LAHORE, Nov 16: Odds-on favourite bay mare, Song Of Peace, with jockey Javed Iqbal in the saddle, lifted the Mianwali Cup run  over  1200m during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.

Backed confidently at 30 to 100 favourite, Song Of Peace, lived upto her status of hot favouritism and beat long shot Free My  Heart  by over three lengths.

The roan Green Hill finished third,  two and three-fourth of a length back, after  nosing  out Sugar And Honey to fourth position.

Song Of Peace was lying fourth during major part of the  race and on entering into the straight jockey Javed Iqbal charged  her which  she responded quickly to emerge leader and win easily.  In all, 16 contenders took part in the race. This was the fifth race of the day.

A  race later bay colt Saqi ran splendidly to win  the  sup porting  event, the Hasan Abdal Plate, a class IV handicap  race, run over 1400m in a start to finish bid.

He clocked a fast timing of one minute 26 2/5 seconds over the distance.  Fancied Snow Drop, with jockey Mubarik Ali astride, chasing the winner throughout the race was second, a distance behind. Chestnut filly Flame  and  bay  mare Hataf Sara completed the  frame  among  17 runners.

Punters had a profitable Sunday when on a fast going their well-backed fancies obliged them one after the other in a  card of seven races.

They  began the proceedings on a happy note when two  to  one joint  favourite  bay mare Lucky Credit Queen, inspite  of  going wide in the straight, won the opener defeating Jati Sati by three lengths. The winner was partnered skillfully by jockey A.  Aziz. In  the subsequent events favourites romped home to complete  the tally  till the seventh and concluding race bagged by 70 to  100 favourite Canopy.

Jockey Javed Iqbal and trainer I. Nawab, won the day’s racing honours  when  they teamed up to finish  the  hectic  afternoon’s proceedings with a brace of winners. Their winners were Song  Of Peace in the fifth race and canopy in the last.

The  Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards were not satisfied  with the performance of a mare Storm Bird and two colts, Flood Of Gold and Weldon Shogun, who finished among also ran. They fined their trainers,  i.e  Amjad Ali II (Storm Bird) rupees  ten  thousand, Khurrum  Hussain  (Flood Of Gold) rupees ten  thousand  and  Haji Badar  (Weldon Shogun) rupees five thousand for in and out  run ning of their charges. They were also given a stern warning.

Results.

CHUNIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 1000M.

Lucky Credit Queen (Hasan Parvez Akhtar) 8-6 A. Aziz 1.  Jati Sati  9-0  Majid Khan 2. Opening Partner 8-2 Qasim Shah  3.  Wall Street 7-12 Shahid Mustafa 4.

Won  by 3 L, 3 1/2 L, 1/2 L. Time one min 2 3/5  secs. Winner trained by Choudhry Mohammed Siddiq.

CHUNIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 1000M.

The Assassin (Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah and S. N. Haider) 9-0 A.  Imran 1. Velvet Green 8-5 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2.  Government’s Gift 8-13 Javed Bashir 3. Golden Heart 8-11 M. Kashif 4.

Won by Short-head, 8 L, 2 L. Time one min 2 2/5  secs. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.

CHUNIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 1000M.

Gun Salute (Mian Hamid Mahmood) 8-12 Rehman Ali (II) 1. Madam Lorina  9-1  Azhar Hussain 2. Thank You Boss 9-0  Qasim  Shah  3. Dancing Margina 8-2 Iqbal Khan 4.

Won  by 2 1/2 L, 1 L, 3/4 L. Time one min 2  4/5  secs. Winner trained by Khurrum Hussain.

CHUNIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1000M.

Lucky Winner (Choudhry Mumtaz Ahmad Duga) 8-10 Javaid  Choud hry 1. Rising Sun 8-4 M. Zeeshan 2. Gold Rush 8-10 Qasim Shah 3. Much Pleasure 8-11 Iqbal Khan 4.

Won  by  2  1/2 L, Short-head, 1 1/4 L. Time  one  min 2 secs. Winner trained by Shahzad Ali.

MIANWALI CUP CLASS V DIV I & II 1200M.

Song Of Peace (Israr Ahmad) 8-6 Javed Iqbal 1. Free My  Heart 7-5  A. Aziz 2. Green Hill 7-9 Azhar Hussain 3. Sugar And  Honey 9-0 Salah-ud-Din (II) 4.

Won by 3 1/4 L, 2 3/4 L, Short-head. Time one min 14  2/5 secs. Winner trained by I. Nawab.

HASAN ABDAL PLATE CLASS IV DIV I & II 1400M.

Saqi  (Javaid  Mawaz)  8-7 Khurrum Sheikh 1.  Snow  Drop  9-2 Mubarik  Ali 2. Flame 7-13 Faisal Tahir 3. Hataf Sara  9-2  Qasim Shah 4.

Won  by Distance, 3 L, Head. Time one min 26 2/5  secs. Winner trained by Malik Manga Khan.

CHUNIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 1000M.

Canopy  (Zaheer Aslam) 7-13 Javed Iqbal 1. Royal  Performance 8-13 Waqas Sheikh 2. Brown Bomber 7-12 Majid Khan 3. Knock First 8-9 Rehman Ali (II) 4.

Won  by  6 1/4 L, 2 L, 2 1/4 L. Time one min 3  secs. Winner trained by I. Nawab.