Deccan Chronicle racing correspondent M. Rangan won the best tipster award with 70 winners to his credit during the Hyderabad Monsoon season. The winners were announced on Tuesday. Imran Khan was adjudged the best jockey.
The winners:
champion trainer: L.V.R. Deshmukh (22 wins); champion jockey: Imran Khan (36 wins); Champion indian jockey/app jockey: G. Sai Vamshi (12 wins); leading individual owner: Capt Jamshed J. Appoo (`64,40,400 stake money); Leading Individual owner (Horses based at hyderabad): K. Krishna Kumar (`37,54,980 stake money); Leading joint owners: M/s Vijay Racing & Farms Pvt. Ltd, rep. by M/s Vijay Kumar Gupta & Susheel Kumar Gupta and M/s Pratap Racecitement Pvt. Ltd, rep. by M/s D. Pratap Chander Reddy & Ashish Bajaj (`97,16,153 stake money); Leading bookmaker: M/s Afsar & Co. (`69,19,240 fieldmoney); Leading tipster: A) Deccan Chronicle (M. Rangan) (70 wins) B) Lucky Race Special Card (Sathyanarayan Yadav) (80 wins); Champion horse: Ordained One, owned by: Dr M.A.M. Ramaswamy; trained by: S. Ganapathy; Horse of the season: Vijay Damini, owned by: M/s Pratap Racecitement Private Limited, rep. by M/s D. Pratap Chander Reddy & Ashish Bajaj and M/s Vijay Racing & Farms Private Limited rep. by M/s Vijay Kumar Gupta & Mr Susheel Kumar Gupta; Winning horse trained by: L.V.R. Deshmukh).