Date:10/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/10/stories/2009011052791800.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Southern Empire is well tuned

BANGALORE: Southern Empire, who has been well tuned is expected score in the Chief Minister’s Trophy, the main event of the races to be held here on Saturday (Jan. 10).

False rails (width about 3.5m from 1,600m to 900m and 3.5m to 5m width from 900m to 500m and 3.5m from 500m to the winning post) will be in position

• HOLENARSIPUR PLATE (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms) – 1-30.p.m: 1. Aboline (9) Suraj Narredu 55, 2. Oxford Vision (1) Md. Shoaib 55, 3. Red Stone (4) S. Fargeat 55, 4. Portobello (5) S. John 55, 5. One In Million (7) Appu 55, 6. Desert Image (6) Md. Shafiq 55, 7. All Rise (8) Gnaneshwar 55, 8. Rai’s Style (3) Shobhan 55, 9. Mystic Quest (10) B. Prakash 53.5 and 10. Frozen Fire (2) D. Allan 53.5.

1. Aboline, 2. Mystic Quest,

3. Frozen Fire

• DANCING FOUNTAIN PLATE (1,400m), rated 00 to 25, 5, 6 & 7-y-o –2-00: 1. Zangi (5) Praveen 62.5, 2. Splendid Glory (11) Chandrashekar 61, 3. Whisper Valley (7) Shobhan 59.5, 4. Silver Paris (3) Shiva Kumar 58, 5. Stillato (4) Sapra 56.5, 6. Fantabulous Hero (2) Shahbuddin 56, 7. Couelle (10) Raja Rao 54, 8. Anna Fleetwood (8) S. John 53.5, 9. Royal Filly (1) Ashok Kumar 53.5, 10. Gracian (9) Md. Shafiq 51.5 and 11. Firey Business (6) Shinde 51.

1. Whisper Valley,

2. Firey Business,

3. Splendid Glory

• SPLENDID ROLE PLATE (1,100m), rated 20 to 45 – 2-30: 1. Alyciaa (1) Shiva Kumar 60.5, 2. Hawaiian Sunrise (4) S. John 60, 3. Worth A Million (10) Hitchcott 56.5, 4. Atlantus (9) Suraj Narredu 55, 5. Vayuputra (8) S. Fargeat 55, 6. Shot Of Gold (11) Rajesh Babu 54, 7. Son Of The Sun (12) Shobhan 54, 8. Neel Gagan (3) Ashok Kumar 53.5, 9. Giftofachievement (7) Koch 53.5, 10. Mint (5) Shahbuddin 53, 11. Great Chieftan (6) Krishnan 51.5 and 12. The Rolls (2) Md. Shafiq 50.

1. Atlantus, 2. Vayuputra,

3. Alyciaa

• KITTY BANK PLATE (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 5, 6 & 7-y-o – 3-00: 1. Event Horizon (7) Ashok Kumar 61.5, 2. Prayatna (8) Md. Shoaib 61, 3. Damgood (11) Shiva Kumar 60, 4. Miss Pukka (6) S. John 60, 5. Brothers In Arms (9) S. Fargeat 57.5, 6. Chakravyuha Bhedak (2) Suraj Narredu 56.5, 7. Baffled (4) Harsha 56.5, 8. Give Me The Money (3) Hitchcott 56, 9. Southern Magic (5) Appu 55.5, 10. Star Blue (1) Sapra 54, 11. Red Ruben (10) R. Ravi 53.5 and 12. New Pastures (12) Md. Shafiq 50.5.

1. Brothers In Arms,

2. Chakravyuha Bhedak,

3. Prayatna

• JAGGY STUD PLATE (Div.I), (1,200m), rated 60 to 85, 5, 6 & 7-y-o – 3-30: 1. Lava (6) Krishnan 62.5, 2. The Contender (8) S. Golam 62.5, 3. Afea (7) D. Allan 60, 4. Sugar Blaze (2) Shiva Kumar 59.5, 5. Cannavaro (5) Praveen 59, 6. Classical Dancer (1) Suraj Narredu 57.5, 7. Masquenada (4) S. John 55.5, 8. Silken Clare (10) Appu 55, 9. Billy Blackjack (11) Afsar Khan 54.5, 10. Carabinieri (3) C.D. Hayes 54.5 and 11. Tina’s Triumph (9) Shobhan 54.

1. Classical Dancer, 2. Afea,

3. Cannavaro

•CHIEF MINISTER’S TROHY (2,000m), 4-y-o & over (Terms) – 4-00: 1. Arabian Knight (4) S. Fargeat 63.5, 2. Southern Empire (2) Srinath 61.5, 3. Noble Prince (5) D. Allan 61.5, 4. Holding Court (-) (-) 58.5, 5. Wonder Smile (6) D. Patel 57, 6. Azureus (7) Md. Shafiq 56.5, 7. Vanquish (1) S. Golam 55.5 and 8. Archipenko (3) Suraj Narredu 54.5.

1. Southern Empire,

2. Archipenko

• K. RAMA RAO MEMORIAL TROPHY (1,600m), rated 40 to 65, 5, 6 & 7-y-o – 4-30: 1. Luckynumberslevin (1) Hitchcott 61, 2. Excellent Speed (5) Md. Shoaib 60.5, 3. Mystic Star (2) Ashok Kumar 60.5, 4. Superior Surprise (7) Shobhan 60.5, 5. Alchesaye (6) Shiva Kumar 60, 6. El Gordo (3) Chandrashekar 60, 7. Our Lancer (4) Harsha 58.5, 8. Double Elite (12) Appu 57.5, 9. Manthara (10) S. Ramesh 57, 10. Freemason (9) Shinde 56, 11. Leagues Apart (8) Sapra 56 and 12. Badge Of Honor (11) Gnaneshwar 54.5.

1. Freemason, 2. Excellent Speed, 3. Leagues Apart

• R.H. SHAW MEMORIAL PLATE (1,400m), rated 40 to 65 – 5-00: 1. Flair Queen (2) S. Fargeat 60, 2. Salsera (10) C.D. Hayes 59, 3. Ready To Mingle (11) B. Prakash 58.5, 4. Royal Player (8) Hitchcott 58.5, 5. Showhorse (12) Afsar Khan 58, 6. Celestial Treasure (3) Md. Shoaib 57.5, 7. Excellent Ability (6) S. Golam 57, 8. Anna’s Quest (1) Appu 56.5, 9. Conceptual (5) S. John 56, 10. Prince Ville (4) Md. Shafiq 55.5, 11. Leopardino (9) Selvaraj 55 and 12. Bid For Glory (7) Sapra 54.5.

1. Flair Queen, 2. Salsera,

3. Ready To Mingle

• JAGGY STUD PLATE (Div.II), (1,200m), rated 60 to 85, 5, 6 & 7-y-o – 5-30: 1. Mucho (8) B. Paswan 60, 2. Bee The Star (5) Shinde 59.5, 3. Fanaa (4) Shahbuddin 57.5, 4. Andronicus (7) Suraj Narredu 56.5, 5. Raider’s Sun (1) Shanth Kumar 56.5, 6. Lush Foliage (11) Gnanashewar 56.5, 7. Cimarron (2) Ashok Kumar 56, 8. Needofthehour (9) Hitchcott 55, 9. Game Of Life (6) Appu 54, 10. War Head (10) Md. Shafiq 54 and 11. India Shining (3) S. Golam 53.5.

1. Needofthehour,

2. Game Of Life, 3. Lush Foliage

Day’s best: Aboline

Double: Atlantus – Needofthehour

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