Date:19/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/19/stories/2008111957421800.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Moon Forest for Class I Darjeeling Plate

CHENNAI: Moon Forest, who has been well tuned, is expected to score in the Class I Darjeeling Plate (1,000m), the main event of the races to be held here on Wednesday (Nov. 19).

False rails (width about 12 mts from 1,400m to the winning post) will be in position.

•CHETTINAD STUD PLATE (Div. I), (1,000m), maiden 2-y-o only (Terms), 1-00 p.m: 1. Heroic Epic (6) Rajendra Singh 55, 2. Prince Forever (3) Milan 55, 3. Apple Of My Eye (4) Ross 53.5, 4. Galaxy Glory (2) Mohan 53.5, 5. Moonlight Music (7) Babul 53.5, 6. Simply Elegant (1) Prem 53.5 and 7. Vantage Point (5) S. Manohar 53.5.

1. Heroic Epic, 2. Galaxy Glory,

3. Vantage Point

•DARJEELING PLATE (1,000m), Cl. I, 1-30: 1. Top Line (4) Milan 60, 2. Flashing Star (3) Rajendra Singh 59.5, 3. Moon Emperor (7) Mohan 56, 4. Moon Forest (1) Ross 55, 5. King’s Envoy (2) Kabthar 51.5, 6. First Emperor (6) S. Manohar 50.5 and 7. Golden Bounty (5) Babul 50.

1. Moon Forest, 2. Moon Emperor, 3. First Emperor

•CHETTINAD STUD PLATE (Div. II), (1,000m), maiden 2-y-o only (Terms), 2-00: 1. Noble Crusader (2) Rajendra Singh 55, 2. Sky Crusader (5) Mohan 55, 3. Forest Storm (4) Milan 53.5, 4. Honoured Guest (7) Kabthar 53.5, 5. Rainbow View (1) C. Velu 53.5, 6. Sea Crest (3) M. Venkatesh 53.5 and 7. Swift Princess (6) Ross 53.5.

1. Forest Storm, 2. Rainbow View, 3. Sky Crusader

•GURUVAYUR PLATE (1,200m), Cl. II, 2-30: 1. Exotic Duke (7) Narasimha 60, 2. Secret Warrior (4) Ross 58, 3. Frantic (2) Rajendra Singh 57, 4. Steinlen (3) Prem 57, 5. Great Strides (1) Milan 56.5, 6. Cape Royal (5) C. Velu 56, 7. Cobra King (6) Kabthar 54.5 and 8. War Zone (8) M. Venkatesh 52.

1. Exotic Duke, 2. Frantic,

3. Secret Warrior

•PLUMPTON PLATE (Div. I), (1,400m), Cl. V-B, 3-00: 1. Diamond King (16) Huzaif 60, 2. Just A Dream (9) Mukesh Kumar 60, 3. Ranger (2) Sham Kumar 60, 4. Trojan Flight (15) Akbar 60, 5. Dashing Brave (4) C. Umesh 59, 6. Dynamic Quest (6) Ross 59, 7. King’s Charter (14) Rajendra Singh 59, 8. Jubilee Prince (17) Venkatesan 59, 9. Royal Host (5) Prem 59, 10. Diffidence (3) Milan 58.5, 11. Seattle Victory (8) Saddam Iqbal 57.5, 12. Quadrigar (1) C. Brisson 55.5, 13. Royal Marine (12) Bopanna 55, 14. Beauchamp Hero (11) Miss Roopa 50.5, 15. Music Prospector (13) Casey 50.5, 16. Full House (10) Lakshmanan 50, 17. Far Storm (7) Zulquar Nain 50 and 18. Rainbow Spirit (18) C. Murugan 50.

1. Just A Dream, 2. Diamond King, 3. Beauchamp Hero

•CAUVERY PLATE (Div. I), (1,000m), Cl. III, 3-30: 1. Oasis Dream (7) Narasimha 60, 2. Dancer’s Wave (1) Milan 56, 3. Imperial Gate (2) Ross 55.5, 4. Smart N Unique (4) Rajendra Singh 54.5, 5. Wizard Prince (8) C. Velu 51, 6. Rainbow Mirage (5) Babul 50.5, 7. Bold Promise (6) S. Manohar 50 and 8. Irish Noble (3) Miss Roopa 50.

1. Dancer’s Wave, 2. Smart N Unique, 3. Wizard Prince

•CAUVERY PLATE (Div. II), (1,000m), Cl. III, 4-00: 1. Royal Falcon (7) Milan 60, 2. Celtic Princess (6) Mohan 57, 3. King’s Heir (3) Rajendra Singh 56, 4. Mystery Knight (1) Narasimha 53.5, 5. Art Historian (4) Prem 52, 6. Beautiful Vision (5) Kabthar 50 and 7. South Star (2) Casey 50.

1. Celtic Princess, 2. Royal Falcon, 3. King’s Heir

•PLUMPTON PLATE (Div. II), (1,400m), Cl. V-B, 4-30: 1. Material Lady (7) M. Venkatesh 60, 2. Red Apache (15) Milan 60, 3. Red Chief (6) Ross 60, 4. Roman King (14) Rajendra Singh 59, 5. Magical Moon (10) C. Velu 58.5, 6. New Options (5) Srinivasan 57.5, 7. Apache Desert (12) Casey 56, 8. Razorsharp (1) Babul 56, 9. Silver Mascot (11) C. Brisson 56, 10. Star Chivalry (2) Narasimha 56, 11. Glorious Quest (3) Mukesh Kumar 54.5, 12. Secret Dance (8) S. Manohar 52, 13. Star Baroness (9) Miss Roopa 52, 14. Grey Eagle (13) A. Hussain 52 and 15. Star Emblem (4) Bopanna 52.

1. Star Baroness, 2. Glorious Quest, 3. New Options

•RENOWNED PLATE (1,400m), Cl. V-A, 5-00: 1. Amazing Striker (8) S. Manohar 61, 2. Formidable Force (12) Kabthar 61, 3. Glamourous (4) Sham Kumar 60, 4. Instant Appeal (11) C. Umesh 60, 5. Star Millionaire (9) Narasimha 59, 6. Mystified (1) Ross 58.5, 7. Reflected Glory (5) Rajendra Singh 57, 8. Star Hopeful (2) Milan 57, 9. Starmaniac (7) Mohan 56.5, 10. Tarzan Boy (13) Lakshmanan 55, 11. Latino Magic (6) Prem 54.5, 12. Hunters Wish (3) Cornelius 54, 13. Indian Gold (10) C. Velu 52, 14. Regal Secret (14) Casey 50 and 15. Arabie (15) Zulquar Nain 50.

1. Latino Magic, 2. Indian Gold,

3. Reflected Glory

Day’s best: Dancer’s Wave

Double: Moon Forest – Forest Storm

Jkt: 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9; Tr: 7, 8 & 9.