Date:14/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/14/stories/2008081452712100.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Kingdom Of Heaven well prepared

MYSORE: Kingdom Of Heaven, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the Royal Calcutta Turf Club Cup (1,400m), the main event of the opening day’s races to be held here on Thursday (Aug. 14).

False rails (width about 7.5m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position.

•MEERUT PLATE (1,200m), rated 25 and below, 4 y-o & over, 2-00 p.m: 1. Bossy Boss (12) Shiva Kumar 62, 2. Priceless Legacy (2) Ramandeep 59.5, 3. Winning Attitude (10) Madhu Babu 58.5, 4. Don’tforgetmaumann (11) A. Velu 58, 5. Peakaboo (3) S. Ramesh 57, 6. Port To Port (7) Md. Shafiq 56.5, 7. Touch Of Paradise (1) Chandrashekar 55, 8. Royal Flynn (6) B. Paswan 54.5, 9. Red Neck Girl (8) P. Ramesh 53.5, 10. Dare You Do (4) P. Mani 52, 11. Tough Love (5) Gnaneshwar 51 and 12. Gemsbok (9) M. Suresh 50.

1. Touch Of Paradise, 2. Dare You Do, 3. Port To Port

•PADDOCK PLATE (1,400m), rated 25 & below, 2-30: 1. Rudimentary (1) Md. Shafiq 62, 2. Valiant Bid (8) Narasimha 61, 3. Activisto (10) B. Paswan 60.5, 4. Cashfirsttiketnext (6) I. A. Khan 60, 5. Buck Passer Junior (12) Praveen 59.5, 6. Power Of Glory (3) J. Paswan 59.5, 7. Shining Beauty (9) Chandrashekar 59.5, 8. Magical Ecstasy (11) Tauseef 58, 9. Arisia (5) Faraz 57.5, 10. Wolf (7) Madhu Babu 57, 11. King Of Good Times (2) Shobhan 55.5 and 12. Ravininski (4) Gnaneshwar 51.5.

1. Buck Passer Junior, 3. King Of Good Times, 3. Wolf

•SRIRANGAPATTANA PLATE (Div. II), (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 3-00: 1. Fly For Sure (5) Md. Shafiq 60, 2. Living Free (11) J. Rahul 57, 3. Born Purple (2) Melvyn 56.5, 4. Paint Me Red (9) Chandrashekar 56.5, 5. Always For You (1) Gnaneshwar 55.5, 6. Analika (3) Shiva Kumar 55.5, 7. Clouseau (12) R. Marshall 55, 8. Mr Gama (6) Md. Kareem 54.5, 9. No Opposition (4) Santosh 54, 10. Sneak Preview (7) Ashok Kumar 54, 11. Stckiewicketdotcom (10) B. Paswan 53.5 and 12. Kar O Bar (8) M. Suresh 52.

1. Clouseau, 2. Always For You,

3. Fly For Sure

•SRIRANGAPATTANA PLATE (Div. I), (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 3-30: 1. Power To Fight (7) Narasimha 62.5, 2. Mill Fontaine (6) Shinde 62, 3. Pat On The Back (8) P. Mani 60.5, 4. Lapis Lazuli (5) Chandrashekar 60, 5. Deltic Star (2) Shiva Kumar 60, 6. Karumba (4) Gnaneshwar 60, 7. Mauritius Star (12) Noorulla 59.5, 8. Wellington (1) J. Paswan 59, 9. Avacado (9) M. Suresh 59, 10. Lanzarote (3) Himanshu 57, 11. Rain God (11) P. Ramesh 57 and 12. Royal Liason (10) Ashok Kumar 54.

1. Mill Fontaine, 2. Deltic Star,

3. Royal Liason

•ROYAL CALCUTTA TURF CLUB CUP (1,400m), rated 80 & above, 4-00: 1. Hidden Pleasures (7) Ashok Kumar 60, 2. Assaye (8) Tauseef 59.5, 3. Time To Celebrate (6) A. Velu 59.5, 4. Lyra (1) Chandrashekar 59.5, 5. Kingdom Of Heaven (4) Shinde 57.5, 6. Sensitive Prince (5) Shiva Kumar 57, 7. Indrajit (3) Himanshu 56 and 8. Stone Of Destiny (2) Praveen 56.

1. Kingdom Of Heaven, 2. Stone Of Destiny, 3. Lyra

•MYSORE JEWELLERY MART GOLD CUP (1,200m), rated 40 to 65, 4-30: 1. Suryarath (3) Gnaneshwar 61, 2. Clueless Puzzle (4) Mahendran 58.5, 3. Turbo Babe (5) Tauseef 58.5, 4. Outclas (11) Md. Kareem 57.5, 5. Pleaser (10) Rajesh 57.5, 6. Belle Chose (9) Praveen 57, 7. Theodora (6) Ashok Kumar 56.5, 8. Swiss Queen (7) Md. Shafiq 56, 9. Careerist (12) I. A. Khan 54.5, 10. Cannon Target (8) M. Suresh 53.5, 11. Callidora (1) J. Paswan 52 and 12. Amelia Cordell (2) Chandrashekar 51.5.

1. Pleaser, 2. Swiss Queen,

3. Careerist

•MOUNT EVEREST PLATE (1,200m), rated 60 & above, 4-y-o & over, 5-00: 1. Ansonia (12) Praveen 61.5, 2. Laguna Blue (7) Ashok Kumar 59.5, 3. Dare Don (3) Himanshu 59, 4. Fantabulous Prince (4) Gnaneshwar 59, 5. Satin Slipper (6) Rajesh 58, 6. Roanoke (9) Chethana 55.5, 7. Zooming (10) Gautam Raj 55, 8. Stampede (2) Melvyn 54.5, 9. Thunder On (1) P. Mani 54.5, 10. Ride And Shine (11) Mallikarjun 54, 11. Mister Elegant (5) Shinde 53 and 12. All Natural (8) Mahendran 52.

1. Mister Elegant, 2. Zooming,

3. Ansonia

•NYVELI PLATE (1,200m), rated 20 to 45, 4-y-o and over, 5-30: 1. Perfect Promise (1) Shinde 61, 2. Cruise Control (10) J. Paswan 60.5, 3. Black Splendour (5) P. Mani 60.5, 4. Loremo (12) Noorulla 60, 5. Pocket Dynamite (2) Mahendran 59.5, 6. Advocate General (9) N. Imam 58, 7. Clasic Armour (4) Shiva Kumar 57.5, 8. True Confidence (8) Chandrashekar 57.5, 9. Great Giver (3) I. A. Khan 55.5, 10. Dashing Affair (6) Ramandeep 54.5, 11. Time To Sparkle (7) M. Suresh 54.5 and 12. Khoka (11) Melvyn 50.

1. Perfect Promise, 2. Clasic Armour, 3. True Confidence

Day’s best: Perfect Promise

Double: Clouseau – Mill Fontaine

Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8; Mini Jkt: 2, 4, 5 & 7; Tr (i): 3, 4 & 5; (ii): 6, 7 & 8.