The price movements in the betting markets across the country before the start of the race signalled a victory for Southern Regent while a bleak future awaited the original favourite Aspinalls as suggested emphatically by the illogical surge in the odds against him. So, not many race goers were surprised to see Rajendra hit the front with Aspinalls in the five-horse field. Royal Falcon stayed close to the leader with Campanero keeping Southern Regent company and So Perfect ridden off the pace by Ruzaan.

Whether Rajendra was more concerned about his own predicament or was keen to know if Southern Regent was ready to launch his assault is not known but it was amusing to see him have peep over his shoulders after travelling a mile. Campanero meanwhile stuck to his job of nagging Southern Regent and not allowing him a free run.

Prakash waited briefly for the front pair to split before switching lanes in the final run-in. Rajendra and Chouhan also decided relinquish their responsibility at this juncture but were shocked to find So Perfect and not Southern Regent in the space created by them. After some minor jostling between the five horses, So Perfect forged into the lead with Southern Regent close on his haunches. The fight between them lasted for a few strides and culminated with So Perfect lowering the colours of S. Ganapathy's ward. The monumental weight carried by Southern Regent was also instrumental in his submission to Dr. Vijay Mallya's property who carried 13.5 kilos less than the favourite. Pesi Shroff must've experienced extreme gratification on his ward's achievement. Shroff was earlier associated with the maiden win of Schubert (Diffident-Hi Fidelity), who gave an armchair ride to P. Kamlesh.

Ganapathy's ritual weekly visit to the racetrack to lead winners remained uninterrupted when Evatina (Placerville-Abbess) registered an encore. Prakash kept the filly in check as Acindar made the initial running and slipped into the lead on entering the home stretch. Enaksi tried to collar the leader but couldn't stop Evatina from avenging her S. A. Poonawalla Million defeat last year. The supporters of Live Legend craved to have his glimpse in the fight but the Rajendra ridden resident of Imtiaz Sait's barn ran hopelessly throughout. Although no precise reason could be attributed to Live Legend's below par show, it must be said that Rajendra's riding on Saturday raised more questions than answers for serious race goers. As for Imtiaz, one could only say that he a bad day in office.

This duo brought disaster for the moneybags when Priceless Hero unabashedly carried on his role of dishing out cheap stuff instead of the heroics expected by all who are overwhelmed by his occasional flash of brilliance. Nina Lalvani trained filly Twilight Charm (Greensmith-Island Charm) meanwhile celebrated her return to the lowest class by unleashing a powerful run in the hands of C. S. Jodha to score a narrow win over Ring Bearer and Maybach. Priceless Hero ran a pathetic fourth. Cracker ran a forward race and should earn her mounting corn bill before the season ends.

Rajendra's next visit to the track was atop Snow Tiger, also from Sait's string, and the grey filly emulated Priceless Hero in not taking part in the battle and instead assigned that task to Rejuvenite (Tirol-Liebestraum) who not only proved his class but also provided trainer Mansoor Shah his first winner on comeback. What's more, jockey T. Bernard found himself riding a winning horse after a gap of over five years! A silent coup was also attempted by trainer Asad Siddiqui with Samarkhand but the chestnut ran a close second after braving a minor interference from the favourite.

Rajendra's luck didn't change a bit as the Dallas Todywalla schooled second favourite Jubilation ran without hope in the race where Get Fresh registered a big upset though not entirely unfancied. The piping-hot favourite Intrinsic Value lost speed far too rapidly in the closing stages of the race despite her master Altaf Hussain electing to race on her optimum trip of six-furlongs. She had company in the form of Cosmos for some time before Narendra Lagad's charge Get Fresh (Be Fresh-Gulsitara) was brought into contention by Satish Nayak and put his head in front. The winner's stable-partner Don Gama added insult to the injury of Intrinsic Value by eliminating her from the money. Lagad had earlier saddled the S. N. Chavan ridden favourite Cornelia Supra (Diffident-College Princess), who eluded Bionic Angel near the post after collaring Charging Rhino.

The succour for Rajendra and Sait finally came in the concluding race when Czarina (Glory of Dancer- Flying Home) scraped through by a neck over Call To Arms. There were increased fears of this duo going home empty-handed as the odds against Czarina went astray. This dreadful eventuality was averted thanks to the inconvenience caused by Magic Spell to Call To Arms. Magic Spell took out Call To Arms both before and after the bend to effectively seal his fate. K. P. G. Appu did succeed in shrugging off Magic Spell but it was too late by then.

Magansingh Jodha trained filly Pampered Princess was kept on a straight course by Suraj Narredu which helped her Jai Govind Stud-resident sire Hymn register his first victory in Western India. The filly sauntered away for an effortless win over Ancient Princess and Siberian Siren. Andalusia and Bergerac ran poorly.