D Minchu lives up to the billing in the Leap Year Plate (Div. I)
HYDERABAD: Trainer G. Sandeep’s D Minchu, ridden by Deepak Singh, won the Leap Year Plate (Div. I), the main event of the concluding day’s races of the Hyderabad Winter Races on Thursday (Feb. 29). The winner is owned by Mr. B.M. Dayananda. Trainer R.H.Sequeira saddled three winners on the day. (B.R. Kumar) 1, Vital Sign (Abhay Singh) 2, Mikimoto (Kuldeep Singh ( Jr) ) 3 and Desert Hero (Shivansh)
4. Neck, Head and 11/2. 1m, 27.42s. ₹79 (w), 15, 13 and 12 (p). SHP: 37, THP: 54, SHW: 32 and 26, FP: 383, Q: 240, Tanala: 1,224. Favourite: Desert Hero. Owner: Mr. Y. Damodar. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira.
2. LEAP YEAR PLATE (DIV. II) : SUN DANCER (Afroz Khan) 1, D Yes Boss (Deepak Singh) 2, Clefairy (P. Sai Kumar) 3 and Garnet (Ajay Kumar)
4. 1, Shd and 11/2. 1m, 10.97s. ₹102 (w), 19, 22 and 12 (p). SHP: 84, THP: 46, SHW: 59 and 165, FP: 1,090, Q: 804, Tanala: 3,711. Favourite: Garnet. Owners: Mr. Atul Bhanu Sanghani, Mr. Keerthi Narasimhachar, Mr. Ketineni Sayaji Rao & Mr. Rajesh Sanghani. Trainer: L. D’Silva.
3. HAVERI PLATE (DIV. III): CODE BLUE (Abhay Singh) 1, See My Attitude (Afroz Khan) 2, Special Effort (Kuldeep Singh ( Jr) ) 3 and Jet Falcon (Mohit Singh) 4. Not run: Chica Bonita and Honourable Lady. 5, 21/2 and 1. 1m, 26.53s. ₹107 (w), 19, 20 and 30 (p). SHP: 45, THP: 75, SHW: 33 and 35, FP: 564, Q: 217, Tanala: 10, 641. Favourite: See My Attitude. Owner: Mr. S. Pathy. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira.
(DIV. I): D (Deepak Singh) 1, Midsummer Star (Ajay Kumar) 2, Tripurari (Mohit Singh) 3 and Amyra (Md. Ekram Alam) 4. 11/4, 3/4 and 11/2. 1m, 12.01s. ₹28 (w), 13, 14 and 12 (p). SHP: 41, THP: 36, SHW: 17 and 18, FP: 123, Q: 68, Tanala: 226. Favourite: D Minchu. Owner: Mr. B.M. Dayananda. Trainer: G. Sandeep.
I): ROYAL
(Md. Ekram Alam) 1, Crimson Rose (Abhay Singh) 2, Carnival Lady (B.R. Kumar) 3 and Desert Sultan (Mohit Singh) 4. 23/4, 13/4 and Shd. 1m, 27.07s. ₹41 (w), 13, 18 and 26 (p). SHP: 69, THP: 69, SHW: 24 and 31, FP: 337, Q: 283, Tanala: 3,783. Favourite: Sadiya. Owner: M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar Of Chettinad Charitable Trust. Trainer: K. Satheesh.
PLATE (DIV. II):
(B.R. Kumar) 1, Dyanoosh (Kuldeep Singh ( Jr) ) 2, True Icon (Shivnash) 3 and La Mirage (Ajay Kumar) 4. 11/2, 3/4 and 1. 1m. 9.79s. ₹23 (w), 10, 16 and 17 (p). SHP: 49, THP: 36, SHW: 35 and 34, FP: 79, Q: 51, Tanala: 538. Favourite: Juramento. Owners: Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta, Mr. M. Prashant Kumar, Mr. M. Pradeep Kumar, Mr. Syed Ainuddin Arif & Mr. Rafaat Hussain. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira.
(DIV.
II):
Indian Temple (Ajay Kumar) 2, Dream Jewel (B.R. Kumar) 3 and Silver Lining (Md. Ekram Alam) 4. Neck, 2 and 21/4. 1m, 27.16s. ₹35 (w), 17, 11 and 40 (p). SHP: 32, THP: 70, SHW: 31 and 12, FP: 160, Q: 87, Tanala: 1,254. Favourite: Indian Temple. Owner: Mr. N. Shyam Sunder. Trainer: N. Rawal. (Ajay Kumar) 1, Glimmer Of Hope (Surya Prakash) 2, Pancho (Shivansh) 3 and Stoli (Md. Ekram Alam) 4. Not run: Nkalanzinzi and Good Tidings. 1/2, Head and 4. 1m, 14.19s. ₹69 (w), 22, 23 and 11 (p). SHP: 66, THP: 49, SHW: 37 and 39, FP: 511, Q: 306, Tanala: 1,397. Favourite: Pancho. Owner: Mr. G.K. Keshava Murthy. Trainer: S. Sreekant.
Jackpot: 70%: ₹5,574 (56
30%: 370 (361 tkts.).
Mini Jackpot: (i) 24,619 (3 tkts.), (ii) 1,631 (38 tkts.).
Treble : (i) 14,777 (2 tkts.), (ii) 4,328 (6 tkts), (iii) 384 (115 tkts.).
Asian Games gold medallist Palak Gulia beat qualification topper Shital Desai by 1.4 to top the women’s air pistol in the third National shooting selection trials at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Thursday.
The 18yearold Gulia shot 242.0 after qualifying with a modest score of 578. Desai had shot 581. Suruchi placed third ahead of Anjali Shekhawat, Jasmin Kaur, Surbhi Rao, T.S. Divya and
Pranjali Dhumal.
In men’s air pistol Amit Sharma shot 242.6 in the final to beat qualification topper Sharvan Kumar (586) by 0.4 point. Olympian Gurpreet Singh placed third.
Aditya Malha, who had also shot 586, Omprakash Mitharval, Ajay Ambawat, Udhayveer Sidhu and Rahul were the others to make the final.
The results: 10m air pistol: Men: 1. Amit sharma 242.6 (584);
2. Sharvan Kumar 242.2 (586); 3. Gurpreet Singh 221.7 (582). Women: 1. Palak Gulia 242.0 (578); 2. Shital Desai 240.6 (581);
3. Suruchi 220.0 (577).