Y. Gopi Rao presenting the winner’s trophy to the owners of Red Bishop in the presence of HRC chairman R. Surender Reddy.
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G. RAMAKRISHNA
Trainer Pesi Shroff’s ward Red Bishop, powerfully ridden by P. Trevor, beat first favourite Prokofiev at the post to win the Y. Shanker Rao Memorial Deccan Colts Championship Stakes, the stellar attraction of Monday’s (Sept. 8) races.
The winner is owned by Mr. K.N. Dhunjibhoy, Mr. Z.K. Dhunjibhoy & Ms. Anosha Meyers rep. Five Stars Shipping Co. Pvt. Ltd., Ms. Anita J. Captain, Mr. Dinshaw P. Adenwalla, Mrs. Jasmine D. Adenwalla, Mr. A.S. Narielwala & Mr. Vispi R. Patel, M. James O’ Donnell rep. by Kingsmoor World India Pvt. Ltd. & Mr. Abhilash Puljal.
Trevor settled this son of Kingda Ka-Solar Midnight in fifth position until the bend before the gelding unleashed a powerful run down the straight to challenge Prokofiev and after a hard-fought battle, pipped the latter at the post.
1. MEDAK PLATE (1,200m): NYANZA (R.N. Darshan) 1, Roxxane (Akshay K) 2, City Of Moksha (Ajay K) 3 and Kitsune (B.R. Kumar) 4. 1/2, Short Head and 7. 1m, 14.93s. ₹31 (w), 11, 19 and 16 (p). SHP: 26, THP: 60, SHW: 22 and 44, FP: 247, Q: 141, Tanala: 1,049. Favourite: Nyanza. Owner: Mr. S.A. Shehzad Abbas. Trainer: Raza Shehzad.
2. CHAITANYA CHAKRAM PLATE (1,400m): LAKE MICHIGAN (B.R. Kumar) 1, Bestie (Md. Ekram) 2, Sharanga (Akshay K) 3 and Tootsie Darling (Trevor) 4. 3, 1/2 and 3/4. 1m, 26.58s.₹28 (w), 22, 52 and 22 (p). SHP: 74, THP: 42, SHW: 14 and 47, FP: 613, Q: 228, Tanala: 1,370. Favourite: Tootsie Darling. Owners: M/s. Rama Seshu Eyunni, Ashok Kumar Gupta, M. Prashant Kumar, M. Pradeep Kumar & Rafaat Hussain. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira.
3. HUSSAIN SAGAR CUP (Div. I) (1,400m): BOLD BEAUTY (P. Sai Kumar) 1, Blue Pantheress (P. Ajeeth K) 2, Sadiya (H.M. Akshay) 3 and Star Medal (Abhay Singh) 4. 1-1/4, 1/2 and 3. 1m, 28.74s. ₹19 (w), 14, 14 and 26 (p). SHP: 48, THP: 47, SHW: 10 and 27, FP: 69, Q: 61, Tanala: 758. Favourite: Bold Beauty. Owners: M/s. Vara Prasad Reddy & A.C. Subbaiah. Trainer: N. Rawal.
4. HUSSAIN SAGAR CUP (Div. II) (1,400m): SHAH OF IRAN (R.N. Darshan) 1, Sweet Dancer (P. Ajeeth K) 2, Shubhrak (Md. Ismail) 3 and Take A Breath (Mukesh K) 4. 2, 6 and 1/2. 1m, 28.64s. ₹21 (w), 17, 25 and 19 (p). SHP: 86, THP: 39, SHW: 23 and 29, FP: 273, Q: 261, Tanala: 1,706. Favourite: Shah Of Iran. Owners: M/s. S.A. Shehzad Abbas & Saqafath Ali Khan. Trainer: Raza Shehzad.
