Michael Eshwer-trained Sand Dune was given a brilliant ride by Y.S. Srinath to bag the Shimmering Gold Cup, the feature even of the races held here on Wednesday.
Results:
1. The Bhagamandala Plate (Div-II) 1400 m: Trafalgar Square 51½ (Sarvan Kumar) 1, South Paradise 57½ (V. R. Jagadeesh) 2, Prince Ashwin 56½ (S. Selvaraj) 3, Prowl King 54½ (Santosh Kumar) 4. Won by: 3¼, 1¼, 1¾. Time: 1:29.39.
2. The Bhagamandala Plate (Div-I) 1400 m: Sequana 58 (Noorullah) 1, Time Matters 56 (A. Vishwanath) 2, True Fashion 58 (H. G. Rathod) 3, Supreme Strength 56½ (P. Mani) 4. Won by: 1, ¾, 1¾. Time: 1:28.03.
3. The Reshmi Art Plate 1600 m: Absolute Reality 52 (R. Vaibhav) 1, Bold Police 60 (S. John) 2, Flaming Arrow 59 (Afsar Khan) 3, Iron Marshall 54½ (Y. S. Srinath) 4. Won by: 2, 1, 1½. Time: 1:38.15.
4. The Aihole Plate 1200 m: Alizadeh 54 (S. John) 1, Highland Flame 54½ (Janardhan Paswan) 2, Own Way 54 (Vijay Kumar) 3, Bucethalis 55½ (S. Shiva Kumar) 4. Won by: Nose, 3¼, Hd. Time: 1:12.60.
5. The Nagpur Plate 1200 m: Enforcer 53½ (V. R. Jagadeesh) 1, Best Move 56 (Janardhan Paswan) 2, Sun Device 62 (S. Mallikarjun) 3, Time Secret 58½ (S. John) 4. Won by: Nk, 2, Nose. Time: 1:14.69.
6. The Simhaghad Plate (Div-II) 1400 m: Color Me 53½ (Sarvan Kumar) 1, Boston Ranger 57 (V. R. Jagadeesh) 2, One In All 52 (Shivnath Paswan) 3, Kapathos 57½ (R. Vaibhav) 4. Won by: 2¼, 1½, 1¼. Time: 1:26.05.
7. The Shimmering Gold Cup 1200 m: Sand Dune 55 (Y. S. Srinath) 1, Esoterical 50½ (Janardhan Paswan) 2, Alabama 53½ (R. Marshall) 3, Heavenly Divas 53½ (V. R. Jagadeesh) 4. Won by: 4¾, 1½, 3½. Time: 1:13.89.
8. The Simhaghad Plate (Div-I) 1400 m: Super Sha 53½ (Irvan Singh) 1, Bella Coola 57½ (Noorullah) 2, Wynn 60½ (R. Vaibhav) 3, Winning Desire 57½ (P. Mani) 4. Won by: 2, 3, 1¾. Time: 1:26.24.
9. The Manipal Plate 1400 m: Vertex 54½ (Irvan Singh) 1, Snow Peaks 54 (Saddam Hussain) 2, Rising Queen 55 (V. R. Jagadeesh) 3, Faustian 58 (J. Paswan) 4. Won by: 1, 2, Snk. Time: 1:26.44.