Ordained One asserts himself in Chief Justice Cup
Ganapathy trained Ordained One claimed the Gr 3 Chief Minister’s Cup with aggressive running in the day’s feature event on Saturday. Becket who was known for tremendous acceleration in the final furlong, is a pale shadow of his former self as a number of niggles seem to have taken its toll. Last year’s dual Derby winner Xisca had a good lead up race for her future assignments as she finished with a late dash but could not displace long time front runner Spearhead from the runner up berth.
It has been difficult for race goers to look beyond Becket as he was once again made the overwhelming favourite despite the presence of last year’s second best horse in the country Xisca who had won the Deccan Derby and Calcutta Derby besides finishing third in Indian Derby and second in Indian Turf Invitation Cup. She was well placed in scales too. While Becket was at even money, Xisca was at nourishing odds. Ordained One had placed in classics and as such he was enjoying the best advantage in scales but he was allowed to run at lucrative odds. In racing hype guides the mindset of punters because after repeated failures of Becket, he should not have run at such short odds. Becket has been trained for longer trips so much so that he is unable to find his bearings over middle distance. Not that he is going to do anything spectacular though he may win his share of races at opportune time.
Spearhead led as the starter dispatched the field for the nine furlong trip with Ordained One in handy second followed by Xisca while the rest were spaced out behind with Becket gracing the rear as is his wont. Spearhead battled on in the straight before Ordained One got the better of him in the final furlong to record a comprehensive win. The latter however held off Xisca to finish second best. Becket came through the middle with a strong run but it was clear even at the final furlong that he would not be able to overhaul the front runners though he finished within striking proximity of first three runners. Becket has done his bit during his prime and punters would be well advised to scale down their expectations.
Dominic’s Love Conquers All was expected to record an encore on the basis of his impressive last start win and received one sided support in the ring in the Regency Stud Plate (Div I) . Yas Marina who was showing out in workouts and having run some forward races, was taken to the front by jockey C Alford and he managed to drive out the lesser fancied runner to the safety of the winning post, thwarting the spirited bid of Love Conquers All. Cape Ferrat showed some zest while finishing third. The lower division of the race turned out to be eventful as Rashid Byramji trained One Life To Love won as a well backed favourite. In doing so, jockey Srinath failed to correct the inward drift of One Life To Love who moved with a flourish from wide outside and in the process squeezed the horses on the inside, causing interference to Sunstone, Gazaki and finally to Deep Blue Sky whose jockey Appu had to check his horse nearly knocking off Camarroa who was picking steam along the rails. There was a Stewards enquiry as well as objections by Appu against Srinath, Rajesh against both for knocking him out of contention. The Stewards decided to uphold the objection of Appu and overruled the one by Rajesh as they considered being due to Srinath’s lack of control on his horse. Since Srinath on One Life To Life had caused interference to several horses, the winner was disqualified and the order was revised. Gazaki and Crown Vision moved up a place each to occupy the next two slots. Srinath has been suspended from June 24 to July 9 for dangerous riding. Srinath however will be free to ride on July 10 which is the day on which the Derby will be run.
Irfan Ghatala’s debutant runner Hill Dioro, who had showed out in a mock race, was backed down spiritedly to win the 1400 metres Tudor Jet Plate, a race for maiden three year olds. Mishri, who had run behind Nearness of You in her last start at Mumbai, was the original favourite to win the race. In the event, Arjun Mangalorkar trained Dashmesh Stud Farm bred Ridgeway hit the front from the word `go’ and refused to budge and spiritedly held off the late rally of Hill Dioro. The favourite was taken out in the early part and took a while to grab his bit. Hill Dioro had plenty of leeway to cover on the front runner when he made his charge. Sunday Storm who raced second right through managed to get the third spot. The first two runners proved so good to the rest that they were eight lengths ahead of the third placed horse. Ridgeway was friendless in the betting ring.
Warren Singh trained Lads Ability was the betting rage in the 1200 metres M Ali Asker Memorial Trophy, a race for horses rated 40 to 65. The favourite had to be fully ridden out by jockey Ladjadj Stephane to keep Colour of Money and Stringsofmyheart at bay. Migrolinio found foot late to finish fourth.
The well-bred Akalaki who made her debut into racing as a four year old due to problem relating to her hoof, showed vast improvement over her previous effort when swamping the opposition in the hands of 1800 metres Sweet Memories Plate in the hands of Ashhad Asbar. Akalaki easily sailed past the front running Fist of Rage with a furlong out and recoded a facile win. Now that the horse has come to hand, more wins can be expected of her.
Hockenheim was backed to the exclusion of her rivals in the 1100 metres Camineto Plate but the favourite huffed and puffed before finding that bit extra to get the measure of front running Vijays Rose in the shadow of the post.
