It was a big field of 16 that lined up to face the Starter with Amazing
Bay the favourite. In fact, The Baron had as many as five amongst them
sporting his colours and in the end when jockey Satish Narredu conjured
up an electrifying run from the filly along the inside rails, Dr. Ramaswamy
for a brief fraction thought that the winner was sporting the colours
of Mr. Deepak Khaitan (gold With a red belt). For one heart stopping
moment he thought he had been denied, before realising that Amazing
Bay had indeed given him his greatest victory yet.
Bred at The Poonawalla Stud, Amazing Bay was a daughter of the great
Riyahi out of a classic winning mare named Birthday Girl which used
to race in the same colours that her daughter sported that first Sunday
in February) Dr. Ramaswamy did not acquire her as a youngster from the
farm where she was bred. He bought her off Mr. Deepak Khaitan after
her Juvenile campaign. The rest is history. Amazing Bay had a length
to spare to Cape Knight sporting the Mallya ridden horse by- Pesi Shroff
and sporting the Vijay Mallya colours which had once again placed bridesmaid.