Did he knew the potential of the horse which forced him to christen him "Strengthto Succeed" or it was some intuition which has now really been paying off? We are talking about the horse, who had already won the Sohna Stud Million and colts trails stakes, again did the trick on the day when favourites fell like nine pins. The ongoing Delhi season had its third "million" race on Tuesday, which was sponsored by the Sports Lifestyle, and attracted 12 horses to vie for the laurel over the five and a half-furlongs. When the gates flung open, Strengthto Succeed utilised the full advantage of the draw matching with his saddle cloth number - one. By the time his supremacy was challenged, the winning post welcomed him first by sparing him from the late galloping Stunning Rose and Mandji by over a length. "Every one was talking about my other filly, She's Superb, but I never paid heed on it and in fact, I was much sure about Strengthto Succeed to make a wave again," Laksh Bhatia, owner, told me. "He not only defied the penalty but also proved that form counts most," he said. “I'm very keen to let him run in Bangalore during the summer season," he added. "I was a little worried about the setback he had had a few days prior to the race after hitting his left foreleg, but I'm thankful to the God who helped me to disperse the cloud of anxiety in nick of time," Anupam Sharma, trainer, told me. Meanwhile, it is learnt that the Bhatia family has started charting out plan about sending the 17-letters-colt to Dubai after getting a call from a leading trainer, Satish Seemar. "He has shown some interest in him and that became possible only through to your website - Indiarace.com, as he rang me up after the races telling that the colt has completed the course in the similar way of class I victorious El Dorado a race before," Pawan Bhatia, the breeder (Nakul Stud), stressed. Undoubtedly, Stunning Rose rose to the occasion very late; otherwise the results would have been altered. Lying nowhere in the picture till the race picked up momentum, she put in everything only into the last sprint travelling from the stand side to fall short by a little over one length, but managed to displace Mandji by a whisker for the runner-up berth. With this glittering performance, it looked that she has come to hands. She should definitely extend the best in the following million races to be run over seven and eight furlongs. Mandji, who also had developed some fitness problem which forced her to run without a pacework, did not mind that much and was once in a position to collar Strengthto Succeed before being pushed back into the third place by a nostril. The Jagatjit Industries Million winner chestnut Mandji will be one of the top contenders in the forthcoming mega events. An aged grey Clean Bowled set an example of no age-bar-limit in terms of experience in the day's opener - the senior division of the Real Roman Plate. The nine-year-old ably proved that age does not count if a horse comes to his terms. He pounced on the much younger, three-year-old, Rich Gallery at the post. Interestingly, the duo was offered at the longer prices. And once they set the trend, the fate of the race goers was washed away by the spate of the upsetters as their ruling the turf continued through "Out of The Blue" and "Inner Voice" till odd-on favourite El Dorado came to the rescue. The in-form colt El Dorado justified the top billing in an impressive style in the Royal Western India Turf Club Cup, which was earmarked for the class I horses. Ruby Rosa, who after having had a slow beginning, made a good recovery by getting the second prize beating Soul Satisfaction by three-parts-of-a length. Insaaf was further identical distance behind the duo. The quartet must get a place in the notebook. After a brief break, Middle Man and Little Master once again gave a shot under the arms of the assemblers at the nourishing odds. Man About Town, who ran second to Middle Man, was hardly even bothered at the longer price.