Imtiaz Sait trained Esmeraldo tracked Carrus into the straight and then kicked clear and had no problem in holding off the challenge of Vijays Jet and an improved effort from Araceli.
It has been difficult for race goers to look beyond Becket as he was once again made the overwhelming favourite despite the presence of last year’s second best horse in the country Xisca who had won the Deccan Derby and Calcutta Derby besides finishing third in Indian Derby and second in Indian Turf Invitation Cup. She was well placed in scales too. While Becket was at even money, Xisca was at nourishing odds. Ordained One had placed in classics and as such he was enjoying the best advantage in scales but he was allowed to run at lucrative odds. In racing hype guides the mindset of punters because after repeated failures of Becket, he should not have run at such short odds. Becket has been trained for longer trips so much so that he is unable to find his bearings over middle distance. Not that he is going to do anything spectacular though he may win his share of races at opportune time.
Spearhead led as the starter dispatched the field for the nine furlong trip with Ordained One in handy second followed by Xisca while the rest were spaced out behind with Becket gracing the rear as is his wont. Spearhead battled on in the straight before Ordained One got the better of him in the final furlong to record a comprehensive win. The latter however held off Xisca to finish second best. Becket came through the middle with a strong run but it was clear even at the final furlong that he would not be able to overhaul the front runners though he finished within striking proximity of first three runners. Becket has done his bit during his prime and punters would be well advised to scale down their expectations.
Dominic’s Love Conquers All was expected to record an encore on the basis of his impressive last start win and received one sided support in the ring in the Regency Stud Plate (Div I) . Yas Marina who was showing out in workouts and having run some forward races, was taken to the front by jockey C Alford and he managed to drive out the lesser fancied runner to the safety of the winning post, thwarting the spirited bid of Love Conquers All. Cape Ferrat showed some zest while finishing third. The lower division of the race turned out to be eventful as Rashid Byramji trained One Life To Love won as a well backed favourite. In doing so, jockey Srinath failed to correct the inward drift of One Life To Love who moved with a flourish from wide outside and in the process squeezed the horses on the inside, causing interference to Sunstone, Gazaki and finally to Deep Blue Sky whose jockey Appu had to check his horse nearly knocking off Camarroa who was picking steam along the rails. There was a Stewards enquiry as well as objections by Appu against Srinath, Rajesh against both for knocking him out of contention. The Stewards decided to uphold the objection of Appu and overruled the one by Rajesh as they considered being due to Srinath’s lack of control on his horse. Since Srinath on One Life To Life had caused interference to several horses, the winner was disqualified and the order was revised. Gazaki and Crown Vision moved up a place each to occupy the next two slots. Srinath has been suspended from June 24 to July 9 for dangerous riding. Srinath however will be free to ride on July 10 which is the day on which the Derby will be run.
Irfan Ghatala’s debutant runner Hill Dioro, who had showed out in a mock race, was backed down spiritedly to win the 1400 metres Tudor Jet Plate, a race for maiden three year olds. Mishri, who had run behind Nearness of You in her last start at Mumbai, was the original favourite to win the race. In the event, Arjun Mangalorkar trained Dashmesh Stud Farm bred Ridgeway hit the front from the word `go’ and refused to budge and spiritedly held off the late rally of Hill Dioro. The favourite was taken out in the early part and took a while to grab his bit. Hill Dioro had plenty of leeway to cover on the front runner when he made his charge. Sunday Storm who raced second right through managed to get the third spot. The first two runners proved so good to the rest that they were eight lengths ahead of the third placed horse. Ridgeway was friendless in the betting ring.
Warren Singh trained Lads Ability was the betting rage in the 1200 metres M Ali Asker Memorial Trophy, a race for horses rated 40 to 65. The favourite had to be fully ridden out by jockey Ladjadj Stephane to keep Colour of Money and Stringsofmyheart at bay. Migrolinio found foot late to finish fourth.
The well-bred Akalaki who made her debut into racing as a four year old due to problem relating to her hoof, showed vast improvement over her previous effort when swamping the opposition in the hands of 1800 metres Sweet Memories Plate in the hands of Ashhad Asbar. Akalaki easily sailed past the front running Fist of Rage with a furlong out and recoded a facile win. Now that the horse has come to hand, more wins can be expected of her.
Hockenheim was backed to the exclusion of her rivals in the 1100 metres Camineto Plate but the favourite huffed and puffed before finding that bit extra to get the measure of front running Vijays Rose in the shadow of the post.
Imtiaz Sait trained Esmeraldo tracked Carrus into the straight and then kicked clear and had no problem in holding off the challenge of Vijays Jet and an improved effort from Araceli.
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