Four cup events highlight Lahore races.

LAHORE -- Four cup events highlight a seven-race-card drawn for the 21st Lahore Winter Meeting which gets under way here at the Racecourse on Sunday.

The day's races in which 65 acceptors are likely to take part will feature thoroughbred from among the country's top breed.

The feature event, Blooming Maid Cup, a term-race for three-year-olds to be contested over 1,300 metres has seven progenies of top sires in which three colts - Bella Verde, Al Ravi and Buraq - should measure each other's strides.

The supporting event, Winter Cup, a handicap race of Class VII Division II to be gone over 1,100 metres, features nine runners from top sires to fight for victory.

Two colts - Loyal One co-owned by Mian Khan and Asif Mahmood, and Champ co-owned by Mian Mahir Ahmad and Mahmood Rafi - who have had disappointing runs in their previous outings, will seek to establish credibility of their breeding credentials.

Colts Awami Leader and Fast And Furious will be fighAting for a place on the board. The race carries a beauty as all runners will be out to break their maiden's...