Date:02/03/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/02/stories/2007030207301900.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Fort Knox in fine nick

BANGALORE: Fort Knox, who is in fine nick as evidenced by her track movements, is expected to score in the Varada Cup (1,200m), the main event of the races to be held here on Friday (March 2).

False rails (width about 4m from 1,600m to 1,000m and 7m from 1,000m to the winning post) will be in position.

1 MARCH PLATE (Div. II) (1,400m) — Maiden 3-y-o only (Terms) — 2-30 p.m: 1. Samrat Ashok (2) Krishnan 55, 2. Mother's Pride (9) A. Imran 53.5, 3. Ciboney (6) Suraj Narredu 53.5, 4. Spring Of Youth (4) Pereira 53.5, 5. Beauty Dancer (8) Harish 53.5, 6. Fairy Flame (3) Raja Rao 53.5, 7. Badda Rupaiyya (5) Shobhan 53.5, 8. Golden Gleam (1) Narasimha 53.5, 9. Living Free (10) Appu 53.5 and 10. Princess Taara (7) Jagadeesh 53.5.

1. Beauty Dancer, 2. Mother's Pride, 3. Ciboney

2 OCTOGONAL PLATE (Div. II) (1,200m) — rated 20 to 50 — 3-00: 1. Southerner (8) S. Selvaraj 60, 2. Masurathi (7) P. Ramesh 58, 3. Wile Wench (3) M. Narredu 57.5, 4. Flashy Phantom (9) Raja Rao 57, 5. Pertinent (2) Asgar 57, 6. Dazzling Fire (1) Shakti 57, 7. Footstepsinthesky (10) Shobhan 57, 8. Artic Princess (4) Mahendran 56.5, 9. Crossword (6) A. Imran 56.5 and 10. Reborn (5) Pereira 56.

1. Footstepsinthesky, 2. Artic Princess, 3. Masurathi

3 RAMNAGAR PLATE (1,400m) — rated 00 to 30 — 3-30: 1.

Executive Spirit (6) Mahendran 62, 2. Azazel (4) Sreekanth 61.5, 3. Super Royalty (7) Raja Rao 59.5, 4. Bellezza (5) A. Imran 58.5, 5. Spanish Crown (9) Himanshu 58.5, 6. Friend In Need (2) Asgar 57, 7. Forming Dale (1) Harish 56.5, 8. Zangi (10) A. Velu 56, 9. Silver Crest (11) Krishnan 55.5, 10. Exclusive Lady (3) Christopher 54.5, 11. Destiny Dame (8) S. Rajesh 49.5 and 12. Chakori Princess (12) Jagadeesh 47.5.

1. Executive Spirit, 2. Destiny Dame, 3. Forming Dale

4 VARADA CUP (1,200m) — rated 60 to 90, 5 & 6-y-o — 4-00: 1. Amazing Striker (9) Shakti 60, 2. Mid Summer Star (4) Ashwin Rao 58, 3. Stilton (6) M. Reuben 58, 4. India Shining (7) Md. Shafiq 57.5, 5. Lanark (11) S. John 57.5, 6. Tina's Triumph (10) Shobhan 57, 7. Royal Assault (3) Gnaneshwar 57, 8. Distributor (1) A. Imran 54.5, 9. Fort Knox (2) Christopher 54.5, 10. Amazing Forest (5) Rajesh Babu 54, 11. Baghzad (8) Jagadeesh 51.5 and 12. Solar Crystal (12) Vivek 50.5

1. Fort Knox, 2. Tina's Triumph, 3. Royal Assault

5 TUMKUR PLATE (Div. II) (1,200m) — rated 40 to 70, 5 & 6-y-o — 4-30: 1. Dinesa (1) S. Selvaraj 61, 2. Amatol (2) Ashwin Rao 60.5, 3. Proud Tradition (3) Shivakumar 54.5, 4. Matter Of Opinion (5) Jagadeesh 53.5, 5. High Tower (4) Ranjeet 53, 6. Brave Bheem (8) Gnaneshwar 51.5, 7. Show N Tell (7) M. Suresh 50.5 and 8. Worth A Million (6) Appu 49.

1. Worth A Million, 2. Brave Bheem, 3. Proud Tradition

6 MARCH PLATE (Div. I) (1,400m) — Maiden 3-y-o (Terms) — 5-00: 1. Echoes Of Light (9) Suraj Narredu 55, 2. Don Cherry (2) Mahendran 55, 3. Blink (3) Christopher 55, 4. South Paradise (11) Shobhan 55, 5. Sugar Brown (8) B. Paswan 55, 6. Our Star (5) S. Babu 55, 7. Flaming Lamborgini (10) M. Narredu 55, 8. Double Emerge (7) Appu 55, 9. Saptashwa (1) Jagadeesh 55, 10. How Nice (6) Harish 53.5 and 11. Fab Fantasy (4) Narasimha 53.5.

1. How Nice, 2. Flaming Lamborgini, 3. Blink

7 OCTOGONAL PLATE (Div. I) (1,200m) — rated 20 to 50 — 5-30: 1. Damgood (9) Suraj Narredu 61.5, 2. Regal Music (5) Md. Shoaib 61, 3. Mystic Force (6) A. Imran 59.5, 4. Hurrican Rose (11) S. Ramesh 59.5, 5. Go Baby Go (3) Shakti 58.5, 6. Euston (1) T. Vijayan 58, 7. Life Is Wonderful (7) A. Velu 58, 8. Rapid Response (10) Appu 57.5, 9. Chaila Babu (8) Himanshu 55.5, 10. Little Premium (2) Mark 55.5 and 11. Winsons (4) Asgar 53.

1. Damgood, 2. Rapid Response,

3. Mystic Force

8 TUMKUR PLATE (Div. I), (1,200m) — rated 40 to 70, 5 & 6-y-o — 6-00: 1. Alejandros (4) S. Selvaraj 61.5, 2. Our Lancer (1) Shobhan 61.5, 3. Mount Royale (8) Appu 60.5, 4. Thursday Nite (6) Harish 60.5, 5. Amazing Warrior (3) Himanshu 58.5, 6. Missedent (5) Gnaneshwar 57, 7. Alagi (7) Sreekanth 56 and 8. Bravo Bedford (2) Gaurav Sapra 54.5.

1. Our Lancer, 2. Missedent,

3. Mount Royale

Day's best: Fort Knox

Double: Beauty Dancer — How Nice

Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8; Mini Jkt: 2, 4, 5 & 6; Tr: 5, 7 & 8; Exacta: 3, 6, 7 & 8.