KARACHI, Feb 11: Six-year-old bay horse King Of Sanghar established his credentials when he lowered the colours of hot favourite filly Abhi Abhi for the second consecutive time to land Jashan-e-Baharan Cup on a day of upsets in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.

Jockey Arshad steered King Of Sanghar to a facile five-length victory over the public fancy filly who was tipped to make amends of the previous loss.

Finishing two-and-a-half lengths away was mare Makina while another mare Savabeel completed the frame.

On the whole, it was a bad day for the punters as bookmakers had a field day with six of the seven races on card producing upset results.

Punters who have a miserable day got a sigh of relief in the concluding race when fancied five-year-old bay horse Tharkyee continued his giant killing run to post three-and-a-half lengths victory over colt Moon Raker.

This was fifth successive win of Tharkyee since the start of the year which speaks of his excellent form. The win enabled rider Arshad to complete a good back-to-back double.

In the two preceding races Tharkyee’s hot favourite stable mates — three-year-old bay colt Sir Jee and three-year-old bay filly Phapha Kutni — were edged out by outsiders.

Four-year-old dark bay filly Black Girl with Tariq Baran astride stunned Sir Jee by three-quarter-of-a-length while mare Ouija Board toppled Phapha Kutni in a photo-finish by short head.

Syed Nadeem Anwar turned out to be successful owner of the day when his two horses — The Princess Arab and Birj-ul-Arab — topped the field in the second and third races.

The former beat Lucky Leader by two-and-a-half lengths while the latter beat Smiling Face by three-quarter-of-a-length.

Earlier, the opener ended in a blaze of glory for unfancied New Ferrari who ousted joint favourite Shah Pasand by half length. Second joint favourite Queen Of Awan finished fourth. The next Gymkhana race meeting will be held on Wednesday.

Results:

THE FLOWER PLATE DIV III CLASS VII 5F:

New Ferrari (Akbar Ali Qureshi) 8-1 Fahim K 1, Shah Pasand 9-0 M. Khizer 2, Lucky Senior 8-5 M. Alam 3, Queen Of Awan 8-8 M. Nasir 4. Won by 1/2L, 1 1/2L, 1/2L. Time: 1 min 7 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mansoor Alam.

THE FLOWER PLATE DIV II CLASS VII 5F:

The Princess Arab (Syed Nadeem Anwar) 8-6(cr8-2) Nazil Hussain 1, Lucky Leader 9-0 Khalid Amin 2, Champion Express 8-3 Fahim K 3, Sweet Grandy 9-2 Asghar Ali 4. Won by 2 1/2L, 5L, 1/2L. Time: 1 min 6 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Ghulam Channa.

THE FLOWER PLATE DIV I CLASS VII 5F:

Birj-ul-Arab (Syed Nadeem Anwar) 9-2 M. Yousuf 1, Smiling Face 8-4 M. Nasir 2, Jawan Bakht 9-2 Mohammad Essa 3, Kat Mandu 9-5(cr9-2) Waheed Baran 4. Won by 3/4L, S. Head, Dist. Time: 1 min 7 sec.

Winner trained by Ghulam Channa.

THE MULTAN PLATE 5F:

Black Girl (S. M. Wasi Zaidi and Shamim Ara Begum) 9-0 Tariq Baran 1, Sir Jee 9-0 Mohammad Essa 2, Can’t Catch Me 8-5 Waheed Baran 3, Patricia 8-4 M. Waseem II 4. Won by 3/4L, 2 1/2L, 3 3/4L. Time: 1 min 5 sec.

Winner trained by S. A. Zaidi.

THE MILLAN PLATE CLASS V DIV II 6F:

Ouija Board (Syed Ismail Shah) 9-0 Ghulam Shabbir II 1, Phapha Kutni 8-7 Mohammad Essa 2, Sindh Malook 8-7 M. Nasir 3, Gwenivare 8-6 Fahim K 4. Won by S. Head, 3/4L, 2 1/2L. Time: 1 min 17 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by S. Ehtisham.

THE JASHAN-E-BAHARAN CUP 6F:

King Of Sanghar (Kamal Farooq and Tanveer Mirza) 9-0 Arshad 1, Abhi Abhi 7-8 Mohammad Essa 2, Makina 9-6 Mujahid Ali 3, Savabeel 8-12 M. Amjad 4. Won by 5L, 2 1/2L, Dist. Time: 1 min 16 1/5 sec.

Winner trained by Irfan.

THE POONA PLATE CLASS IV & V DIV I & II 6F:

Tharkyee (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 8-10 Arshad 1, Moon Raker 8-1 Mumtaz Ali 2, Reyan King 9-0 Ashiq Ali 3, Stormy Kiss 9-0 M. Nasir 4. Won by 3 1/2L, 4L, 2 1/2L. Time: 1 min 18 2/5 sec.

Winner trained by Mumtaz Ali.