Midtown Magic asserts his superiority
Jaggy Dhariwal trained Midtown Magic who was widely expected to have it easy in the Sangam Trophy, a terms race for three-year olds, the feature event of Friday’s races, was not getting into his wonted rhythm with about 100 metres left in the race but once shown the daylight after being pulled out from the rails, the progeny of Midtown finished with a flourish to win in fine fashion over Lovely Kiss. The latter, a first timer by new sire sensation Rebuttal, was a surprise second ahead of African Queen. Skyliner won the day’s other main event, Chatrapathi Cup, with ridiculous ease.
Lovely Kiss led as the field set out for the seven furlongs trip with Magnitude in close proximity while Midtown Magic was settled in about the fourth position along the rails. Midtown Magic was not too happy to be restrained but he settled down, despite being cramped for room which perhaps prevented him from getting into top gear till the final stages of the race. Lovely Kiss was not inclined to give up easily but could not sustain her foray in front when Midtown Magic came home with a big run after being pulled out and given the ground to cover. African Queen ran on well but narrowly failed to displace long timer leader from the runner up berth.
Skyliner looked a cinch in the Chatrapathi Cup, a six furlongs race for horses rated 60 to 85. There was big support for Balas Glory close to race time while Friendly Bond had his share of supporters. Jockey Chris Hayes eased Skyliner behind pace setter Another Destiny before pushing the favourite to take charge at the top of the straight. The progeny of Hurricane State burst clear of the field with minimum of ease to check in well clear of Balas Glory who nosed out Friendly Bond from the second spot. Friendly Bond should make amends over slightly extended trip. He was outpaced in the early part of the race as he lacked the initial speed which put paid to his chances. Balas Glory’s turn should come before long.
Jaggy Dhariwal trained Muqtadir enjoyed favoritism in the Chitradurga Plate (Div I) as the rest in the field did not impress on any count. Muqtadir was sluggish at the start and dropped back to the rear of the field which surely would have put a question mark about his prospects but jockey Silvester De Sousa’s persevering efforts and the lack of quality opposition enabled the progeny of first season stallion Imtiyaz (standing at Nanoli Stud) to recover lost ground and nose out Sunny Express who had seized the initiative with a furlong out. Padmanabhan trained Preordained had run green in her last outing but she seemed to have profited immensely from that educative run as she settled down to lead straightaway in the lower division of the race and won pulling up from Hockenheim and Dancerella, both these horses enjoying a fair bit of support in the ring.
Like it happens with trainer Irfan Ghatala’s horses who suffer as a result of inferior jockeys entrusted to guide the fortunes of favourites, Sun Absolute lost a definite winning chance in the 1600 metres W J Sibbrit Memorial Plate, a race for horses rated 40 to 65. Suraj Narredu drove out Never Say Goodbye to achieve a hat-trick at the expense of stablemate Yamas. Sun Absolute was settled in the rear of the group and in the straight, apprentice jockey Rajesh ran into series of problems and compounded it by trying to work his work through the crowded field on the inside. By the time he yanked the horse out of the pack to get a clear run, the front runners had established what turned out to be a winning lead. Though Sun Absolute finished fully of running and covered plenty of ground, the winning post came too soon for comfort for the progeny of Iktiyar who was denied a rightful hat-trick. While the poor ride could be attributed to jockey
Rajesh’s relative inexperience, the absence of panic in his riding was a cause for concern especially since the apprentice was riding a firm favourite. The Stipes would have surely given him the benefit of doubt. Trainer Irfan Ghatala continues to experiment at the cost of public.
M P Mahaesh trained Foresight had served notice of an early success when she had made the front running and finished third to the too good Rip Van Winkle. Now backed spiritedly ahead of the rest over a shortened trip of seven furlongs, with only Alianz cornering inspired support like many of Puttanna’s horses does, the one eyed Foresight left the field standing with a furlong to go to win as she pleased from Mercutio. The latter dictated the pace as Suraj settled Mercutio in a handy second position before pushing the progeny of Greensmith to take over the running in the homestretch. Foresight checked in by a widening margin of five lengths.
The overwhelming support that Neil Darashah trained Thrillseker enjoyed in the betting ring was definitely not misplaced. The horse was well prepared and a cut above to the opposition he was taking on as he left the fancied Sachimore a distance behind at the finish. Jockey Naushad Alam had no problem in landing a good touch on the horse. The other market fancy Silver Scepter was clipped from behind by another horse which caused a cut injury and she ran below the expectations of the connections. Cool Whistle who had let down as a favourite, obliged with a start to finish dash in the lower division of the race, easily staving off the belated charge of favourite Fruit King. Apprentice Jockey Adarsh, rather belatedly in his career, is getting winners with some regularity of late.
