L. D’Silva-trained Montpelier was ably ridden by Imran Chisty to clinch The VIF Godolphin Barb Million (Grade III), the main event of the races held here on Sunday.
Results
1. The Elusive Pimpernel Plate (Div-II) 1200 m: Florentine 60.5 (K. Anil) 1, Sun Ray 55.5 (Imran Chisty) 2, Royal Scotsman 55.5 (A.K. Pawar) 3, Genius Queen 56 (P.Sai Kumar) 4. Won by: 2-1/2, 1-1/4, 1-3/4. Time: 1:14.40. Favourite: Florentine. Winner owned by: Mr M.A.M.R. Muthiah. Winner trained by: K. Satheesh.
2. The Elusive Pimpernel Plate (Div-I) 1200m: Ace Star 51 (G. Sai Vamshi) 1, Indian Warrior 60.5 (A.Imran Khan) 2, Sugar Deal 60.5 (Ashhad Asbar) 3, Star Engagement 56.5 (Satish Nayak) 4. Won by: ½, 2, 4. Time: 1:14.32. Favourite: Indian Warrior. Winner owned by: Mr Sarasam Madhusudan Reddy. Winner trained by: J. Silvester.
3. The Umraolal Gupta Memorial Cup 1200m: Kohinoor Wish 62 (C.Henrique) 1, Dancing Touch 49 (Ashhad Asbar) 2, Arrow In Auto Mode 49 (R. Laxmikant) 3, Young Soldier 49.5 (P.S. Chouhan) 4. Won by: 1, Nk, ¾. Time: 1:11.23. Favourite: Kohinoor Wish. Winner owned by: Mr Anand Nalla. Winner trained by: Anupam Sharma. Withdrawn: Splendid Act.
4. The Mount Everest Plate 1100m: Yakshagana 61 (C. Henrique) 1, Celtic Rose 57.5 (N. Rawal) 2, Pavan 59 (Deep Shanker) 3, Indian Epic 59 (Ch. K. Chary) 4. Won by: 1-1/4, 1-1/4, 1-1/2. Time: 1:05.59. Favourite: Days Of Thunder. Winner owned by: Dr D. Ravi Chowdary, Col K.S. Garcha & Mr Anand Boddapaty. Winner trained by Anupam Sharma.
5. The M.C.E.M.E. Rolling Trophy (Div-I) 1800 m: Toli Toli Toli 55 (K. Anil) 1, Nasheeta 61.5 (A. Imran Khan) 2, Ache For Love 51.5 (C. Henrique) 3, West Minister 56.5 (Ajit Kumar) 4. Won by: 3, 3, Nk. Time: 1:53.34. Favourite: Nasheeta. Winner owned by: Mr M. Ramachandra Rao. Winner trained by: R.H. Sequeira.
6. The Smt.Teegala Sulochana Reddy Memorial Cup 1600 m: So Super 48.5 (A.K. Pawar) 1, Nano Desire 53.5 (C. Henrique) 2, Hawkspring 54.5 (A. Imran Khan) 3, Cannon Ten 55 (N. Rawal) 4. Won by: Nk, 1, 1-1/2. Time: 1:41.21. Favourite: Hawkspring. Winner owned by: M/s Mir Hyder Ali Khan & Laksh Bhatia. Winner trained by: S.A. Shehzad Abbas.
7. The vif godolphin barb million (grade ii) 1400m: Montpelier 54 (Imran Chisty) 1, Winning Tactics 49 (P.S. Chouhan) 2, Dark Avenger 54.5 (A. Imran Khan) 3, Brahmani 52.5 (C.Henrique) 4. Won by: 2, 1-1/4, 2-1/2. Time: 1:26.63. Favourite: Montpelier. Winner owned by: M/s T. Vinayak Ravi Reddy, P.K. Iyer & Vijay Reddy Tikkavarapu. Winner trained by: L. D’Silva.
8. The M.C.E.M.E. Rolling Trophy (Div-II) 1800 m: Price Warrior 53.5 (K. Anil) 1, Kohinoor Victory 55 (Ajit Kumar) 2, Invincible India 49 (A.K. Pawar) 3, Queens Craft 54.5 (A. Imran Khan) 4. Won by: 1, 4, 1-1/4.
Time: 1:52.45. Favourite: Vijaykeerti. Winner owned by: Dr M.A.M. Ramaswamy. Winner trained by: K. Satheesh. Withdrawn: Front Line.
9. The Aberader Plate 1400 m: Audacious 54.5 (A. Imran Khan) 1, Sea Runner 57.5 (A.K. Pawar) 2 dead-heat, Seno Rita 56.5 (Ashhad Asbar) 2 dead-heat, Lioness Heart 51.5 (G.Sai Vamshi) 4. Won by: Dist, Dead-Heat, 2-1/2. Time: 1:25.93. Favourite: Audacious. Winner owned by: M/s Gulam Hussain Gulabi & M. Majid Ali Khan. Winner trained by: D. Netto.
Withdrawn: Bound For Glory & Royal Bird.