Date:20/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/20/stories/2008032059461900.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Blade Runner in good shape

Mumbai: Blade Runner, who is in good shape as evidenced by his track movements, may win the Thumbelina Plate (1,400m), the main event of the races to be held here on Thursday (March 20).

False rails (width 7 metres from 1,400m to 1,200m and 9 metres from 1,200m to the winning post) will be in position.

•QUEENSCLIFF PLATE (1,200m), rated 00 to 26, 3-00 p.m: 1. King Of The Ring (6) Tograllu 60.5, 2. The Boss (3) M. Narredu 58.5, 3. Arabian Hero (1) T. S. Jodha 57, 4. Bu Attifel (7) Nilesh 55, 5. Shaktiman (2) Agarwal 50.5, 6. Cocaine (5) P. S. Chouhan 49 and 7. Phi (4) N. Jodha.

1. The Boss, 2. King Of The Ring,

3. Shaktiman

•EVERY TIME PLATE (1,200m), rated 20 to 46, 3-30: 1. Radiating (8) Srinath 60, 2. Bonny Light (6) S. Fargeat 59, 3. Attention Seeker (7) C. Rajendra 58.5, 4. Maverick (4) Kharadi 57.5, 5. Red Cloud (5) Baandal 57.5, 6. Red Mesa (3) T. S. Jodha 57.5, 7. Premier Panache (1) K. Kadam 56.5 and 8. Paris Hilton (2) Shelar 54.

1. Radiating, 2. Attention Seeker, 3. Bonny Light

•STAR CONTENDER PLATE (1,000m), rated 60 to 86, 4-00: 1. Major Roberts (2) S. Fargeat 61, 2. The Rising (1) Mansoor 61, 3. Beyond Therapy (6) Riyaz 55, 4. Spica (8) Tograllu 53.5, 5. Ming (5) Dashrath 51.5, 6. Youremylov (4) P. S. Chouhan 50.5, 7. Really Romantic (7) K. Kadam 49 and 8. Red Dawn (3) Neeraj 49.

1. Spica, 2. Major Roberts, 3. Ming

•P. R. MEHTA TROPHY (2,000m), rated 40 to 66, 4-30: 1. Flashing Flame (5) N. Alam 59, 2. Adrenaline Rush (1) D. K. Ashish 58, 3. Da Vinci (4) Srinath 58, 4. Earl Of Warwick (3) M. Narredu 57.5 and 5. Diplomatic Licence (2) Tograllu 53.5.

1. Da Vinci, 2. Flashing Flame,

3. Earl Of Warwick

•THUMBELINA PLATE (1,400m), Maiden 3-y-o only (Terms), 5-00: 1. Ascriptive (12) Neeraj 55, 2. Blade Runner (2) Srinath 55, 3. Blue Mountain (4) C. Rajendra 55, 4. Dancing Glory (8) S. Fargeat 55, 5. Indian Summer (9) S. Chinoy 55, 6. Name For Fame (5) T. S. Jodha 55, 7. Rising Hero (1) J. H. Christopher 55, 8. Shodaan (7) Riyaz 55, 9. Strike It Rich (11) Belose 55, 10. Supreme Falcon (6) B. Prakash 55, 11. White Hart Lane (3) S. N. Chavan 55, 12. Starlite Express (13) Baandal 53.5 and 13. Tsesebe (10) Kharadi 53.5.

1. Blade Runner, 2. Supreme Falcon, 3. Dancing Glory

•K. H. IRANI PLATE (1,400m), rated 20 to 46, 5-30: 1. Spirituall (7) M. Narredu 60, 2. Gold Biscuit (6) S. Shinde 59.5, 3. Summit (3) Zameer 59, 4. Charlie Parker (9) Aadesh 58, 5. Golden Key (8) Tograllu 56, 6. Socaroro (2) S. Fargeat 55.5, 7. Kai (1) Srinath 55, 8. Eternal Flight (5) S. S. Rathore 51.5, 9. Arabian Power (10) Shelar 50.5, 10. Hisham (4) V.Walkar 50.5.

1. Spirituall, 2. Kai, 3. Socaroro

•V. R. MENON PLATE (2,000m), rated 00 to 26, 6-00: 1. Nara (2) M. Narredu 59, 2. Binee (6) Riyaz 57, 3. Chandelier (5) S. Chinoy 57, 4. House Prefect (4) Belose 52, 5. Magical Morn (1) P. S. Chouhan 52, 6. Mubarras (3) Aadesh 52 and 7. Johnny Bravo (7) Dashrath 49.5.

1. Nara, 2. Binee, 3. Magical Morn

Day’s best: Spirituall

Double: Radiating — Blade Runner

Jackpot: 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7.

Treble: 4, 5 & 6.

Tanala: All races.

Super Jackpot: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7.