Date:14/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/14/stories/2009011461102100.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Celtic Princess wins feature event

CHENNAI: Mr. M. A. M. Ramaswamy’s Celtic Princess (B. Prakash up) won the Royapuram Plate, the main event of the races held here on Tuesday (Jan. 13). R. Foley trains the winner.

1. BABA KHAN CUP (Div.I), (1,000m), 3-y-o only (Terms): King Crimson (B. Prakash) 1, Vantage Point (Ross) 2, College Scholar (Milan) 3 & Eagle Eye (Babul) 4. 3, 2 & 1-3/4. 1m 4.35s. Rs. 5 (w), 5 & 5 (p), SHP: Rs. 30, FP: Rs. 16, Q: Rs. 10, Tanala: Rs. 31. Favourite: King Crimson. Owner: Mr. T. Irudhayaraj. Trainer: R. Foley.

2. VARANASI PLATE (1,000m), Cl. III: Red Sails (B. Prakash) 1, Mozart (S.Manohar) 2, Wizard Prince (Manikandan) 3 & Secret Romeo (Kabthar) 4. 2, 1-3/4 & 1-3/4. 1m 5.63. Rs. 5 (w), 6 & nil (p), SHP: Rs. 136 (c.o)., FP: Rs. 46, Q: Rs. 15, Tanala: Rs. 33. Favourite: Red Sails. Owner: Mr. N. Anantharam. Trainer: R. Foley.

3. ROYAPURAM PLATE (1,000m), Cl. I: Celtic Princess (B. Prakash) 1, Star Phoenix (Milan) 2, Retained Asset (Rajendra Singh) 3 & First Emperor (Prem) 4. 2-1/2, 1-1/4 & 2. 1m 4.61s. Rs. 5 (w), 5 & 7 (p), SHP: Rs. 25, FP: Rs. 8, Q: Rs. 27, Tanala: Rs. 30. Favourite: Celtic Princess. Owner: Mr. M. A. M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: R. Foley.

4. BABA KHAN CUP (Div.II), (1,000m), 3-y-o only (Terms): Honoured Guest (B. Prakash) 1, King Of Aces (Rajendra Singh) 2, Savannah Fleet (Ross) 3 & Key To My Heart (Milan) 4. 2, 1-1/4 & 1-3/4. 1m 5.06s. Rs. 5 (w), 5 & 5 (p), SHP: 24, FP: Rs. 9, Q: Rs. 11, Tanala: Rs. 18. Favourite: Honoured Guest. Owner: Mr. A. Selvakumar. Trainer: R. Foley.

5. VANDALUR PLATE (1,200m), Cl. II: Frantic (B. Prakash) 1, Great Strides (Manikandan) 2, Secret Warrior (Rajendra Singh) 3 & Dance With Dreams (Ross) 4. 2-1/4, 1-3/4 & 2. 1m 18.91s. Rs. 5 (w), 5 & 5 (p), SHP:Rs. 7, FP: Rs. 8, Q: Rs. 8, Tanala: Rs. 31. Favourite: Frantic. Owner: Mr. Rm. Lakshmanan. Trainer: R. Foley.

6. RATHINAGIRI PLATE (Div.I), (1,200m), Cl. IV: Indian Gold (Mohan) 1, Millennium Force (S. Manohar) 2, Star Admiral (Ross) 3 and The Chieftain (C.Velu) 4. 1-3/4, 1-3/4 & 2. 1m 17s. Rs. 19 (w), 19 & 19 (p), SHP: Rs. 5, FP: 18 (c.o.), Q: Rs. 32 (c.o.), Tanala: Rs. 46. Favourite: Noble Flash. Owner: Mr. Sp. Palaniappan. Trainer: B. Suresh.

7. HALF A CROWN PLATE (Div.II),(1,200m), Cl. V-B: Star Of Jewels (M.Venkatesh) 1, Candy Man (Kabthar) 2, Montesoro (Ms. Roopa) 3 & Starmaniac (S. Manohar) 4. 1-3/4, 2-1/2 & 2. 1m 20.22s. Rs. 106 (c.o. for win), nil, 13 &8 (p), SHP: Rs. 19, FP: 26 (c.o.), Q: Rs. 43 (c.o.), Tanala: Rs. 370 (c.o.). Favourite: Starmaniac. Owner: Mr. M. A. M. Ramaswamy. Trainer: B. Suresh.

8. RATHIGNAIRI PLATE (Div. II), (1,200m), Cl. IV: Sea Dragon (C. Velu) 1, Magic Flight (Prem) 2, The Bravest (Milan) 3 & Casino Knight (Ross) 4. 2, 2 & 1-1/4. 1m 19.11s. Rs. 15 (w), 10 & 10 (p), SHP: Rs. 30, FP: Rs. 26 (c.o.), Q: Rs. 34 (c.o.), Tanala: Rs. 161 (c.o.). Favourite: Casino Knight. Owner: Mr. Sp. Palaniappan. Trainer: B. Suresh.

9. HALF A CROWN PLATE (Div.I), (1,200m), Cl. V-B: Far Storm (Zulquar Nain) 1, Festive Season (Saddam Iqbal) 2, Notable Guest (Casey) 3 & Queen Of Tamilnadu (Huzaif) 4. Not run: Star Stature. 3/4, 1/2 & 1/2. 1m 16.14s. Rs. 78 (w), 17, 10 & 8 (p), SHP: Rs. 34, FP: Rs. 139 (c.o.), Q: Rs. 357 (c.o.), Tanala: Rs. 441. Favourite: My Little Dragon. Owners: Mr. K. S. Vijaykumar, V. Udhayakumar, V. V. Murthy. Trainer: H. Malick. Jackpot: Rs. 5,462 (c.o.). Treble: Rs. 2,855 (2 tkts).