Date:11/05/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/11/stories/2007051106031900.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Steelium for main event

Bangalore: Steelium, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the Krishnaraja Wadiyar Cup (1,200m), the main event of the opening day's races to be held here on Friday (May 11).

False rails (width about 2m from 1,400m to the winning post) will be in position.

1 WELCOME PLATE (1,200m) — maiden 3-y-o only (Terms) — 2-30 p.m: 1. Local Warrior (10) Chary 56, 2. Avon Gorge (9) Uday Kiran 56, 3. Enforcer (11) Vivek 56, 4. Brave Arjun (3) S. Rajesh 56, 5. Commandperformance (8) I. Chisty 56, 6. Al Jameel (1) Sk. Sharookh 56, 7. Buck Passer Junior (7) Srinath 56, 8. Allonia (6) C. Alford 54.5, 9. Persian Sting (4) A. Velu 54.5, 10. Final Deposit (2) Faisal 54.5, 11. Born Beauty (5) Christopher 54.5 and 12. Living Free (12) Appu 54.5.

1. Born Beauty, 2. Buck Passer Junior, 3. Allonia

2 ROYAL COMMAND PLATE (1,100m) — rated 20 to 50 — 3-00: 1. Char Chand (3) Himanshu 62, 2. Custer (1) Sunil Kumar 62, 3. Onegina (2) Christopher 61.5, 4. Hari Har Priya (11) Sk. Sharookh 60, 5. Korporate (7) Appu 57.5, 6. King Of Queens (5) Jackman 56, 7. Jazz Dancer (4) Zia 54.5, 8. Royal Liason (6) Asgar 53.5, 9. Gati Power (10) Vivek 52.5, 10. Smart Choice (9) A. Imran Khan 52.5 and 11. Madam Rich (8) Md. Shafiq 51.5.

1. Onegina, 2. Korporate, 3. Jazz Dancer

3 RARE GEM PLATE (1,400m) — maiden 3-y-o only (Terms) — 3-30: 1. Young Star (7) Appu 56, 2. Lord Of Illusion (9) Jackman 56, 3. Mystified (4) B. Prakash 56, 4. Royal Hero (1) Vivek 56, 5. Everything Nice (8) I. Chisty 56, 6. My Friend Paul (5) Srinath 56, 7. Tactical Game (6) Ranjeet 56, 8. Gutsy Lady (2) A. Imran Khan 54.5 and 9. Shenandoah (3) Spiteri 54.5.

1. Mystified, 2. My Friend Paul,

3. Shenandoah

4 MAYOR'S CUP (1,400m) — rated 40 to 70 — 4-00: 1. Knight Of Hearts (4) Shukla 61.5, 2. Noble Guest (1) Krishnan 61, 3. Red Mustang (7) Ashwin Rao 60, 4. Classic Sky (5) B. Prakash 60, 5. Green Lasser (9) Srinath 56, 6. Olympic Glory (2) Himanshu 56, 7. Turf Magic (11) Mahendran 55.5, 8. Apollo Crown (12) S. Rajesh 54.5, 9. Imperial Gate (10) S. Babu 54, 10. Perfect Tribute (3) Spiteri 53.5, 11. Cherie Dei (6) Christopher 53 and 12. Habituated (8) Suraj Narredu 53.

1. Classic Sky, 2. Perfect Tribute, 3. Habituated

5 KRISHNARAJA WADIYAR CUP (1,200m) — rated 80 & above — 4-30: 1. Tribal Fantasy (7) Ashok Kumar 65.5, 2. Laguna Blue (8) A. Imran Khan 56, 3. Running Thunder (2) Ranjeet 55.5, 4. Steelium (3) Jackman 55.5, 5. Shyboy (5) Suraj Narredu 54, 6. Indrajit (4) Sequeria 53, 7. Three Of Arts (6) Appu 51 and 8. Dinesa (1) Selvaraj 48.

1. Steelium, 2. Three Of Arts,

3. Running Thunder

6 LITTLEOVER PLATE (1,400m) — rated 20 to 50, 4 & 5-y-o — 5-00: 1. High Tower (3) Ranjeet 62, 2. Oro Neiro (9) Suraj Narredu 60.5, 3. Indian Ocean (4) S. Rajesh 57, 4. She's Big (1) Selvaraj 56.5, 5. Cashfirsttiketnext (8) Sreekanth 54.5, 6. Free Glider (5) Md. Shoaib 54.5, 7. Full Steele (12) Vivek 54, 8. Pleaser (10) I. Chisty 53.5, 9. Royal Tsarina (11) C. Alford 53, 10. Nalwa (7) Appu 52.5, 11. Royal Retort (2) Chary 52 and 12. A Run To Remember (6) Neeraj Rawal 50.

1. Oro Neiro, 2. Pleaser, 3. A Run To Remember

Day's best: Classic Sky

Double: Onegina — Oro Neiro

Jkt: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6; Mini Jkt: 3, 4, 5 & 6; Tr: 4, 5 & 6; Exacta: 1, 5, & 6.