Timeless Vision wins Democracy Plate on opening day of Hyderabad Winter Season
Timeless Vision, trained by Laxman Singh and ridden by Akshay Kumar, won the Democracy Plate (Div. I) at the opening day of the Hyderabad Winter Season in Hyderabad on Monday (Nov. 9). The mare is owned by Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Palia.
The Democracy Plate (Div. I) was run over 1,100 metres and Timeless Vision defeated Darling’s Boy and Warwick by 3-1/2 and a Short Head respectively, with Torchbearer fourth. The winner covered the distance in 1m 05.98s; the tote returned ₹33 (win), ₹11, ₹36 and ₹14 (place) and the race recorded SHP: 211, THP: 42, FP: 1,128, Q: 980 and Tanala: 5,181. Ayushman went into the race as favourite.
In the opening race, the Osman Sagar Trophy (Div. II, 1,400m), Aprameya (Neeraj Rawal) prevailed by six lengths from Northern Sky (Mukesh K), with Mantle Plume (B.R. Kumar) third and Velvera (P. Ajeeth K) fourth in 1m 26.43s. The win paid ₹13, 10, 15 and 10 (place) and produced SHP: 20, THP: 31, FP: 28, Q: 23 and Tanala: 37; Aprameya was the favourite and is owned by M/s. A.C. Subbaiah, Vara Prasad Reddy & Suyash Uttam Dalvi, trained by Neelesh Rawal. Later on the card, the Democracy Plate (Div. II, 1,100m) was taken by High Speed Dive (Rafique Sk.) in 1m 06.46s, beating Glorious Power (Bhawani S) by 3/4, with Star Of Opera (Surendra S.) third and Dubai Touch (Neeraj) fourth; the tote paid ₹46, 16, 27 and 11 (place) and SHP: 89, THP: 85, FP: 1,269, Q: 642 and Tanala: 3,260, with Star Of Opera listed as favourite and the winner owned by Mr. Kothapally Phani Krishna and trained by B. Mukesh Kumar.
Ojas Maximus (Suraj Narredu) won the Kamareddy Trophy (1,200m) in 1m 12.66s, finishing a half-length ahead of Cosmic Gift (Trevor), with Home Run (Akshay K) third and N R I Crypto Power (B.R. Kumar) fourth; Excalibur was not run. The margin sequence was 1/2, 2-1/4 and 2, the win paid ₹22, 12, 10 and 20 (place) and the race recorded SHP: 33, THP: 42, FP: 72, Q: 42 and Tanala: 188; Ojas Maximus was the favourite and is owned by Mr. Vijay Anand Jangiti, trained by S. Sreekant. In the Osman Sagar Trophy (Div. I, 1,400m) Digital Empress (P. Ajeeth Kumar) prevailed by 3/4 from Grit ‘N’ Grace (Mukesh K), Golden Aura (Sonu K) third and Gacchanmanasvin (Swarup S) fourth in 1m 27.57s; the win returned ₹16, 14, 10 and 10 (place) and posted SHP: 29, THP: 31, FP: 30, Q: 19 and Tanala: 85, with Digital Empress as favourite and trained by L.V.R. Deshmukh.
First Kiss (Mukesh Kumar) captured the Armagnac Plate (1,100m) in 1m 07.80s, beating Inderdhanush (Kuldeep Sr.) by 3-1/4, with My Day (Gaurav) third and Phoebus (Trevor) fourth; the official tote was ₹38, 24, 45 and 17 (place) and the race figures read SHP: 123, THP: 55, FP: 735, Q: 453 and Tanala: 2,211, with My Day the pre-race favourite. The Own Opinion Plate (1,200m) was won by Sporting Touch (Sonu Kumar) in 1m 15.56s, a length-and-a-quarter ahead of Ashwa Vivegam (Gaurav), Char Ek Char (Kuldeep Sr.) third and Hopewell Island (G. Naresh) fourth; Vidyutprabhava and Amboseli were not run, the margins were 1-1/4, 6-1/2 and 1-1/4, and the tote paid ₹24, 13, 11 and 15 (place) with SHP: 36, THP: 45, FP: 53, Q: 27 and Tanala: 144, Sporting Touch listed behind favourite Ashwa Vivegam and trained by Neelesh Rawal.
The meeting reported Jackpot and consolation pool figures: Jackpot 70% returned ₹3,025 (223 tickets) and 30% ₹315 (916 tickets). Mini Jackpot paid (i) ₹510 (112 tickets) and (ii) ₹1,386 (64 tickets), while the Treble paid (i) ₹315 (95 tickets) and (ii) ₹748 (64 tickets).