La Rondine, piloted by Leigh Roche, won the Spartan Poker Indian 1000 Guineas (Gr.1), the first classic of the Mumbai racing season here on Sunday (Dec. 9).
This daughter of Rahy’s Serenade, who was kept sixth till the bend by jockey Roche, manoeuvred her way very well into the straight to win comfortably. Favourite Isn’t She Lovely, who was running eighth till the bend, tried hard but could only finish fifth.
The winner is owned by Mr. & Mrs. K.N. Dhunjibhoy & Mr. & Mrs. Z.K. Dhunjibhoy rep. Five Stars Shipping Co. Pvt. Ltd. Vishal Gaikwad trains the winner.
The queen filly Ruffina (David Allan up) set a new course record for 1000m, by winning the Sir Homi Mehta Sprint Challenge (Gr. 3) in 57.31s.
1. LADY IN LACE TROPHY DIV. II (1,400m), Cl. V, rated 4 to 30: SWEEPING MOVE (Bhawani) 1, Dragonmoss (Trevor) 2, Romantic Eyes (R. Downey) 3 and Cupido (Sandesh) 4. Nk, Nk and 1-3/4. 1m, 25.22s. ₹202 (w), 20, 14 and 16 (p). SHP: 30, FP: 4,740. Q: 940, Tanala: 2,822 and 1,411. Favourite: Cupido. Owners: Mr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust. Trainer: Karthik Ganapathy.
2. NAWABZADA RASHIDUZZAFAR KHAN TROPHY (2,000m), Cl. II, rated 60 to 86: GLORIOSUS (R. Downey) 1, Gold Bond (Trevor) 2, Zanara (Neeraj) 3 and Uncle Scrooge (Vishal) 4. 3-1/2, 2 and Snk. 2m, 3.18s. ₹14 (w), 12 and 13 (p). SHP: 27, FP: 47, Q: 22, Tanala: 32 and 14. Favourite: Gloriosus. Owners: Mr. Homi F. Mehta, Mrs. Anaheeta H. Mehta, Mrs. Liame M. Luthria, M/s. Jehangir Homi Mehta & Milan Luthria. Trainer: Imtiaz Sait.
3. KEJRIWAL TROPHY DIV. I (1,200m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46: BETWEEN THE WATERS (Neeraj) 1, Shivalik Queen (Sandesh) 2, Mount Olympus (Vishal) 3 and Aberlour (Jaykumar) 4. Lnk, 2-3/4 and 1/2. 1m, 11.07s. ₹22 (w), 11, 12 and 21 (p). SHP: 36, FP: 116, Q: 71, Tanala: 418 and 235. Favourite: Stormy Atlantic. Owner: Mr. Rajesh Monga. Trainer: S.K. Sunderji.
4. UTTAM SINGH TROPHY (1,600m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46: GOLDEN HIND (Trevor) 1, Kimberella (R. Downey) 2, Kennedy (Roche) 3 and Grand Chieftain (Bhawani) 4. 1-3/4, 7-1/4 and 2-3/4. 1m, 37.43s. ₹19 (w), 12, 15 and 12 (p). SHP: 32, FP: 99, Q: 51, Tanala: 161 and 51. Favourite: Golden Hind. Owners: Mr. & Mrs. K.N. Dhunjibhoy and Mr. & Mrs. Z.K. Dhunjibhoy rep. Five Stars Shipping Co. Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Raj H. Shroff rep. Stride Livestock Pvt. Ltd. & Mrs. D.P. Adenwalla. Trainer: Vishal Gaikwad.
5. M.N. NAZIR TROPHY (1,200m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66: BESHIKTASH (R.Ajinkya) 1, Lesrel (Roche) 2, Bounty Queen (Dashrath) 3 and Collegium (Trevor) 4. 1-3/4, 3/4 and 2, 1m, 10.34s. ₹136 (w), 26, 12 and 16 (p). SHP: 34, FP: 661, Q: 131, Tanala: 1,286 and 873. Favourite: Lesrel. Owner: Mr. Rajesh Monga. Trainer: S.K. Sunderji.
6. SIR HOMI MEHTA SPRINT CHALLENGE (Gr.3) (1,000m), 3-y-o & over: RUFFINA (David Allan) 1, Clymene (Dashrath) 2, Lincoln (Akshay Kumar) 3 and Holy Smoke (Zervan) 4. 2-1/2, 1-3/4 and 1-1/4. 57.31s (record time). ₹14 (w), 10 and 17 (p). SHP: 23, FP: 35, Q: 31, Tanala: 41 and 13. Favourite: Ruffina. Owners: Mr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Mr. Adar C. Poonawalla & Mrs. Natasha A. Poonawalla rep. Villoo Poonawalla Racing & Breeding Pvt. Ltd., M/s. Saleem Fazelbhoy, Dinsha P. Shroff & Munchi P. Shroff. Trainer: Dallas Todywalla.
7. SPARTAN POKER INDIAN 1000 GUINEAS (Gr.1), (1,600m), Indian Fillies, 3-y-o only:
LA RONDINE (Kingda Ka–Rahy’s Serenade) Leigh Roche 1,
ARABIA (Multidimensional–Adamile) Akshay Kumar 2,
OOMPH (Midnight Interlude–Jahanara) Suraj Narredu 3,
EYES FOR YOU (Multidimensional–Margarita Rita) Srinath 4. Not run: Improvisso. 2-1/4, 1-1/4 and Snk. 1m, 36.64s. ₹58 (w), 15, 27 and 16 (p). SHP: 77, FP: 817, Q: 278, Tanala: 1,821 and 1,040. Favourite: Isn’t She Lovely. Owners: Mr. & Mrs. K.N. Dhunjibhoy and Mr. & Mrs. Z.K. Dhunjibhoy rep. Five Stars Shipping Co. Pvt. Ltd. Trainer: Vishal Gaikwad.
8. KEJRIWAL TROPHY DIV. II (1,200m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46: FLYING VISIT (R. Downey) 1, Golden Horde (Kuldeep) 2, Weehawken (Chouhan) 3 and Furiosa (Parbat) 4. 7-1/4, 1-1/2 and 2. 1m, 11.40s. ₹24 (w), 13, 43 and 15 (p). SHP: 160, FP: 263, Q: 317, Tanala: 694 and 182. Favourite: Flying Visit. Owner: Mr. K.H. Vaccha. Trainer: Imtiaz Sait.
9. LADY IN LACE TROPHY DIV. I (1,400m), Cl. V, rated 4 to 30: IT’S A DEAL (Merchant) 1, Arrecife (Peter) 2, Eiger’s Tiger (Nazil) 3 and Fencing (Malam) 4. 3/4, 3/4 and 2-3/4. 1m, 24.15s. ₹503 (w), 105, 16 and 20 (p). SHP: 61, FP: 3,249 , Q: 1,467, Tanala: 30, 298 and 12,985. Favourite: Ebony. Owner: Capt. Jamshed J. Appoo. Trainer: Faisal Abbas.
Jackpot: 70%: ₹7,491 (35 tkts.) and 30%: 446 (52 tkts.). Treble: (i) 85 (102 tkts.), (ii) 359 (59 tkts.). Super jackpot: 70%: 102766 (carried forward) and 30%: 2,753 (16 tkts).
Published - December 09, 2018 06:39 pm IST