Date:23/09/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/23/stories/2007092360471600.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Greyhound has an edge

Hyderabad: Greyhound appears to have an edge over his rivals in the Category I Major General Nawab Khusru Jung Bahadur Memorial Cup (1,200m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday (Sept. 23).

False rails (width about 4 metres from 1,400m to 900m and 5 metres from 900m to the winning post) will be in position.

•GUIDING STAR PLATE (2,000m), Cl. IV, rated 00 to 50, 1-30 p.m: Being held at Pune.

•NAWAB SULTAN ALI KHAN MEMORIAL CUP (1,200m), Cat. III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50, 2-10: 1. Easy Mover (8) M. Krishna 60, 2. Cosmic Champ (2) Laxman 59, 3. Vijayam (5) D. Singh 58.5, 4. Flash Flares (3) A. Imran Khan 58, 5. Cannon Eye (1) Suresh 56.5, 6. True Fashion (6) G. B. Khade 55, 7. Our Conquest (4) Umesh 53 and 8. Sea Blue (7) Ali Khan 52.5.

1. Flash Flares, 2. Vijayam, 3. Cannon Eye

•P. V. G. RAJU MEMORIAL CUP (1,600m), Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 30, 2-40: 1. High Lands (7) Chary 60, 2. Don Vinton (6) A. Imran Khan 58, 3. Time Square (2) Christopher 57.5, 4. Sanjana (1) N. Rawal 55.5, 5. Benazir (8) Ali Khan 53.5, 6. Cannon Lad (5) Umesh 53.5, 7. Riddle (10) Suresh 53.5, 8. Chalukya (11) Ramana 51, 9. Monochrome (4) Abhinay 48.5, 10. Rubinella (9) Laxmikanth 48.5 and 11. Rose De Kazran (3) A. Asbar 47.

1. Chalukya, 2. Time Square,

3. High Lands

•YOGENDER SINGH TROPHY (1,400m), Cl. IV, rated 00 to 50, 3-00: Being held at Pune.

•RAJA SAHEB OF CHALLAPALLI MEMORIAL CUP (1,600m), Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 70, 3-40: 1. Basha (9) D. Singh 60, 2. Cheetah (3) Chary 59, 3. Sir Creek (2) Pramod 59, 4. All Round (1) A. Asbar 58.5, 5. Shakin Stevens (6) A. Imran Khan 55.5, 6. World Vision (5) Ramana 55, 7. John Galt (8) Suresh 53.5, 8. Shen Long (4) N. Rawal 52, 9. Sugar Lady (10) Nitin 51.5, 10. Venturous (11) Sreekant 51.5 and 11. Dark Desire (7) Laxmikanth 49.5.

1. Cheetah, 2. Sir Creek , 3. Shen Long

•MAJOR GENERAL NAWAB KHUSRU JUNG BAHADUR MEMORIAL CUP (1,200m), Cat. I, 3-y-o & over, 4-10: 1. Touch Of Gold (2) N. Rawal 61, 2. Indrajit (5) Sequeira 53, 3. Lenavi (1) Chary 52.5, 4. Stampede (10) Sk. Farookh 49.5, 5. Easy Rider (8) Pramod 49, 6. Special Force (9) A. Asbar 49, 7. Artist (6) Laxmikanth 48, 8. Tallahassee (7) Ramana 48, 9. Greyhound (4) Abhinay 47.5 and 10. King’s Fortune (3) Suresh 47.

1. Greyhound, 2. Indrajit, 3. Artist

•S. N. REDDY MEMORIAL CUP (1,100m), Cat. II, Maiden 3-y-o only (Terms), 4-40: 1. Anguna (1) Sequeira 56, 2. Million Deal (5) A. Imran Khan 56, 3. Winning Rays (9) Sk. Farookh 56, 4. Alert (6) N. Rawal 54.5, 5. Chamcha In Chief (7) Suresh 54.5, 6. Cygnet (2) Laxmikanth 54.5, 7. Hunting Bay (3) Ali Khan 54.5, 8. New Dimension (10) Sreekant 54.5, 9. Page Three (8) Christopher 54.5 and 10. Willow Bend (4) D. Singh 54.5.

1. Willow Bend, 2. Alert, 3. Anguna

•TUDOR JET PLATE (1,000m), Cl. V, rated 00 to 30, 5-00: Being held at Pune.

Day’s best: Greyhound

Double: Chalukya — Cheetah

Jackpot: 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7. Treble: 5, 6 & 7. Tanala: On races where there are five or more runners.