Golden Dancer takes Suresh Mahindra Trophy in Pune
Golden Dancer, trained by Dallas Todywalla and ridden by Akshay Kumar, won the Suresh Mahindra Trophy at Pune on Saturday (Oct. 10). The race was the 3,200m feature on the card.
Owned by M/s. D.R. Thacker rep. DT Racing & Breeders LLP, Mukul Sonawala, Girish S. Mehta & Mrs. Rashmee A. Amersey rep. So Blest Trading Co. Pvt. Ltd., Golden Dancer finished 1-1/2 lengths ahead of Endurance with Winfield third, covering the distance in 3m 36.68s; the winner paid ₹17 (w) and was listed as the favourite, SHP: 25, FP: 68.
In the SEVERUS PLATE (1,600m), TOUCH OF MYSTIC (Antony Raj S) won ahead of Baleno (Bhawani), Neutron (Parmar) and Madison (Neeraj) by margins of 3-3/4, 1-3/4 and Head in 1m 40.64s; the win returned ₹43 (w), 25, 16 and 17 (p). The race carried SHP: 106, FP: 674, Q: 408, Tanala: 1,960 and 323, with Neutron as favourite; owners were M/s. Cyrus S. Poonawalla & Adar C. Poonawalla rep. Villoo Poonawalla Racing & Breeding Pvt. Ltd., Saleem Fazelbhoy, D.R. Thacker rep. DT Racing & Breeders LLP & S.R. Sanas and the trainer was P.S. Chouhan.
In the TRUEFITT & HILL TROPHY (1,000m), SILVER STRIKE (S. Siddharth) beat Moonlight Kiss (Sandesh), Believe (K. Pranil) and Arbitrage (Gore) by a Short Head, 3 and 2 in 58.10s; Aries was not run and the payouts were ₹24 (w), 11, 11 and 14 (p). The race data recorded SHP: 40, FP: 31, Q: 14, Tanala: 72 and 60, Moonlight Kiss was the favourite, owners were Mrs. Seema Kamlesh Shah & Tasneem Hakim Lakdawala and the trainer was Faisal A. Abbas.
COFEE AT ELEVEN (A. Sandesh) won the CONRAD PUNE TROPHY (1,600m), with Nebula (T.S. Jodha) second, Matisse (Siddharth) third and Pure Soul (Neeraj) fourth, over 1m 36.96s by margins of 2-1/4, 5 and 1; Dedication was not run and the payouts were ₹26 (w), 17 and 12 (p), SHP: 27, FP: 85, Q: 29, Tanala: 232 and 134, favourite Nebula, owners M/s. Dinsha P. Shroff, Munchi P. Shroff, Nariman Dickey Chothia & Mrs. Aban N. Chothia rep. ANR Racing LLP, M/s. Slaeem Fazelbhoy & Mukul Sonawala and trainer Aman Altaf Hussain.
ABSOLUTE EMPEROR (P.S. Kaviraj) prevailed in the RAEES PLATE (1,000m), followed by Sabalenka (Akshay K), Queen’s Covenant (V. Bunde) and Powerofattitude (Sandesh) with margins of 1-1/4, 2-1/4 and 3 in 58.10s; Umeed and Whispering Angel were not run, payouts ₹29 (w), 12, 18 and 18 (p), SHP: 39, FP: 157, Q: 106, Tanala: 1,113 and 330, favourite Lucky Diamond, owner Mr. Raj Ramprasad Singh and trainer P.S. Chouhan.
The RODEO PLATE (1,100m) was awarded to YINSIRUK (P. Trevor) with Dreams Come True (Sandesh) placed second, Heaven’s Rhythm (Saurav) third and Menorca (Antony Raj) fourth, margins 3/4, Short Head and Short Head in 1m 3.77s; the payouts were ₹25 (w), 10, 14 and 43 (p), SHP: 58, FP: 52, Q: 30, Tanala: 763 and 602, favourite Dreams Come True, owners M/s. Solomon F. Sopher, Atul Ishwardas Chordia & Mrs. Ayesha A. Hussain and trainer Aman Altaf Hussain. Note: Dreams Come True (Sandesh up) initially won the race in a record time of 1m 3.77s, but objections lodged by jockey Trevor (Yinsiruk) and trainer Aman Hussain against Sandesh for interference and bumping Yinsiruk soon after the start were upheld by the Stewards after reviewing the replay and questioning both jockeys; the race order was revised accordingly.
GUNFIRE (N.S. Parmar) won the LEMON TREE HOTELS TROPHY (1,000m), with Darcy (Siddharth) second, Wind Dancer (Neeraj) third and Azure (Akshay K) fourth by 1, 2 and 1-1/4 in 57.14s; Foxy was not run, payouts ₹37 (w), 19 and 16 (p), SHP: 26, FP: 50, Q: 25, Tanala: 87 and 69, favourite Darcy, owners M/s. Sanjay Punamchand Kothari, Vivek S. Jain, Mrs. B.E. Saldanha, M/s. Jehangir Mehta, Mehli A. Nazir, Daulat Chhabria, Mrs. Homi Mehta & M/s. Ram H. Shroff & Raj H. Shroff rep. Stride Livestock Pvt. Ltd. and trainer M. Narredu.
Jackpot and Super Jackpot returns were announced as: Jackpot: 70%: ₹1,227 (312 tkts.), 30%: 126 (1,305 tkts.). Super Jackpot: 70%: 1,661 (9 tkts.), 30%: 128 (50 tkts.).