WINTER 2000-2001  :  BANGALORE RACE REVIEWS

Hong Kong Boy wins on day of exciting finishes
The concluding day’s action of the Bangalore Winter Season was lively, with the first five races of the day, ending in exciting photo finishes. Mohan Valavi trained Hong Kong Boy just about lasted out to win the Racing Patrons Trophy which featured Saturday’s races. More...

Winning Glory wins a thriller
The long-winding Bangalore Winter Season generally used to end with a bang, with well filled cards being par for the concluding week. However, this year surprisingly there has been a noticeable fall, with  big trainers closing shop earlier than normal. More...

Hero Worship shows plenty of promise
Rashid Byramji trained Hero Worship showed plenty of promise when coming out of the maidens ranks in splendid fashion on Saturday. The Bhatkal Plate, a sprint race for first season runners, was run in two divisions and Hero Worship who was running in the lower division, won in the manner of a top class horse. More...

Dull fare marks Friday's races
Generally racing picks up momentum as the long-winding Bangalore winter season draws to a close but quite surprisingly, Friday's card was lackluster, with the authorities barely managing to put through a card of six events.  More...

Royal Gladiator does in style
Trainer Padmanabhan's confidence in Royal Gladiator was something that was not shared by many but after the got-abroad colt's fluent win in the Nanoli Stud Bangalore Juvenile Million (Grade II) on Saturday, one cannot but help coming to the conclusion that he would have a big say in the Summer Classics. More...

Alylady makes amends
The success of Alylady in the Arundati Cup, the feature event of Friday's races, as against her failure as a favourite in her last run at cramped odds, was indicative of  the fact that her last run did not reflect her true merit. More...

Royal Mission unlucky to lose

Trainer Arjun Mangalorkar had reason to look back on Saturday’s races with a tinge of regret. The day brought mixed luck for the young trainer. More...

Arrakis continues to be baffling

Arrakis continued his erratic ways and cut into the chances of Desert Gold in the 1400 metres Saptarishi Cup, a race for horses rated 40 and above, the highlight of the races held on Friday. More...

Antequera takes A V Thomas Trophy

It is difficult to understand the kind of odds fluctuations that one sees in the betting ring. Punters are generally influenced by the odds offered by the book-makers who in turn give lot of credence to information provided by their informers be it the syce, jockey, trainer or jamedar.
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Access unimpressive in victory

Padmanabhan trained Access All Areas has been something of an enigma. She has been either overrated or the quality of last year’s crop itself is poor, Access All Areas has not lived up to expectations, her performances being inconsistent. Read On...

Il Diablo proves formidable

Sardar Singh trained Il Diablo maintained the amazing improvement he had shown in the Bagpiper Gold Bangalore Derby, with an effortless win in the 2400 metres Chief Minister's Trophy, a rich terms race for four-year olds and over which featured the races held on Friday. Read On...

Tempt Me Not strikes again 

Tempt Me Not had a decisive say in the Bangalore Turf Club Trophy but the outcome could well have been different had Aslam Kader not run into a road block on Adamile on Saturday. The consistent Tempt Me Not benefited most and confirmed his ticket to the Sprinters Classic to be held at Chennai during the Indian Turf Invitation Cup week-end races in the first week of March. Read On...

Bank Balance swells

Trainer Md Abbas could not have named the Libor progeny more aptly when he called it as Bank Balance. The trainer who has a small string of horses has always looked to Bank Balance whenever in times of need and he has always been rewarded for his faith. Read On...

Amber Dancer prevails in a thriller

Though there were just five runners in the fray for the Kelachandra New Year Trophy, a terms race for three-year olds entered for the BTC Auction Sales, it was more than made up by the exciting finish provided by the fancied Amber Dancer and Pettalumma. Amber Dancer prevailed thanks to the  power-packed finish by jockey Prakash. Read on...

Averoff gets a gift race; Alylady has it easy

Racing on the Republic Day was all along reserved for the Winter Derby but with the sponsors, the UB Group, requesting for the race to be advanced by a week, racing was lackluster on the day, with a run-of-the-mill card having been framed. The Indian Republic Trophy which featured the races on Friday, had just four runners. Read on...

Altenburg stuns the Derby field

Alternburg's shock victory in the Bagpiper Bangalore Derby was not exactly a surprise considering the fact that the plum event had an open look about it notwithstanding the public perception that Chevalier was a clear favourite as indicated by the cramped odds on the trainer Darius Byramji ward. Read on...

Ramaswamy team steal the show

The domination of the trainer-owner combination of Ganapathy and Dr M A M Ramaswamy has been total this season. While the duo had won four races in a row earlier in the season, the combination, with the help of jockey Richard Hughes ruled the roost on Saturday, with an identical number of winners. Read on...

