LAHORE, Oct 19: Fancied colt Dubai Fan outpaced his rivals to land the Islamabad Cup over the sprinting distance of 1,200 metres in a run away success during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.The colt from Dubai Edition out-of-Fanim, an English mare was given a brilliant ride by jockey Shahid Rehman.

The colt’s scintillating display of speed was completed in one minute 14 1/5 seconds. The winner had six lengths to spare over the half-money favourite, the filly Princess Ginza.

Owned by Syed Parvaiz Hussain, Dubai Fan, a three-to-two second favourite was trained by the champion trainer Sohail Aziz. This was the fourth race in racing order.

In the supporting and sixth race, the fancied colt Desert Prince Lived up to his star billing defying the top weight of 10 stones and four pounds to win the Phularwan Plate, a class IV handicap race run over the 1,200 metres distance.

The 80-to-100 favourite colt owned by Mirza Khurshid Baig/Zaheer Aslam and ridden by jockey Aamir Parvaiz put up a monstrous performance to leave his five rivals staggering far behind and ending up with a nine lengths’ triumph over the chestnut horse Sher-e-Gujrat.

The filly Lucky Cat finished third with the bay horse Charismatic coming fourth.

Desert Prince clocked one minute 13 1/5 seconds. This was Desert Prince’s second triumph in a row.Yet another high class performance came from the filly Dixie, owned by Malik Hamid Ali Noon and trained by Haji Fazal Hadi, in the fifth race.

Dixie came from far behind to take the lead in the dying moments to beat Punjabi by three-fourth of a length. It was a breathtaking finish.

The colt Punjabi took a flying start and led all the way till there were only 50 metres to go when Dixie leaped ahead to win the race by less than a length’s margin.

But the most impressive winner of the afternoon was three-year-old filly Soviet Song, who won the third race in a come from behind style. She beat bay filly Iconic by five lengths with the filly Philogyny nosed out to third position.

Jockey Shahid Rehman rode three winners in a fantastic show of horsemanship. He partnered Soviet Song, Dubai Fan and Dixie in the third, fourth and fifth race, respectively.

A large holiday crowd witnessed the wonderful performances by horses like Desert Prince, Dixie and Soviet Song to their delight.

All favourite and second favourites swept the six event card decided in the afternoon.

Results:

CHAKWAL PLATE CLASS VI

DIV II 1,200M:

Al Ain (Ali Mohammad Al-Shamsi) 9-0 Shakeel Mahmood 1; Mikado 8-6 Aamir Parvaiz 2; Scarlet Empress 9-5 Khalil Vicky 3 and Amazing Mission 8-6 M. Hussain 4.

Won by ¾ L, 4 ½ L, 8 L. Time one minute 17 seconds.

Winner trained by Haji Abid Mehmood.

CHAKWAL PLATE CLASS VI

DIV I 1,200M:

High Jet (Haroon Ali) 8-4 Naseer Ahmad 1; Blue Fire 8-0 Fareed Ali 2; Trump Coup 9-0 Shahid Rehman 3 and Dream Memories 9-0 A. Imran 4.

Won by 4 L, ½ L, ¾ L. Time one minute 15 seconds.

Winner trained by Choudhry Khurrum Hussain.

ISLAMABAD PLATE CLASS V

DIV II 1,200M:

Soviet Song (Fawad Ahmad Cheema) 8-4 Shahid Rehman 1; Iconic 9-0 Khalil Vicky 2; Philogyny 8-3 Javed Iqbal 3 and The News 8-6 Alam Sher 4.

Won by 5 L, Neck, 6 L. Time one minute 14 2/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Imran.

ISLAMABAD CUP CLASS V

DIV I 1,200M:

Dubai Fan (Syed Parvaiz Hussain) 8-11 Shahid Rehman 1; Princess Ginza 8-4 Shakeel Mahmood 2; Raksh-e-Raqeeban 8-4 Khalil Vicky 3 and Eve 9-0 Javed Iqbal 4.

Won by 6 L, 2 ¾ L, 7 L. Time one minute 14 1/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.

PHULWARAN PLATE CLASS IV

DIV II & III 1,200M:

Dixie (Malik Hamid Ali Noon) 9-0 Shahid Rehman 1; Punjabi 8-0 Naseer Ahmad 2; Tuba First 8-13 Shakeel Mahmood 3 and Rags To Riches 9-0 Khalil Vicky 4.

Won by ¾ L, Distance, 4 L. Time one minute 12 seconds.

Winner trained by Haji Fazal Hadi.

PHULWARAN PLATE CLASS IV

DIV I & II 1,200M:

Desert Prince (Mirza Khurshid Baig/ Zaheer Aslam) 10-4 Aamir Parvaiz 1; Sher-e-Gurat 9-0 A. Imran 2; Lucky Cat 80 Sajjad Hussain 3 and Charismatic 8-5 Naseer Ahmad 4.

Won by 9 L, 1 ¼ L, 3 3/4 L. Time one minute 13 1/5 seconds.

Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.