Race Reviews

Summer Season 2003
BANGALORE RACE REVIEWS

1st, August
2003

Astrologica proves too good
Astrologica outclassed the opposition in the Gr 3 Governor’s Cup that featured the concluding day’s Bangalore Summer Races held on Friday. The son of Tejano who is in tremendous nick this season, made the prestigious race a one-horse affair by leaving his rivals flat-footed with more than a furlong to go. Read on...

31st, July
2003

Accede proves his mettle
Accede who failed to live up to classic hopes nursed by his connections, asserted himself when brought back to a handicap race by winning the K N Chennabasappa Memorial Cup in taking style. Read on...

27th, July
2003

Allies Serenade lands the spoils
Darius Byramji trained Allies Serenade exploited the pull in weights to put it across top-weighted Own Vision in the Gr 3 Dashmesh & Hargobind Stud Bangalore Summer Million, the star event of Sunday's races. Read on...

26th, July
2003

River God records a smashing win
River God was the smashing winner of the J B Mallaradhya Cup that featured Saturday's races. The son of Razeen who was once fancied to win the Indian Derby had been plagued by problems, the most serious one of them being that he was a bleeder. Read on...

20th, July 2003	Classical Act in invincible form classical Act smashed the opposition in the Gr 3 Bangalore St Leger quite easily, maintaining his unbeaten run on the Bangalore track. The Jaggy Dhariwal trained Classical Act was expected to sweep the Indian classics after he did a ``Lammatara'' by winning the Kingfisher Derby in only his second run of life last Summer. Read on...
19th, July 2003	Winelight seen in different light Mohan Valavi trained Winelight recorded a narrow win after a fairly long interval in the eventful S M Ramakrishna Rao Memorial Cup, a race for horses rated 40 and above, which featured Saturday's races. More than the excitement generated by the race which saw four horses finish in... Read on...
13th, July 2003	Glorious Colours stuns Derby field The Kingfisher Derby has this habit of throwing the best-argued theory into dustbin. The glorious uncertainties of the sport were brought home by the shock win recorded by Ganapathy trained Glorious Colours at the expense of more accomplished opponents. Read on...
12th, July 2003	Cape Martin floors the opposition Ponnappa trained Cape Martin had all the credentials as the terms of the BTC Anniversary Cup was in favour of him but the manner in which he won not only floored the opposition but also his most optimistic supporters who discounted his chances as he was never though to be good enough to essay longer trips than six furlongs. Read on...
6th, July 2003	Classical Act does the star turn again Dr Vijay Mallya owned Classical Act bounced back to his brilliant best when making light of the opposition in the Gr 2 Maharaja's Cup on Sunday. Classical Act has thus proved to be invincible on the Bangalore track where he has maintained a 100 per cent record. Read on...

5th, July
2003

Tide of Fortune invincible
Tide of Fortune is without doubt the best sprinter in Bangalore though the pride of place has to be given to Gr 1 Sprinters Cup winner Bryce Canyon. Tide of Fortune has not put a foot wrong in Bangalore and her unbeaten run shows no signs of abating. Read on...

29th, June 2003	One Magic Moment bounces back One Magic Moment's victory in the Gr 3 Juvenile Sprinters' Million should have been considered as a certainty considering the kind of speed she had showed when winning her debut race last winter. In the intervening period, she had been campaigned over extended trips and her last run was over a mile where she had run below par. Read on...
28th, June 2003	Prevalence prevails Ganapathy trained Prevalence who has been pretty consistent this season, reaped rich rewards, annexing the Karnataka Sub-Area Cup at the expense of Imperial Legend and Star Alone. Christopher Alford gave favourite Prince Valiant a lackluster ride. The strike called by the Jockeys Association of India had very little effect on the overall conduct of Saturday’s races. Read on...
22nd, June 2003	Astrologica records a surprise win Astrologica brought off an upset in the 1800 metres Chief Justice Cup, keeping at bay favourite Rose Garden and a late-finishing L’Avenir. The race has always produced high quality stuff and Sunday’s edition too was no exception. Jockey Pesi Shroff who seems to be riding with a vengeance. Read on...

