Owners: M/s. Navneet Gupta & Sumeet Gupta. Trainer: D. Netto.

3. AVALANCHE STAR PLATE (1,100m), Cat. III, 5-y-o & over, rated upto 50: Pakat Pakat Pakat (Kiran Naidu) 1, Racing Queen (P. Venkat) 2, Dazzling Princess (J. Vikas) 3, Illustrator (Christopher) 4. 4, nose and 3/4. 1m 07.37s. Rs. 21 (w), 9, 10 and 40 (p), SHP: Rs. 26, FP: Rs. 92, Q: Rs. 49, Tanala: Rs. 1614. Favourite: Pakat Pakat Pakat. Owners: Mr. N.V.R.N. Reddy & Mrs. Vijayalakshmi M. Ramachandra Rao. Trainer: Srinagesh.

4. MAJ. P.K. MEHRA MEMORIAL SUPER MILE CUP (1,600m), 4-y-o & over (Terms):

AMELIA (MULTIDIMENSIONAL-ADAMILE) S. ZERVAN 1,

EQUINE LOVER (ACE-FREE RADICAL) DAVID ALLAN 2,

STRIKING (MULTIDIMENSIONAL-DAZZLING SKILL) SURAJ NARREDU 3 AND

MACHIAVELLIANISM (JAZIL-EMPRESS JESSIE) I. CHISTY 4.

1, shd and nk. 1m 37.10s. Rs. 16 (w), 8, 22 and 28 (p), SHP: Rs. 82, FP: Rs. 301, Q: Rs. 184, Tanala: Rs. 3483. Favourite: Mariinsky. Owners: M/s. Ameeta Mehra and M/s. Berjis Minoo Desai, Rakesh R. Jhunjhunwala and Mehernoosh H. Deboo. Trainer: Shroff.

5. SURESH MAHINDRA MULTI MILLION TROPHY (1,400m), 4-y-o & over (Terms): Speed Six (Suraj Narredu) 1, Galiat (Christopher) 2, Kohinoor Wish (C.S. Jodha) 3, Plenipotent (Srinath) 4. 3/4, 1-1/4 and 1-1/4. 1m 23.98s. Rs. 25 (w), 8, 14 and 19 (p), SHP: Rs. 57, FP: Rs. 323, Q: Rs. 198, Tanala: Rs. 2304. Favourite: Storm Tracker. Owners: Dr. & Mrs. Vijay Mallya representing United Racing and Bloodstock Breeders Ltd. Trainer: Padmanabhan.

6. INDIAN TURF INVITATION CUP (2,400m), 4-y-o & over (Terms):

ALAINDAIR (MULTIDIMENSIONAL-GOD’S GRACE) SRINATH 1,

AGOSTINI (BURDEN OF PROOF-GLORIOUS BEAUTY) P. TREVOR 2,

TINTINNABULATION (INTIKHAB-TOURMALET) I. CHISTY 3 AND

STARRY EYES (MULTIDIMENSIONAL-PRICEWISE) A. SANDESH 4.

1-1/4, 2-1/4 and 1-1/2. 2m 29.87s. Rs. 21 (w), 9, 34 and 16 (p), SHP: Rs. 144, FP: Rs. 561, Q: Rs. 314, Tanala: Rs. 3587. Favourite: Murioi. Owners: Dr. Nevill R. Devlaliwalla, Miss Ameeta Mehra and Mr. Gaurav Sethi. Trainer: Altamash Ahmed.

7. MADRAS RACE CLUB MILLION (1,200m), Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 75: Shamrock Lady (I.Chisty) 1, King Julien (P.Trevor) 2, Little Love (Ajit Singh) 3, Rumour Has It (David Allan) 4. 1-1/4, 1 and 1. 1m 12.47s. Rs 15 (w), 6, 14 and 16 (p), SHP: Rs 42, FP: Rs 119, Q: Rs 78, Tanala: Rs 1769. Favourite: Loveofmylife. Owners: M/s Vijay Racing & Farms Pvt Ltd rep by M/s Vijay Kumar Gupta, Susheel Kumar Gupta and Mr Ahmed Alam Khan. Trainer: Deshmukh.

8. WHOOPER PLATE (1,200m), Cat. I, 4-y-o & over: Palm Springs (A.Sandesh) 1, Racing Ahead (I.Chisty) 2, Sweet Candy (Deep Shanker) 3, Hard Kingdom (Nitin) 4. Nose, 1-1/2 and 1/2. 1m 12.38s. Rs 19 (w), 8, 7 and 11 (p), SHP: Rs 21, FP: Rs 51, Q: Rs 17, Tanala: Rs 185. Favourite: Racing Ahead. Owner: Mr M.Rama Krishna Reddy. Trainer: L.D’Silva.

Treble: (i): Rs 198 (449 tkts), (ii): Rs 211 (466 tkts), (iii): Rs 354 (427 tkts).

Consolation: Rs 245 (2228 tkts).

Jackpot: Rs 2509 (509 tkts)