Stud Poker wins Zavaray S. Poonawalla Mysore 2000 Guineas at Mysuru on Oct 1, 2026

Stud Poker won the Zavaray S. Poonawalla Mysore 2000 Guineas (1,600m) at Mysuru on Thursday, October 1, 2026, with Black Irish finishing second.

The race was the chief event on a card scheduled for Thursday at the Mysuru course; the preview noted Stud Poker was in fine nick and stated there would be no false rails. The 1,600m three-year-old contest was listed at 4-00 pm on the programme.

Five three-year-olds were declared for the Guineas: Arc Of Life (2) ridden by Suraj, Black Irish (4) with L.A. Rozario, Bulletproof (5) ridden by Trevor, Seize The Grey (1) with N.S. Parmar and Stud Poker (3) partnered by Antony, all carrying 56kg. The published result for the event was: 1. STUD POKER, 2. BLACK IRISH.

The opening race, Original Vel Racing Trophy (Div. II) over 1,400m for maiden three-year-olds at 2-00 pm, featured Military Code (7) B.R. Kumar 56 and Osaka (3) Akshay K 54.5 among others; the finishing order was 1. SIGRID, 2. OSAKA, 3. AMBER STORM, with Sigrid listed as (8) Antony 54.5 in the declarations.

In the Nainital Plate (Div. II) over 1,200m for horses rated 20 to 45, True Gold (3) S.G. Prasad 60 and Makoto (4) Kiran Rai 59 were declared; the result read 1. STAR SYMPHONY, 2. JAILER, 3. MY SOLITAIRE, with Star Symphony shown as (1) L.A. Rozario 57.5 in the race card.

The Original Vel Racing Trophy (Div. I) over 1,400m listed Moon Oracle (1) Akshay K 54.5 and Garzian (10) Neeraj 54.5 among the entries; the placed order was 1. MOON ORACLE, 2. GARZIAN, 3. SENSUOUS. The Hotel RRR Trophy (1,400m) for horses rated 40 to 65 included Zephyrine (2) Akshay K 54 and Spectacular (9) B. Dharshan 61.5 and finished 1. ZEPHYRINE, 2. SPECTACULAR, 3. BALGOWNIE.

Later on the card the Nainital Plate (Div. I) over 1,200m listed Agera (10) A. Hangal 61 among the starters and produced the result 1. AGERA, 2. STAR COMET, 3. MARTINO. The Coorg Plate (1,600m) included Star Of Light (1) Antony 62.5 and concluded with 1. STAR OF LIGHT, 2. ALLURING BEAUTY, 3. SORO FLY.

Betting and racing notices appended to the programme recorded the Double as STAR SYMPHONY — MOON ORACLE and published the jockey combinations and ticket permutations as: Jkt: 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; Mini Jkt: 4, 5, 6 and 7; Tr (i): 2, 3 and 4; (ii): 5, 6 and 7.

The card began with the maiden Original Vel Racing Trophy (Div. II) at 2-00 pm and the Zavaray S. Poonawalla Mysore 2000 Guineas was scheduled for 4-00 pm on Thursday, October 1, 2026.