Date:24/09/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/24/stories/2007092461062000.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

King’s Fortune takes honours

HYDERABAD: Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy’s King’s Fortune (K. Suresh astride) won the Category I Major General Nawab Khusru Jung Bahadur Memorial Cup, the feature event at the races held here on Sunday (Sept. 23). The winner is trained by Satheesh.

The results:

1. GUIDING STAR PLATE (2,000m), Cl. IV rated 00 to 50: Run at Pune.

2. NAWAB SULTAN ALI KHAN MEMORIAL CUP, (1,200m), Cat. III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50: Easy Wonder (M. Krishna) 1, Vijayam (D. Singh) 2, True Fashion (G.B Khade) 3, Flash Flares (A. Imran Khan) 4. 1/2, 1/2 and 1-1/2. 1m, 18.77s. Rs. 103 (w), 10, 5 & 30 (p). SHP: Rs. 12, FP: Rs. 344, Q: Rs. 83, Tanala: Rs. 8678. Favourite: Flash Flares. Owners: Messrs Syed Shah Faisal Hassan, K. Rama Krishna and K. Mallikarjuna Rao. Trainer: Faisal.

3. P.V.G. RAJU MEMORIAL CUP, (1,600m), Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 30: Cannon Lad (Umesh) 1, High Lands (Ch. K. Chary) 2, Riddle (K. Suresh) 3, Monochrome (Abhinay) 4. 3-1/2, 3/4 and hd. 1m, 47.21s. Rs. 94 (w), 21, 15 & 36 (p), SHP: Rs. 43, FP: Rs. 861, Q: Rs. 542, Tanala: Rs. 8290. Favourite: Time Square. Owners: Mrs. Mukesh Gupta, Mr. Umesh Kumar Gupta and Mrs. Balaram Akkineni. Trainer: A. Vatsalya.

4. YOGENDER SINGH TROPHY (1,400m), Cl. IV rated 00 to 50: Run at Pune.

5. RAJA SAHEB OF CHALLAPALLI MEMORIAL CUP, (1,600m), Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 70: Cheetah (Ch. K. Chary) 1, Shen Long (N. Rawal) 2, Sir Creek (A. Pramod Goud) 3, World Vision (A. Ramana) 4. 3/4, 8 and 1/2. 1m, 45.09s. Rs. 26 (w), 9, 10 & 12 (p), SHP: Rs. 31, FP: Rs. 93, Q: Rs. 51, Tanala: Rs. 464. Favourite: Shakin Stevens. Owners: Mr. Y. Damodar, Mrs. I. Hussain and Mr. Dilip R. Jain. Trainer: Rafaat Hussain.

6. MAJOR GENERAL NAWAB KHUSRO JUNG BAHADUR MEMORIAL CUP, (1,200m), Cat. I, 3-y-o & over: King’s Fortune (K. Suresh) 1, Touch Of Gold (N. Rawal) 2, Lenavi (Ch. K. Chary) 3, Greyhound (Abhinay) 4. 3-1/2, 1-3/4 and hd. 1m, 16.42s. Rs. 16 (w), 8, 14 & 10 (p), SHP: Rs. 49, FP: Rs. 177, Q: Rs. 116, Tanala: Rs. 766. Favourite: King’s Fortune. Owner: Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: Satheesh.

7. S.N. REDDY MEMOIAL CUP, (1,100m), Cat. II, Maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): Alert (N. Rawal) 1, Willow Bend (D. Singh) 2, Anguna (N.M. Sequeira) 3, Million Deal (A. Imran Khan) 4. 4, 5 and 1. 1m, 11.94s. Rs. 73 (w), 13, 9 & 11 (p), SHP: Rs. 21, FP: Rs. 427, Q: Rs. 178, Tanala: Rs. 1498. Favourite: Page Three. Owner: Mr. Venkata Narasimha Reddy Nalla. Trainer: A. Vatsalya.

8. TUDOR JET PLATE (1,000m), Cl. V, rated 00 to 30: Run at Pune.

Treble: (i): Rs. 1145 (153 tkts.). Consolation: Rs. 8532 (26 tkts.). Jackpot: Rs. 57513 (nine tkts.).