KARACHI, Oct 5: Jockey Mohammad Essa galloped home five winners, including a hat-trick, in a card of 11 where five outsiders dodged the punters by reigning supreme in the post Eid-ul-Fitr festivity at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Essa, a former champion jockey, was the pick of the day as he demonstrated his acumen leaving his contemporaries behind.

He came into prominence piloting King Of Kinjher, Marista and Sayeen Jee home in the first three races to complete the hat-trick. All the three had settled for second place in their last run.

Together with Essa, trainer Sher Mohammad also rose to the occasion with a hat-trick.

Following Sayeen Jee’s triumph, he presented owner Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara with The Sprint Championship steering the long shot to one-and-a-quarter lengths’ victory over favourite Fair Diamond in the sixth race. Making his appearance after a layoff, colt Fair Diamond failed to catch up Abhi Abhi as rider Nasir was not cent percent fit.

Essa completed his feat when he stormed favourite three-year-old bay filly Dilruba to an exciting two-and-a-half lengths’ victory in the last race. The filly was not backed by connections in the last outing.

The win also enabled Pir Pagara to complete a treble (Sayeen Jee, Abhi Abhi and Dilruba).

Debutant two-year-old chestnut colt Kartoos pulled off the first upset when he landed The Eid Millan Cup in his maiden appearance by getting the better of another debutant Shooter by one-and-a-half lengths. The connection backed Kartoos over 3 Knot 3.

Another outsider filly Claim To Fame claimed The Admiral’s Stakes registering a facile three lengths’ victory over filly Moomal. Favourite filly The Victorious ran below form and finished off the board.

As predicted, four-year-old bay colt Ace Of Base completed a hat-trick posting an impressive six lengths’ victory over Taizper.

Similarly, mare Royal Loyalty made it three on the trot beating Mushki by nine lengths. Favourite Haram Tob failed to find a place on the board. Royal Loyalty has shown marked improvement recently.

Fillies Crown Prince and Guess Its Me won the remaining two races.

Rider Tariq Baran also rode home a brace of winners — Kartoos and Ace Of Base.

The next Gymkhana race meeting will be held on Oct 12.

Results:

THE EID MILLAN PLATE FOR UNKNOWN HORSES 5F:

King Of Kinjher (Syed Rehmatullah Rashdi) 9-4, Mohammad Essa 1; Green Kinjher 8-11 (cr8-4), Irfan Shahwani 2; Hello Again 7-10, Sohail Ahmed 3; Tabiedar 8-2, M. Manzoor 4.

Won by 14L, 3L, 2L. Time: One min 7 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Sher Mohammad.

THE EID MILLAN PLATE DIV V CLASS VII 5F:

Marista (Sher Mohammad) 8-13, Mohammad Essa 1; Princess Zara 9-1, Fahim K 2; Ghabra 7-10, Latif 3; Hamza Prince 7-11, Shahzad Gul 4.

Won by 12L, 4 1/2L, 6L. Time: One min 6 1/5 sec. Winner trained by owner.

THE EID MILLAN PLATE DIV I CLASS VII 5F:

Sayeen Jee (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 9-4, Mohammad Essa 1; Bam Bamm 9-0, Ghulam Shabbir II 2; Mr. Mention Not 8-4, Pervez Ali 3; Play Boy 8-3, M. Amjad 4.

Won by 3L, 2L, 1 1/4L. Time: One min 4 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Sher Mohammad.

THE EID MILLAN CUP FOR

TWO-YEAR-OLD PAK COLTS

AND FILLIES 5F:

Kartoos (Syed Naveed Anwar) 8-0 (cr8-5), Tariq Baran 1; Shooter 8-4, Zaki Zakir 2; Army Of One 8-7, Fahim K 3; Blue Water 7-11 (cr8-6), Arshad 4.

Won by 1 1/2L, 2L, 4 1/2L. Time: One min 4 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Ghulam Channa.

THE EID MILLAN PLATE

CLASS VI 6F:

Crown Prince (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar) 8-12, M. Nasir 1; Speed Of Arab 8-12, Arshad 2; Moon Baby 8-0, Ghulam Shabbir II 3; Leopard Of Arab 7-12, Zaki Zakir 4.

Won by 12L, 8L, 1/2L. Time: One min 17 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.

THE SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP CUP CLASS I, II, III 6F:

Abhi Abhi (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 9-2, Mohammad Essa 1; Fair Diamond 9-2, M. Nasir 2; Diamond In Dust 8-5, Ghulam Shabbir II 3; Phapha Kutni 9-4, Zaheer Ahmed 4.

Won by 1 1/4L, 2 1/4L, Dist. Time: One min 14 4/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.

THE EID MILLAN PLATE

CLASS V DIV I AND II 6F:

Ace Of Base (Amjad Hussain) 8-4, Tariq Baran 1; Taizper 9-4, Mohammad Essa 2; Savabeel 8-5, Fahim K 3; Royal King 8-10, Kashif Qamar 4.

Won by 6L, 5 1/2L, 8L. Time: One min 16 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Ramzan A.

THE ADMIRAL’S STAKES FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD COLTS

AND FILLIES 7F:

Claim To Fame (Syed Sadruddin Shah) 8-11, Ghulam Shabbir II 1; Moomal 8-11, Kashif Qamar 2; Fast Track 9-0, M. Nasir 3; Stryde By Stryde 9-0, Fahim K 4.

Won by 3L, 6L, 3/4L. Time: One min 31 3/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Rafiq K.

THE EID MILLAN PLATE DIV IV CLASS VII 5F:

Guess Its Me (Beenish Hasan) 8-12, Rehan Ahmed 1; Victory Prince 8-3, Tauheed Ali 2; New Ferrari 9-4, Fahim K 3; Catch It 8-7, Mohammad Umar 4.

Won by 2L, 6L, 7L. Time: One min 7 4/5 sec. Winner trained by Abid Ali Jan.

THE EID MILLAN PLATE DIV III CLASS VII 5F:

Royal Loyalty (Ibrahim) 8-11, Arshad 1; Mushki 9-0, Mumtaz Ali 2; Lady Clever 8-10, Riaz Ahmed 3; Princess Rozi 9-3, Farasat Khan 4.

Won by 9L, 1/2L, 4L. Time: One min 6 1/5 sec. Winner trained by owner.

THE EID MILLAN PLATE DIV II CLASS VII 5F:

Dilruba (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 8-12, Mohammad Essa 1; Novaho’s Glory 8-5, Waheed 2; Bullet Of Arab 8-8, Zaki Zakir 3; Moon Dazzler 8-10, Ashiq Ali 4.

Won by 2 1/2L, 7L, 2 1/2L. Time: one min 5 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Sher Mohammad.