Gutsy show by Golden Goal

Veteran trainer Madhu Mangalorkar's bad patch notwithstanding, Golden Goal continued his amazing run of wins, with a hard-fought win over Alameda in the 2000 metres Stayers Trial Stakes which is the traditional race for determining the nominations for the Stayers Cup which is held in the first week of March. Read on...

Oaks, a graveyard for favourites

The Bangalore Oaks has traditionally produced shocking results. Interestingly when ITC sponsored this race last decade, the race produced a shocker each time so much so that it sparked off riots in one year. The sponsors withdrew, not wanting bad publicity. However, ever since The Hindu Group of Publications stepped in a few years ago, the race has gone on smoothly but the favourites have had a bumpy ride. Read on...

Surface form misleading

Race-goers have been at a loss this season in deciding on their fancies. Surface form has often been misleading and those who have gone even by the trend in the betting ring too have been ruined. More...

Admiral does it again!

Inayathulla trained Admiral is known to spring surprises when least expected,  much to the chagrin of race-goers as it would invariably be at the expense of more fancied runners in the fray. More...

Ganapathy and  Ramaswamy's day at Bangalore

Long time racing manager turned trainer S Ganapathy had a dream run on Saturday (Dec 23). He created a record of sorts when he led in the winners of the first five races for his patron Dr M A M Ramaswamy. In the competitive environment of Bangalore, such an achievement is something to be proud of indeed. In the recent history of Bangalore racing, no one has had such sway over the day’s races.More...

BOLD CHIEFTAN WINS BUT THROWS A SCARE

It was indeed surprising that Bold Chieftan whose next obvious target is the Bagpiper Bangalore Derby, was run in a seven furlong race after finishing an improved third to Adamile in the Bangalore 2000 Guineas over a mile. More...

ACCESS ALL AREAS READY  FOR THE OAKS

Access All Areas who was under a cloud after a below par performance in the Pune Derby in October, was seen in different light in her lead up race to the Bangalore Oaks  with an impressive win on Saturday (Dec 16). More...

Adamile wins as Chevalier  suffers  from lack of pace

Lack of  a lead up race and the sharp trip went against favourite Chevalier in the Harvins Bangalore 2000 Guineas, the second classic of the season here on Saturday (Dec 9). More...

GREEN EMPEROR SHOCKS IN  DARIYA DAULAT TROPHY

Native Tactics ran below expectations while jockey Aslam Kader's performance on the favourite was below par as rank outsider Green Emperor, taken on a start to finish mission by jockey Satish Narredu, successfully thwarted off the challenge of a late-finishing Estocade to win the Dariya Daulat Trophy, the feature event of Friday's races (Dec 8). More...

Tempt Me Not swamps opposition

Zareer Darashah trained Symphony of Fire blotted her copybook with a listless performance in the Sprinters Trial Stakes, a terms race for three-year olds and older,  which highlighted the races held on Saturday (December 2) even as Tempt Me Not enhanced his reputation as a sprinter of repute. More...

Punters hit hard by parade  of outsiders

NOTHING WENT right for punters right from the start on Friday (December 1). The day saw a dubious record, with the first three races of the day going  the way of rank outsiders. The  victory of fancied runners in the last three races of the day did not bringing any cheer to the race-goers. More...

Six Speed edges out Allaire; Arrakis wrong-foots everyone

The talking point of the week was not Six Speed's win over Allaire in the Bangalore 1000 Guineas but the disastrous performance of highly hyped Arrakis who finished in the rut in the Kudremukh Cup which featured Friday's (November 24) races. Arrakis will go down in the history of Bangalore racing as the shortest priced horse to bit the dust in such dismal manner. More...

SYMPHONY OF FIRE IS THE BEST SPRINTER IN BANGALORE

ZAREER DARASHAH trained Symphony of Fire is without dispute the best sprinter in Bangalore. The Bold Russian-Something Fabulous three-year old filly re-affirmed this with a fluent win in the Hyderabad Silver Vase, a race for horses rated 40 and above which highlighted the races held on Saturday (November 18). More...

Stunning show by Allaire; Watch out for Bold Chieftan

ALLAIRE's smashing win in the 1400 metres Karantaka Police Trophy on Sunday (November 12) was more impressive than Six Speed's win earlier in the season and a battle royal is on the cards when the two are scheduled to clash in the Bangalore 1000 Guineas to be held on December 1. More...

SIX SPEED READY FOR THE CLASSIC BATTLES

DARIUS BYRAMJI trained Six Speed who lost by a whisker  to Allaire in the Kingfisher Bangalore Derby in July, made a smashing re-appearance, with an effortless win in the 1200 metres Abbey Falls Cup, a race for horses rated 40 and above, which featured the inaugural day's races of the Bangalore Winter Season held on Sunday. More...