Gachchhatu wins K.T. Shamaiah Gowda Memorial Trophy at Mysuru on Sept 17
Gachchhatu, ridden by Neeraj up and trained by Neelesh Rawal, won the K.T. Shamaiah Gowda Memorial Trophy (1,400m) at the races in Mysuru on Thursday (Sept 17). The winner is owned by Dr. Cyrus S Poonawalla & Mr. Adar C Poonawalla rep. Villoo Poonawalla Racing & Breeding Pvt Ltd, Mr. Vara Prasad Reddy & Mr. N. Shyam Sunder.
Gachchhatu beat Power Of Beauty (Antony) into second, with Vishwas (Inayat) third and Lux Aeterna (Trevor) fourth by margins of 3-3/4, 3-3/4 and 3/4 respectively. The time for the 1,400m race was 1m, 22.16s, the favourite was Gachchhatu and the published returns were ₹15 (w), 10, 12 and 34 (p), SHP: 27, THP: 108, FP: 56, Q: 54, Trinella: 791/471, Exacta: 2,374/344.
In the opening Kasargod Plate (Div. II) (1,200m) N R I JETPOWER (Md. Talib) finished first, Pearl Of Mysore (Abhishek Mhatre) second, She’s So Beautiful (Laxman S) third and V Caviar (Ankit Pal) fourth; Nimble Spirit was not run. The margins were 2-1/4, Hd and 1-3/4 and the time was 1m, 12.80s. The betting returns recorded were ₹27 (w), 10, 12 and 42 (p), SHP: 45, THP: 89, FP: 117, Q: 80, Trinella: 1,013/450, Exacta: 3,642/3,902. The Favourite was The Welcome; owner Mr. Ravinder Reddy Male and trainer Md. Sajid Qureshi were listed.
COMO (Akshay K) won the Fair Wood Plate (1,200m) with Garzian (Vinod Shinde) second, Sindoor (Antony) third and Tejash (Sai Kiran) fourth; Born Ruler was not run. The finishing gaps were Nk, 4-1/4 and 3, the time 1m, 11.35s and the returns ₹51 (w), 15, 10 and 10 (p), SHP: 47, THP: 28, FP: 174, Q: 47, Trinella: 158/114, Exacta: 370/292, with Garzian the favourite; owners were Mr. D.R. Thacker rep. DT Racing & Breeders LLP, Mr. S.R. Sanas & Mr. Ashok Ranpise and trainer S. Attaollahi. In the Kasargod Plate (Div. I) (1,200m) DASADYU (Srinath) finished first ahead of Star Symphony (L.A. Rozario), Glowing Moonlights (Ankit Pal) and King Carlos (R. Rakesh); Delstar was not run, margins were 2-1/4, 2-1/4 and 2-1/4, the time 1m, 12.25s, and returns ₹21 (w), 10, 22 and 17 (p), SHP: 40, THP: 47, FP: 77, Q: 35, Trinella: 159/70, Exacta: 676/317; Favourite: Dasadyu; owner Mr. Mahesh Vasant Chakankar; trainer Aravind Ganapathy.
CLOUDY HILLS (Aleemuddin) took the Police Trophy (1,400m) with Ultimate Blues (Md. Talib) second, Natural Tornado (R. Rakesh) third and Splendido (S. Saqlain) fourth. The margins were 3/4, 1-1/4 and 2, the time 1m, 24.77s and the published returns ₹35 (w), 11, 11 and 36 (p), SHP: 23, THP: 112, FP: 78, Q: 29, Trinella: 1,017/1,362, Exacta: 19,567 (c/o)/4,192; Favourite: Ultimate Blues; owner Mr. Rajendran rep. Rapar’s Galloping Stars LLP; trainer M. Bobby. SASSY SARAH (Trevor) won the Castle Bridge Plate (1,600m), Sassy (M. Rajesh K) was second, Zephyrine (Akshay K) third and Doctor Dolly (Antony) fourth, with margins 1-3/4, 1-1/4 and 1/2, time 1m, 37.15s and returns ₹14 (w), 12, 10 and 15 (p), SHP: 28, THP: 28, FP: 45, Q: 33, Trinella: 107/73, Exacta: 161/66; Favourite: Sassy Sarah; owners Mr. K. Manoj Kumar, Mr. K. Harish Nayak & Mr. H.J. Balram; trainer Prasanna Kumar.
LORDS GRACE (Ankit Pal) won the Fleet Indian Plate (1,200m) with Sunway Lagoon (Rafique S.K) second, Excellent Warrior (Srinath) third and Just Blues (Shankar Lal) fourth. The finishing margins were 1-1/2, 1-3/4 and Nk, the time 1m, 11.76s and returns ₹32 (w), 12, 14 and 13 (p), SHP: 124, THP: 54, FP: 903, Q: 688, Trinella: 469/149, Exacta: 27,431; Favourite: Excellent Warrior; owner Mr. M.S. Manjunath; trainer Gnanashekar A. The meeting published jackpot and related pool figures as Jackpot: ₹531; runner-up: 63; mini jackpot: 83; Treble (i): 671 (c/o); (ii): 57.
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