Magic Touch was already under pressure and scrubbed by Chouhan as the
field took the turn for home. Magic Touch (Razeen-Magic Fountain)
pounced on both Oriental Express and Glorious Beauty who were trying to
settle the issue among themselves. Magic Touch was unstoppable once she
got into rhythm and simply walloped her rivals.
Dedication (Tirol-Compassion) was another youngster who stole the hearts
of the racegoers. The Arti Doctor trained dark bay gelding was required
to be hard ridden by Irishman Mark Gallagher to spurn the spirited
challenge posed by Ardmore and second favourite Si Gentille. Subhag
Singh’s ward found herself baulked for room opposite the stands and her
saddle partner Samuel Fargeat was unable to extricate her out of that
mess. She ended a short head behind Ardmore.
Narendra Lagad saddled a popular brace right at the start of the day.
Thundering Star (Tirol-Eastern View) gave no anxious moments to his
followers he was sighted as a winner long way from home when S. N.
Chavan alerted him to his task. Stupendous, High Five and Hard Rock
followed the winner in that order.
Don Gama finally emerged from the maiden ranks with a thumping victory
over Kon Tiki and Cincinnati. The bay son of Don Micheletto out of
Fascinating Girl was steered confidently by Sunny Chinoy. Kon Tiki
started galloping when the race was all over in favour of Don Gama but
she should not linger in the maiden ranks for long.
The winning post arrived at the right time for Dr Anil Kumar trained
filly Mustang Sally (Cruachan-God’s Desire) as jockey R. Rupesh drove
her powerfully to evade the grip of Spade of Ace. The latter came
menacingly close to toppling the winner near the post. Starmaniac
retired to place third after running a forward race. Favourite Power
League ran a pathetic race and was the biggest let down of the day for
the fans of Naill McCullagh.
Hormuz Antia’s money-spinner Exotic Fantasy (Razeen-Cover Story)
established a winning lead when the field entered the home stretch and
kept going to win from So Shocking and Star Gold. So Shocking was
sluggish at the start but made good progress to be in contention when
the field arrived at the bend.
Despite running after a gap of over a year, Cooji Katrak saddled Tantrik
(Razeen-Stolen Kisses) had enough power to weave a web of magic around
the eighteen-horse filed in the concluding event. Powered by P. Kamlesh,
the bay gelding grabbed the lead from Keisha and Silent Spectator and
sailed away for a comfortable win. The late rally of favourite Natural
Vision made no difference to the end result.