21th, June
2003

Gutsy win for Tide of Fortune
Tide of Fortune has been a brilliant sprinter right through her career. Her unbeaten run in Bangalore over sprints started last Summer season and the daughter of Diffident has proved invincible on her home track. Tide of Fortune's only defeat came at Hyderabad in the Sprinters Cup at Hyderabad where she finished third. Read on...

15th, June 2003	Grosvenor Square stays unbeaten Frenchman David Badel guided Grosvenor Square to a splendid victory in the Gr 1 Colts Trial Stakes on Sunday. Grosvenor Square thus maintained his amazing winning sequence and placed himself as a frontline contender for the Kingfisher Derby scheduled for next month. Read on...
14th, June 2003	Fond Fantasy lands the plum Fond Fantasy provided trainer Ganapathy with a hat trick of wins in the Gr 1 Fillies Trial Stakes. The daughter of Razeen emulated her full sister Wandering Star who had won this event a few years ago. Read on...
8th, June 2003	Top Gun gets overdue success For sheer consistency, Michael Eshwer trained Top Gun had to get his due. Favoured by the terms of the race, Top Gun fought a gutsy battle with stablemate Bryce Canyon before emerging a clear cut winner in the Gr 3 Chief Minister's Cup, a sprint race for four-year olds and over, the star event of Sunday's races. Read on...

7th, June
2003

Actuary slams the opposition
Actuary, whose form was well disguised, floored the opposition in the 1400 metres Jerry Can Salver, a race for maiden three-year olds, which featured Saturday's races. In his only appearance in winter as a favourite, Actuary had lost all his chances at the gate itself despite which he was an eye-catching third and jockey C Alford had come under critical scrutiny. Read on...

1st, June
2003

Name And Fame pulls through
Trainer Ganapathy has done a commendable job in keeping Name And Fame in fine trim on every occasion he has been raced since winter. The son of Steinbeck, Name And Fame continued to be invincible, accounting for the opposition in a gutsy manner in the Gr 3 Karnataka Cup, which highlighted Sunday's races. Read on...

31st, May
2003

Star Alone springs a surprise
Michael Eshwer's career graph is certainly on the upswing. The hard-working trainer, who is a formidable presence both in Bangalore and at Mysore, has often extracted the best of results from seemingly run-of-the-mill horses. The victory of small made Star Alone was indeed a credit to the trainer's ability to get his wards to perform at their best all the time, often benefiting from other's lack of will to win. Read on...

25th, May
2003

Brown Sugar knocks out the favourite
Brown Sugar brought off a stunning upset in the Gr 2 Karnataka Juvenile Million, the star event of Sunday. Run as Knockout Million thus far, the race lived up to its billing as being a graveyard for the favourites. Brown Sugar won at the expense of favourite Lancaster and the strongly supported One Magical Moment. Read on...

24th, May
2003

Hawke Bay impressive in victory
Padmanabhan trained Hawke Bay recorded an impressive win in his lead up race to the classics on Saturday. It is possible that quite a lot of supporters of Hawke Bay would have been disappointed because the son of Alnasr Alwasheek did not exactly swamp the opposition, as they would have liked him to do so. Read on...

18th, May
2003

Name And Fame bounces back
Ganapathy trained Name And Fame is a horse for the Bangalore course. The son of Steinbeck has proved to be invincible here and the only time that Name And Fame raced outside his home centre was in the Gr 1 Super Mile at Hyderabad during the last winter season where he finished in the rut. Read on...

17th, May
2003

Perfect Venue runs true to potential
Perfect Venue was the best-performed contestant in the Krishnaraja Wadiyar Cup, which featured the inaugural day's Bangalore Summer Races on Saturday, but the son of Steinbeck had been performing below par during the winter season. He had a few airings in winter and as such, his potential was somewhat camouflaged. Read on...

16th, May
2003

An intriguing season ahead
The prestigious Bangalore Summer Season is set to take off on Saturday. The 24-day season is sure to provide exciting fare. The classic scene has a hazy look about it as it is difficult to pinpoint any of the three-year olds as being outstanding for the Summer classics which serve as pointers for the classics all over the country. Read on...