Special One gallops to Jinnah Cup triumph at Lahore races.

LAHORE -- Chestnut colt Special One lived up to his star billing by powering to victory in the prestigious Jinnah Cup during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

The son of Irish sire Kavango, favourite Special One, ridden by jockey Deenar Mirwani and trained by Haji Abid Mahmood, gave the co-owners Mian Khan and Asif Mahmood their third win in seven outings to date He emphatically beat filly Rapunzel Beauty by five lengths with colt Ibram Prince third, another over three lengths back. Filly Sajni lost stamina nearing the finish post to be content with fourth place, a length back.

The winner recorded one minute 6 2/5 seconds over the 1,100-metre race distance. The owners received the cup from Lahore Race Club (LRC) co-opted steward retired Col Naeem Sarwar amidst roars from the jubilant crowd.

The winner was a 50-100 favourite.

The equally important Christmas Cup was won by bay filly Widad, which was astutely ridden by jockey Tahir Abbas to give the trainer Haji Abid Mahmood double honour of winning both the cup races on a big occasion.

It was a tale of fluctuating fortune as a quartet fought for the top honours and the winner owned by Malik Salman Khalid came from behind to overtake front running trio to manage a two length success over Royal Solution owned by Syed Sibghatullah Shah 111 Pir Pagara VIII. Breaking Bad running ahead of the field in most of the distance of 1,100-metre race fell back to third position with Mr Gondal completing the board. The race was run at a slow pace and the time recorded was one minute 15 4/5 seconds for 1,200 metres. The winning owner received the cup from steward Mahmood Rafi Khan.

Shortly before the start the city received light shower that made the race track wet and the stewards delayed the start of races by an hour.

Meanwhile, LRC announced to hold the next winter meeting on Saturday than Sunday.

Results:

THE BLUE ERA PLATE CLASS VII DIV V - 1,000M:

Zahid Love (Zaman Khan) 7-10, Javed Iqbal 1; Golden Pound 8-10, Ali Raza 2; Anmole One 7-10, Munir Hussain 3; Bright Gold 9-0, Mohammad Sajjad 4.

Won by 1A1/2 L, 3 L, A1/2 L. Time: one minute 73/5 seconds. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

THE BLUE ERA PLATE CLASS VII DIV V (MAIDENS) - 1,000M:

Taha Princess (Ansar Abbas) 8-10, Mubashir Bhatti 1; Royal Ascot 9-2, Tahir Abbas 2; Easy Go 7-10, Kashif Arshad 3; Black Storm 7-10, Safdar Ali...

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