KARACHI: Co-favourite bay horse Hi Alert overcame victory jinx galloping to a length victory over bay horse Achilles to clinch the Blessings Cup in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.
He was placed second in his last three outings before winning his maiden race of the year.
The victorious horse from the stables of Khadim Hussain was sent by trainer Amjad Ali and piloted home by rider Fahim. K in 0.521/5 seconds in the four furlongs race.
Bay horses My Boy and other co-favourite Epsom occupied third and fourth places by three and four lengths respectively among seven starters.
Earlier, the day witnessed cancellation of fourth and concluding race which was also the day’s feature event for want of competition after four of the five horses were scratched in morning declaration following various ailments due to heat and humidity.
Moreover, five other horses could not make it to the competition as they were also scratched in the morning.
At the outset, bay horse Faisal Crown made amends when he edged bay horse Money Shower by neck in a close finish to claim honours in the first race.
He was guided to victory by rider Waheed Baran in 0.534/5 seconds in the four furlongs contest that featured a field of 10 horses.
Mare Baby Champion fell third by neck while public fancy bay horse Canadian King had to be content with fourth place by another half length.
Favourite chestnut horse Meharban obliged all and sundry registering a length-and-a-quarter victory over mare Little Darling to open his account for the year.
He was steered to success by rider Sohail Ahmed in 0.531/5 seconds in four furlongs.
Mare Stifee and bay horse Faisal King followed the top two in same order by head and three lengths respectively.
Meanwhile, the next Gymkhana race meeting will be held on April 16 (Sunday).
Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2023
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