Date:05/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/05/stories/2008030555771900.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

It’s Sprucespringstien vs. True Legend

Hyderabad: Sprucespringstien and True Legend should fight out the finish of the Rossini Plate (1,600m), the main event of the extra-day races to be held here on Wednesday (March 5). There will be no false rails.

•TECORNO PLATE (1,400m) Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, (Terms) 2-10 p.m: 1. Crocodile Hunter (8) Suraj Narredu 61, 2. Glaring Godzilla (4) Abhinay 58, 3. Libertador (1) Chary 58, 4. Time On (5) Ali Khan 58, 5. Star Composer (7) A. Imran Khan 55, 6. Top Act (2) D. Singh 55, 7. Star Crush (6) Suresh 53.5 and 8. Title Shot (3) N. Rawal 50.5.

1. Crocodile Hunter, 2. Glaring Godzilla, 3. Top Act

•ROYAL KINGDOM PLATE (Div. I) (1,100m), Cat. II, Maiden 3-y-o only (Terms) 2-40: 1. Cannon Hunt (4) Suresh 55, 2. Champion Star (8) Ali Khan 55, 3. Hunting Boy (1) D. Singh 55, 4. Royal Code (13) N. Rawal 55, 5. Shivaji (12) B. V. Krishnan 55, 6. Standing Ovation (3) Sk. Sharookh 55, 7. Al Awal (5) Chary 53.5, 8. Baywatch Babe (7) A. Asbar 53.5, 9. Classic Dancer (6) Laxmikanth 53.5, 10. Helenaa (9) Ganesh 53.5, 11. Phar Lap (2) Laxman 53.5, 12. Sahebzadi (10) Sequeira 53.5 and 13. Storm Command (11) A. Imran Khan 53.5.

1. Royal Code, 2. Standing Ovation, 3. Al Awal

•GLORY OF DANCER PLATE (Div. II) (1,400m), Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 30, 3-10: 1. Recast (11) A. Asbar 60, 2. Madho (10) B. V. Krishnan 59, 3. Cannon Lad (6) Chary 57.5, 4. Sanjana (5) Ravinder S 56.5, 5. Emerald Beauty (3) N. Rawal 55.5, 6. Apparitor (4) Sequeira 54.5, 7. Monochrome (9) Suresh 54, 8. Play It Smart (1) Nitin 54, 9. Young Talent (8) M. Krishna 54, 10. White Chieftan (7) Ali Khan 49 and 11. Rubinella (2) Laxmikanth 47.

1. Madho, 2. Recast, 3. Apparitor

•GLORY OF DANCER PLATE (Div. I) (1,400m), Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 30, 3-40: 1. Mystic Crown (9) Ravinder S 60, 2. World Wide (2) B. V. Krishnan 60, 3. Fearless Flame (8) D. Singh 59.5, 4. Cannon Gain (4) Nitin 57, 5. Private Dancer (1) Suresh 57, 6. Golden Sabot (5) A. Asbar 56.5, 7. Benazir (11) Ali Khan 54, 8. Blue Magic (12) Laxmikanth 54, 9. Indian Diva (6) N. Rawal 53.5, 10. Fusion Music (10) Abhinay 51, 11. Hearts Cry (3) Chary 47.5 and 12. Millennium Queen (7) Umesh 47.

1. World Wide, 2. Private Dancer, 3. Cannon Gain

•PRIVATE ACCOUNT PLATE (1,200m), Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 50, 4-15: 1. Bundle Of Roses (11) B. V. Krishnan 60, 2. Al Jameel (10) Sk. Sharookh 59, 3. Chamcha In Chief (1) Chary 56.5, 4. Alert (2) Nitin 56, 5. Ujjaini (7) Abhinay 56, 6. Classic One (6) Suresh 55.5, 7. Grand Act (3) A. Asbar 54.5, 8. Royal Light (5) Ali Khan 54.5, 9. Mr Chief (4) D. Singh 53, 10. Hot Seat (8) M. Krishna 52 and 11. Debonaire (9) N. Rawal 49.

1. Bundle Of Roses, 2. Grand Act,

3. Chamcha In Chief

•ROSSINI PLATE (1,600m) Cat. I, 4-y-o & over, 4-45: 1. Friendly Fire (8) Mukesh 60, 2. Touch Of Gold (5) N. Rawal 58.5, 3. True Legend (1) B. V. Krishnan 56.5, 4. Sprucespringstien (6) A. Imran Khan 55, 5. Commander Moial (10) D. Singh 54.5, 6. Stampede (7) A. Asbar 52, 7. Global Presence (9) Chary 51, 8. Adelaide (4) Laxmikanth 49, 9. Herecomesthebabe (2) Suraj Narredu 49 and 10. Ekagra (3) Neeraj Rawal 48.

1. Sprucespringstien, 2. True Legend, 3. Herecomesthebabe

•DEEP IMPACT PLATE (1,200m), Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 70, 5-15: 1. Chief De Mission (4) Abhinay 60, 2. Shikra (8) Sequeira 60, 3. Sixth Element (9) Ali Khan 60, 4. Red Carpet (13) Umesh 57, 5. Prohibition (3) Nitin 55.5, 6. Maanush (7) D. Singh 55, 7. Super Brand (10) A. Imran Khan 55, 8. True Value (12) Chary 54.5, 9. Easy Mover (1) M. Krishna 52, 10. Rock Breaker (11) Sk. Sharookh 52, 11. Mirbat Battle (6) N. Rawal 51, 12. Zindabad (2) Laxmikanth 51 and 13. Sugar Lady (5) A. Asbar 50.5.

1. Shikra, 2. Sixth Element, 3. Chief De Mission

•ROYAL KINGDOM PLATE (Div. II) (1,100m) Cat. II, Maiden 3-y-o only (Terms), 5-50: 1. Chamatkar (2) B. V. Krishnan 55, 2. Encounter (12) Joshi 55, 3. Romantic Flyer (8) Ravinder S 55, 4. Smarty Prince (10) N. Rawal 55, 5. Splendid Scot (5) Sequeira 55, 6. Sweety Boy (9) Laxmikanth 55, 7. Asian Delight (3) A. Asbar 53.5, 8. China Pearl (4) Abhinay 53.5, 9. Cripple Creeke (6) Laxman 53.5, 10. Nandanvanaa (11) Ali Khan 53.5, 11. Retro Magic (1) Chary 53.5 and 12. Superfluous (7) D. Singh 53.5.

1. Retro Magic, 2. Superfluous, 3. China Pearl

Day’s best: Crocodile Hunter

Double: Madho — Bundle Of Roses

Jackpot: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Treble:(i): 1, 2 & 3, (ii): 3, 4 & 5, (iii): 6, 7 & 8. Tanala: On races where there are five or more starters.