Date:29/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/29/stories/2008082961321900.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

It’s Lionheart vs. Guest Connections

MYSORE: Lionheart and Guest Connections may fight out the finish of the H.H. Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar Memorial Gold Cup (1,400m), the main event of the races to be held here on Friday (Aug. 29).

False rails (width about 2m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position.

• SHIVAKASHI PLATE (1,400m), rated 25 and below, 5-y-o & over – 1-30.p.m: 1. Star Blue (5) Shobhan 61.5, 2. Magical Ecstasy (3) Rajesh Babu 60.5, 3. Zangi (8) Vivek 59, 4. Activisto (4) I.A. Khan 58.5, 5. Arisia (9) Madhu Babu 57.5, 6. Fantabulous Hero (11) Imam 57, 7. Smile Again (10) A.R. Mani 56.5, 8. Silver Paris (12) P. Mani 55, 9. Gati Power (1) Chandrashekar 52.5, 10. Mahseer (2) Gautam Raj 52, 11. Tough Love (6) Vijay Kumar 50.5 and 12. Strong Contender (7) G. Vijay 50.

1. Zangi, 2. Star Blue,

3. Activisto

• OBLIGADO PLATE (1,100m), rated 25 and below –2-00: 1. Son Of Fortune (7) Shobhan 62.5, 2. Eye For Style (3) Chandrashekar 61, 3. Beautiful Blondie (-) (-) 60.5, 4. Roto Rooa (6) Mark 59, 5. Shantala (4) Sapra 59, 6. Sunlaa (1) Chethana 57.5, 7. Khushi (2) J. Paswan 57, 8. Don’tforgetmaumann (8) Vijay Kumar 56 and 9. Divine Force (5) Praveen 53.

1. Shantala, 2. Sunlaa,

3. Son Of Fortune

• PALACE PLATE (Div.II), (1,200m), rated 20 to 45 – 2-30: 1. Star Flight (9) B. Praksah 60, 2. Worth A Diamond (1) Gautam Raj 57.5, 3. Bliss (10) Imam 57, 4. Mystic Crown (5) Sapra 57, 5. Vayuputra (2) Gnaneshwar 55, 6. Different Opinion (6) Chethana 54.5, 7. Sheer Gold (8) Shobhan 54.5, 8. Vertical Limit (11) Mahendran 54.5, 9. Jude The Obscure (4) Vijay Kumar 54, 10. Life Is Wonderful (3) Vivek 54 and 11. The Cool One (7) R. Ravi 51.5.

1. Star Flight, 2. Vayuputra,

3. Sheer Gold

• REGENCY GOLD PLATE (Div.II), (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 4-y-o – 3-00: 1. Perfectremembrance (3) Md. Shoaib 60, 2. Allegro (1) Ashok Kumar 60, 3. Anoosheek (4) Gnaneshwar 57.5, 4. Living Free (2) A. Velu 57.5, 5. Maahi Ve (10) P. Mani 57, 6. Potential Star (5) B. Prakash 57, 7. Rocamora (7) P. Ramesh 56.5, 8. Born Purple (8) Rajesh 56, 9. Makar Sankraanti (6) Chandarshekar 55, 10. Stckiewicketdotcom (9) B. Paswan 54 and 11. No Opposition (11) Shobhan 53.5.

1. Potential Star,

2. Rocamora,

3. Allegro

• DATTA JEWELLERS GOLD CUP (1,600m), rated 60 and above – 3-30: 1. Dare Don (6) Himanshu 65, 2. Guided Missile (8) Chandrashekar 63.5, 3. Perpetuity (5) Suraj Narredu 61, 4. Local Warrior (2) S. John 60, 5. Agassiz (7) Ashok Kumar 58.5, 6. Red Mustang (9) Rajesh Babu 58, 7. Saptashwa (4) Gnaneshwar 57, 8. Amazing One (1) Faraz 55.5 and 9. Heros Dominance (3) Mark 55.5.

1. Perpetuity,

2. Saptashwa,

3. Red Mustang

• H.H. SRI KRISHNARAJA WADIYAR MEMORIAL GOLD CUP (1,400m), 4-y-o and over (Terms) – 4-00: 1. Splendid Surprise (1) S. John 60, 2. Guest Connections (6) B. Prakash 58.5, 3. Lionheart (10) P.S. Chouhan 58.5, 4. Jersey Pride (9) Ashok Kumar 58, 5. Woman On Top (11) Harish 58, 6. Royal Ambassador (7) Gnaneshwar 57, 7. Psychic Strength (8) R. Marshall 57, 8. Diamond Hunter (2) Appu 56, 9. Storm Regent (3) Shinde 56, 10. Mother’s Pride (4) Suraj Narredu 54.5, 11. Hidden Pleasures (5) Vivek 54.5 and 12. Dancing Highness (12) Aadesh Kumar 54.5.

1. Lionheart,

2. Guest Connection,

3. Mother’s Pride

• M.K. SRINIVAS TROPHY (1,600m), rated 40 to 65, 4-y-o & over – 4-30: 1. Chilly Wind (9) Appu 62, 2. Allonia (4) S. John 61, 3. Alchesaye (11) R. Marshall 60, 4. My Friend Paul (8) Himanshu 59.5, 5. Mill Fontaine (3) Shinde 59, 6. Suryarath (12) Mallikarjun 59, 7. Rapido Gonzales (10) Faraz 58, 8. Berkley Square (5) Vivek 53.5, 9. Boston Ranger (7) Mark 53.5, 10. Romantic Design (2) M. Suresh 53.5, 11. Fire Wings (6) Chandrashekar 51.5 and 12. Callidora (1) Mahendran 51.5.

1. Allonia, 2. Chilly Wind,

3. Mill Fontaine

• REGENCY GOLD PLATE (Div.I), (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 4-y-o & over – 5-00: 1. Cannon Target (6) Mubarak 61.5, 2. Gallardo (4) Md. Shafiq 61.5, 3. Much More (2) N.M. Khan 60.5, 4. Faster Than Light (3) Vijay Kumar 59.5, 5. Jersey Power (11) Appu 59.5, 6. Deltic Star (1) Md. Shoaib 59, 7. Fast Colours (5) Mallikarjun 58.5, 8. Peace Talks (10) Rajesh 58.5, 9. Proof Of Treasure (7) Sapra 58.5, 10. Command (8) Manikandan 55 and 11. Full Steele (9) Vivek 54.

1. Proof Of Treasure,

2. Command, 3. Jersey Power

• PALACE PLATE (1,200m), rated 20 to 45 – 5-30: 1. Golden Kiss (9) Melvyn 62.5, 2. Present Glory (8) B. Prakash 62, 3. Babbu The Sly (10) P.S. Chouhan 61, 4. Black Splendour (5) B. Paswan 59.5, 5. Loremo (1) Noorulla 59, 6. Australis (7) Md. Kareem 58, 7. Clasic Armour (2) Md. Shoaib 58, 8. Lapis Lazuli (3) Gopal Rao 58, 9. Pocket Dynamite (4) M. Suresh 57.5 and 10. Candy Rose (6) A.R. Mani 57.

1. Present Glory,

2. Clasic Armour, 3. Golden Kiss

Day’s best: Present Glory

Double: Star Flight

– Potential Star

Jkt: 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9; Mini Jkt (i): 2, 4, 6 & 8; (ii): 3, 5, 7 & 9; Tr (i): 4, 5 & 6; (ii): 7, 8 & 9.