5. MONSOON CUP (1,400m): WALKING THUNDER (P. Trevor) 1, Petaluma (Vivek G) 2, Miss Smiley Angel (Mukesh K) 3 and Krystallos (Ashad Asbar) 4. 1/2, 3/4 and 8-3/4. 1m, 26.68s. ₹21 (w), 14, 13 and 10 (p). SHP: 30, THP: 61, SHW: 14 and 15, FP: 45, Q: 31, Tanala: 68. Favourite: Walking Thunder. Owner: Mr. Aditya P. Thackersey. Trainer: L.V.R. Deshmukh.
6. KRISHNASAMY MEMORIAL CUP (1,200m): PACIFIC HEIGHTS (Akshay Kumar) 1, Star Forever (Ajay K) 2, Arion One (B.R. Kumar) 3 and Glorious Power (Md. Ekram) 4. 6-1/4, Nose and 1-1/4. 1m, 13.40s. ₹80 (w), 10, 13 and 12 (p). SHP: 33, THP: 26, SHW: 19 and 30, FP: 390, Q: 166, Tanala: 1,893. Favourite: Ayushman. Owner: Mr. M. Ramakrishna Reddy. Trainer: L. D’ Silva.
7. Y. SHANKER RAO MEMORIAL DECCAN COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP STAKES (Gr. 3) (1,600m): RED BISHOP (Kingda Ka-Solar Midnight) (P. Trevor) 1, Prokofiev (Leitir Mor-Balmoral Castle) (Antony Raj) 2, Knight Regent (Top Class-Allee Bleue) (Ashad Asbar) 3 and Matisse (Kingda Ka-Darinza) (K. Pranil) 4. Short Head, 5-3/4 and 3/4. 1m, 38.90s. ₹25 (w), 15, 12 and 23 (p). SHP: 38, THP: 73, SHW: 10 and 27, FP: 41, Q: 19, Tanala: 421. Favourite: Prokofiev. Owners: Mr. K.N. Dhunjibhoy, Mr. Z.K. Dhunjibhoy & Ms. Anosha Meyers rep. Five Stars Shipping Co. Pvt. Ltd., Ms. Anita J. Captain, Mr. Dinshaw P. Adenwalla, Mrs. Jasmine D. Adenwalla, Mr. A.S. Narielwala & Mr. Vispi R. Patel, M. James O’ Donnell rep. by Kingsmoor World India Pvt. Ltd. & Mr. Abhilash Puljal. Trainer: P. Shroff.
8. CHIEF MINISTER’S CUP (1,600m): NONPARIEL (Mukesh Kumar) 1, D Minchu (P. Ajeeth K) 2, Hugh Capet (Sandesh) 3 and Livermore (Akshay K) 4. Not run: Silver Act. 6-1/2, Neck and Neck. 1m, 39.39s. ₹14 (w), 10, 21 and 16 (p). SHP: 30, THP: 44, SHW: 10 and 18, FP. 38, Q: 36, Tanala: 244. Favourite: Nonpariel. Owners: Mr. Rajendran rep. Rapar’s Galloping Stars LLP, Mr. Tripuranenivenkata Aditya Chowdary & Mr. P. Ranga Raju. Trainer: D. Netto.
9. MAKALU PLATE (1,200m): JIM (Shivansh) 1, Noorian (Sonu K) 2, Ilene (Deepak) 3 and Always Special (Kuldeep Jr. ) 4. Short Head, 3-1/2 and 1-1/4. 1m, 17.45s. ₹22 (w), 14, 25 and 11 (p). SHP: 44, THP: 26, SHW: 22 and 20, FP; 57, Q: 50, Tanala: 164. Favourite: Jim. Owner: Mrs. T. Rohini. Trainer: M.F. Ali Khan.
Jackpot: (i) 70%: ₹20, 107 (5 tkts.) & 30%: 3,917 (11 tkts.); (ii) 70%: 7,086 (80 tkts.), 30%: 361 (673 tkts.).
Mini Jackpot: (i) 18, 120 (14 tkts.), (ii) 2,453 (22 tkts.).
Treble: (i) 907 (25 tkts.), (ii) 324 (53 tkts.), (iii) 254 (230 tkts.).
