Date:08/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/08/stories/2008110861302100.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Bourbon King wins feature event

BANGALORE: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy’s Bourbon King (B. Prakash up) won the Rajyotsava Trophy, main event of the races held here on Friday (Nov 7). The winner is trained by Ganapathy.

The results:

1. INAUGURATION STAKES (1,100m), maiden 2-y-o only (Terms): Idar Princess (Rajesh) 1, Star Assembly (D. Patel) 2, Rashida (L. Marshall) 3 and Misty Moonlight (B. Prakash) 4. Not run: Pearl Of Bangalore. 2-1/2, 1 and 3-1/4. 1m 9.78s. Rs. 86 (w), 15 and 147 (p). SHP: Rs. 216. FP: Rs. 734. Q: Rs. 422. Trinella: Rs. 2,925 and Rs. 1,358. Favourite: Misty Moonlight. Owners: M/s. B.L. Thacker and P.V. Shah rep. Easy Rider Tho’bred Inv. Pvt.Ltd. Trainer: Samar Singh.

2. SOMANATHPUR PLATE (1,200m), rated 00 to 25, 4, 5 & 6-y-o: Aspiring Seven (Sapra) 1, Classic Movements (Ashok Kumar) 2, Amazing Flora (Gnaneshwar) 3 and Action Hero (P.S. Chouhan) 4. Hd, 1/2 and 5-3/4. 1m 17.64s. Rs. 33 (w), 14, 110 and 16 (p). SHP: Rs. 379. FP: Rs. 1,494 and Rs. 1,160. Trinella: Rs. 1,893 and Rs. 406. Favourite: Aspiring Seven. Owners: Mrs. Sangeetha & Mr. H. S. Shantha Kumar. Trainer: Amit Caddy.

3. DANDELI PLATE (1,400m), rated 20 to 45: Edmondo (Appu) 1, Supereme Splendour (Shinde) 2, Vayuputra (A. Velu) 3 and Take My Word (Shahbuddin) 4. 2-1/2, 6-1/4 and 3/4. 1m 28.78s. Rs. 15 (w), 12, 24 and 83 (p). SHP: Rs. 68. FP: Rs. 70. Q: Rs. 42. Trinella: Rs. 593 and Rs. 398. Favourite: Edmondo. Owners: M/s. Marthand Singh Mahindra & Sp. Thirunavukarasu, Mrs. Sujata Prabhu and Mr. M. Eshwer. Trainer: M. Eshwer.

4. BABA KHAN MEMORIAL PLATE (1,600m), rated 40 to 65, 4, 5 & 6-y-o: My Friend Paul (Suraj Narredu) 1, El Gordo (Chandrashekar) 2, Badge Of Honor (Gnaneshwar) 3 and Alchesaye (Md. Shoaib) 4. 6-3/4, 2-1/2 and Nose. 1m 40.13s. Rs. 63 (w), 23, 25 and 26 (p). SHP: Rs. 64. FP: Rs. 282. Q: Rs. 136. Trinella: Rs. 1,769 and Rs. 975. Favourite: An Equal Music. Owners: Mrs. Z. Darashah, Mr Arjun Sajnani & Mrs. Gitanjali Maini. Trainer: Neil Darashah.

5. RAJYOTSAVA TROPHY (1,400m), 3-y-o and over (Terms): Bourbon King (B. Prakash) 1, Lionheart (S. Ramesh) 2, Vanquish (Suraj Narredu) 3 and Southern Empire (Shinde) 4. 2, 2-1/4 and 3-1/4. 1m 25.71s. Rs. 37 (w), 18, 32 and 21 (p). SHP: Rs. 109. FP: Rs. 161. Q: Rs. 146. Trinella: Rs. 882 and Rs. 438. Exacta: Rs. 25,165 and Rs. 16,177. Favourite: Rio Bravo. Owner: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: Ganapathy.

6. KUNIGAL TROPHY (1,200m), rated 60 to 85, 4, 5 & 6-y-o: Cannavaro (Selvaraj) 1, Sugar Blaze (Shiva Kumar) 2, River Island (Appu) 3 and Andronicus (Suraj Narredu) 4. Snk, 1 and Shd. 1m 14.51s. Rs. 158 (w), 51, 29 and 21 (p). SHP: Rs. 90. FP: Rs. 878. Q: Rs. 456. Trinella: Rs. 6,343 and Rs. 2,718. Exacta: Rs. 18,749 and Rs. 6,026. Favourite: Andronicus. Owners: M/s. B.M. Rajashekar, H.R. Pai & Irfan Ghatala. Trainer: Irfan Ghatala.

7. CORDON BLEU PLATE (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 4, 5 & 6-y-o: Event Horizon (Ashok Kumar) 1, Shisham (Shiva Kumar) 2, Southern Magic (Raja Rao) 3 and Prayatna (Md. Shoaib) 4. Not run: Illusive Girl. Nose, 1-1/2 and Snk. 1m 29.96s. Rs. 66 (w), 22, 18 and 113 (p). SHP: Rs. 55. FP: Rs. 211. Q: Rs. 121. Trinella: Rs. 8,621 and Rs. 5,542. Exacta: Rs. 13,453 and Rs. 2,402. Favourite: Media Man. Owners: Mr. S. Krishnan & Mrs. K. Vaidehi. Trainer: B. Puttanna.

Jackpot: Rs. 17,471 (20 tkts); Runner: Rs. 891 (168 tkts); Mini Jkt: Rs. 508 (58 tkts); Tr: 5,171 (10 tkts).