Date:13/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/13/stories/2008101359521800.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Crocodile Hunter may score

Hyderabad: Crocodile Hunter, who has been shaping well in the morning trials, is expected to win the A. P. Race Horse Owners Association Trophy (1,400m), the main event of the races to be held here on Monday (Oct. 13). Doing My Best and Fly By Wire may add pep to the finish.

There will be no false rails.

Extra meetings: The Stewards of the Hyderabad Race Club have decided to hold two extra day monsoon meetings on Wednesday (Oct. 22) and Thursday (Oct. 23).

•S. RANGARAJAN MEMORIAL CUP (2,000m), Cat. II, 3-y-o & over (Terms), 1-10 p.m: 1. Silver Bullet (4) P. S. Chouhan 60, 2. Golden Celebrity (3) Laxman 57.5, 3. Dark Stranger (1) Harish 54.5, 4. Vijayam (5) D. Singh 53 and 5. Realtor (2) Chary 51.5.

1. Silver Bullet, 2. Dark Stranger, 3. Realtor

•ONNU ONNU ONNU PLATE (1,600m), Cat. III, maiden 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50, 1-40: 1. Vijay Dhanush (2) Harish 60, 2. Nandanvanaa (3) D. Singh 58.5, 3. Retro Magic (7) Umesh 53.5, 4. Shivaji (5) Ramana 53, 5. Isnt She Something (6) Chary 52.5, 6. Valerie (1) Laxmikanth 51 and 7. Star Favours (4) Sk. Farookh 50.5.

1. Vijay Dhanush, 2. Valerie,

3. Nandanvanaa

•ELURU PLATE (Div. I) (1,600m), Cat. III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 25, 2-10: 1. Elbrus (6) A. Imran Khan 60, 2. Avon Gorge (7) Christopher 59.5, 3. Cannon Hunt (4) Harish 58.5, 4. Romantic Flyer (8) Ravinder 58.5, 5. Asian Delight (5) G. B. Khade 56.5, 6. Lucrative (Ex:Cannon Lad) (1) Gnaneshwar 56.5, 7. Millennium Queen (9) Umesh 56, 8. Arsham (2) D. Singh 55.5 and 9. Ocean City (3) Laxmikanth 49.5.

1. Cannon Hunt, 2. Avon Gorge,

3. Lucrative

•CAPE KNIGHT PLATE (Div. I) (1,200m), Cat. III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50, 2-40: 1. Ivory Snow (2) Christopher 62, 2. Classic Dancer (3) D. Singh 60.5, 3. Kohinoor Eye (Ex:Cannon Eye) (1) Gnaneshwar 59.5, 4. Grey Shot (11) Laxman 59, 5. Southern Spice (4) A. Imran Khan 59, 6. Storm Command (6) P. S. Chouhan 57.5, 7. Local Ikon (7) Ravinder S 56, 8. Ripples (8) Ganesh 56, 9. Ujjaini (9) M. Krishna 53, 10. Sugar Gold (5) K. Anil 52 and 11. Southern Queen (10) Sk. Farookh 49.

1. Ivory Snow, 2. Kohinoor Eye,

3. Southern Spice

•MAJOR MIR MUJTABA HUSSAIN MEMORIAL TROPHY (1,400m), Cat. II, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 75, 3-15: 1. Rudolph Valentino (13) Harish 60.5, 2. Adelaide (1) Ramana 56.5, 3. Dash On Regardless (3) Gnaneshwar 55.5, 4. Top Act (4) D. Singh 54.5, 5. Venturous (5) Sk. Farookh 52.5, 6. Proud Accolade (8) M. Krishna 52, 7. Since (6) Umesh 51.5, 8. Dark Desire (2) Ravinder S 51, 9. Essence (7) Chary 50.5, 10. Secret Silence (9) Sk. Sharookh 50.5, 11. King Size (10) A. Imran Khan 50, 12. Mi Jhinkle (12) K. Anil 49.5 and 13. World Vision (11) Laxmikanth 49.

1. King Size, 2. Essence, 3. Dash On Regardless

•CAPE KNIGHT PLATE (Div. II) (1,200m), Cat. III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50, 3-45: 1. Artistic Emperor (2) G. B. Khade 60.5, 2. Hardccore (7) Ravinder S 60.5, 3. Ravileena (1) Christopher 60.5, 4. Al Awal (8) Umesh 59.5, 5. Penumatcha (6) Laxman 58, 6. Fusion Music (9) Harish 56, 7. Royal Dignitary (3) Sreekant 54, 8. Golden Style (4) Joshi 53, 9. Kohinoor Diamond (Ex:Alert) (10) Chary 52, 10. Change Of Loyalty (5) Laxmikanth 51 and 11. Classic One (11) K. Anil 50.5.

1. Fusion Music, 2. Ravileena,

3. Al Awal

•A. P. RACE HORSE OWNERS ASSOCIATION TROPHY (1,400m), Cat. I, 3-y-o & over, 4-15: 1. Classic Art (1) Suraj Narredu 60, 2. Lancashire (5) Christopher 58.5, 3. Citi Storm (2) P. S. Chouhan 57, 4. Crocodile Hunter (3) D. Singh 57, 5. Indian Dancer (6) A. Imran Khan 56, 6. Doing My Best (10) Gnaneshwar 55.5, 7. Fly By Wire (7) Harish 55.5, 8. Lenavi (12) Ravinder S 53, 9. Buddy Brothers (8) Umesh 52.5, 10. King’s Fortune (11) K. Anil 52.5, 11. Cefiro (9) Ramana 52 and 12. Chief De Mission (4) Sk. Sharookh 51.5.

1. Crocodile Hunter, 2. Doing My Best, 3. Fly By Wire

•ELURU PLATE (Div. II) (1,600m), Cat. III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 25, 4-50: 1. Napa Valley (1) Chary 60, 2. Bentota (3) K. Anil 59.5, 3. Cabochon (5) Christopher 59.5, 4. King In The Sky (4) Ramana 57.5, 5. Going Places (6) Joshi 56.5, 6. Turning Point (2) Ravinder S 54.5, 7. Greatballofchina (7) Umesh 53.5 and 8. Jay Jay (8) Laxmikanth 51.

1. Bentota, 2. Napa Valley,

3. King In The Sky

Day’s best: Vijay Dhanush

Double: Silver Bullet -- Ivory Snow

Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Tr:(i): 1, 2 & 3, (ii): 3, 4 & 5, (iii): 6, 7 & 8. Tanala: Will operate on races where there are five or more starters.