Lovely Kiss led as the field set out for the seven furlongs trip with Magnitude in close proximity while Midtown Magic was settled in about the fourth position along the rails. Midtown Magic was not too happy to be restrained but he settled down, despite being cramped for room which perhaps prevented him from getting into top gear till the final stages of the race. Lovely Kiss was not inclined to give up easily but could not sustain her foray in front when Midtown Magic came home with a big run after being pulled out and given the ground to cover. African Queen ran on well but narrowly failed to displace long timer leader from the runner up berth.
Skyliner looked a cinch in the Chatrapathi Cup, a six furlongs race for horses rated 60 to 85. There was big support for Balas Glory close to race time while Friendly Bond had his share of supporters. Jockey Chris Hayes eased Skyliner behind pace setter Another Destiny before pushing the favourite to take charge at the top of the straight. The progeny of Hurricane State burst clear of the field with minimum of ease to check in well clear of Balas Glory who nosed out Friendly Bond from the second spot. Friendly Bond should make amends over slightly extended trip. He was outpaced in the early part of the race as he lacked the initial speed which put paid to his chances. Balas Glory’s turn should come before long.
Jaggy Dhariwal trained Muqtadir enjoyed favoritism in the Chitradurga Plate (Div I) as the rest in the field did not impress on any count. Muqtadir was sluggish at the start and dropped back to the rear of the field which surely would have put a question mark about his prospects but jockey Silvester De Sousa’s persevering efforts and the lack of quality opposition enabled the progeny of first season stallion Imtiyaz (standing at Nanoli Stud) to recover lost ground and nose out Sunny Express who had seized the initiative with a furlong out. Padmanabhan trained Preordained had run green in her last outing but she seemed to have profited immensely from that educative run as she settled down to lead straightaway in the lower division of the race and won pulling up from Hockenheim and Dancerella, both these horses enjoying a fair bit of support in the ring.
Like it happens with trainer Irfan Ghatala’s horses who suffer as a result of inferior jockeys entrusted to guide the fortunes of favourites, Sun Absolute lost a definite winning chance in the 1600 metres W J Sibbrit Memorial Plate, a race for horses rated 40 to 65. Suraj Narredu drove out Never Say Goodbye to achieve a hat-trick at the expense of stablemate Yamas. Sun Absolute was settled in the rear of the group and in the straight, apprentice jockey Rajesh ran into series of problems and compounded it by trying to work his work through the crowded field on the inside. By the time he yanked the horse out of the pack to get a clear run, the front runners had established what turned out to be a winning lead. Though Sun Absolute finished fully of running and covered plenty of ground, the winning post came too soon for comfort for the progeny of Iktiyar who was denied a rightful hat-trick. While the poor ride could be attributed to jockey
Rajesh’s relative inexperience, the absence of panic in his riding was a cause for concern especially since the apprentice was riding a firm favourite. The Stipes would have surely given him the benefit of doubt. Trainer Irfan Ghatala continues to experiment at the cost of public.
M P Mahaesh trained Foresight had served notice of an early success when she had made the front running and finished third to the too good Rip Van Winkle. Now backed spiritedly ahead of the rest over a shortened trip of seven furlongs, with only Alianz cornering inspired support like many of Puttanna’s horses does, the one eyed Foresight left the field standing with a furlong to go to win as she pleased from Mercutio. The latter dictated the pace as Suraj settled Mercutio in a handy second position before pushing the progeny of Greensmith to take over the running in the homestretch. Foresight checked in by a widening margin of five lengths.
The overwhelming support that Neil Darashah trained Thrillseker enjoyed in the betting ring was definitely not misplaced. The horse was well prepared and a cut above to the opposition he was taking on as he left the fancied Sachimore a distance behind at the finish. Jockey Naushad Alam had no problem in landing a good touch on the horse. The other market fancy Silver Scepter was clipped from behind by another horse which caused a cut injury and she ran below the expectations of the connections. Cool Whistle who had let down as a favourite, obliged with a start to finish dash in the lower division of the race, easily staving off the belated charge of favourite Fruit King. Apprentice Jockey Adarsh, rather belatedly in his career, is getting winners with some regularity of late.
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