Ganapathy's Bourbon Bay showed tremendous improvement over his known form when he stormed to an impressive victory in The Police Cup, the feature event in Saturday's race card at Bangalore. After a couple of runner-up berths and a maiden win during the Bangalore Winter Season, Bourbon Bay was relocated to Mumbai. He was expected to do well in the plum events there, but disappointed his connections. He was racing in open company for the first time in his career. Two other three year olds named Nox and Angelfire joined him in the day's feature, and the three of them were expected to dominate the finish of this event. It is rare for a winner of a single maiden start to come out and win a Class III race at this center. However, the supporters of all three were cautiously optimistic of their chances. Money flowed in the direction of Dhariwal's Angelfire and Padmanabhan's Nox, and this resulted in the odds against Bourbon Bay expanding to 5/1. Wayne Smith made use of the innermost draw and pushed Nox to seize the advantage ahead of Greens, Bourbon Bay and Angelfire, while the rest of the runners were racing a few lengths behind the leading pack. Although Nox led briefly into the straight, he was unable to quicken thereafter. While Greens began to shorten her strides, it was Bourbon Bay on the inside and Angelfire on the wide outside who were moving the best of the lot. Suraj Narredu was the first to make his move. He took Angelfire to the front and charged for home. Prakash and Bourbon Bay got caught behind the tiring front-runners, and had had no option but to change course at this stage. It was a pleasure to see the smooth acceleration displayed by Bourbon Bay, as he sailed past Angelfire and kept increasing his lead with every single stride thereafter. Although he was eased up well before the winning post, he still managed to win by a shade under nine lengths from a late finishing Easy and Scubarioo. Angelfire stopped in her tracks to end a close fourth, while Nox found himself totally out of depth in this Class. It was a rare and special day in the career of veteran trainer B Puttanna. His charges scored a quick hat-trick in the second ,third and fourth races of the day. Talisker and Kripa scored popular victories, while Immortal came like a bolt from the blue and sailed past his opponents. Talisker started it all with a pillar to post effort in The Heir Apparent Trophy, a terms race for maiden three year olds. Harish was a mere passenger in the saddle as his mount proved to be too good for the opposition.The joint favourite Lush Lashes seemed to have lost her zest for racing, when she refused to respond to her jockey's urgings. It was left to first timer Reaping Reward to go in chase of the leader. Lush Lashes managed to keep her neck in front of a fast finishing Star Bright while retaining the third spot. The last named came with a flourish from the rear, and should be noted over a slightly longer trip. Immortal came with a tremensdous gallop from the rear end of a tightly packed field, and got up in the final stages to beat top weighted Your Destiny , Aspiring Seven and favourite Glory Bound. Frenchman S Breux was riding for the first time in India on Saturday. He was a bit overawed by the new scenario, and the riding tactics of the local jockeys. Like most other foreign riders, he is likely to take a few weeks before settling down and getting used to the local conditions. Glory Bound was a trifle unlucky while ending fourth ,and should win before long. Kripa completed the hat-trick with a workmanlike performance in a Class IV race over seven furlongs.On the basis of his recent track work and past performances, Kripa was backed to the exclusion of his rivals. Harish waited till well into the straight before tackling Above The Line and Clouseau. Kripa responded brilliantly to his urgings and extended the margin of his victory. Dicky legged Sunny Connexion floored the punters by running into second place. An impressive performance for Arjun Mangalorkar's Conceptual was the other talking point of the day. The filly was assigned a back breaking weight of 62 Kilos in a mile event for horses in Class III. She was tackling this trip for the first time in her career. The Last Samurai was a rage in the betting rings and was backed down to 6/4 as the horses reached the starting gates. With apprentice Parmar claiming 3 kilos on the favourite, he looked like a "good thing" on paper. The race was run at a moderate pace with the lead changing hands a couple of times before they straightened for home. The Last Samurai was produced on the wide outside, and to the delight of his supporters, was seen cruising into the lead. His closest challenger was Conceptual ,who was a few lengths behind him at this stage. The scene began to alter with each stride thereafter, as Conceptual started to gain ground on the leader. With less than fifty metres still to travel, it became clear that Conceptual was travelling the better of the two. The four year old filly managed to carry the top weight to a deserving victory. She is capable of defying the handicapper and winning again in the near future. The Last Samurai lives to fight another day. Trainer Prasanna Kumar and Imran Chisty kept their tally ticking when Spark Of Reverance showed a clean pair of heels to his rivals in the day's opener. He justified the confidence of the stable by winning unextended over Sun Classique. There was fair support for Sun Classique, but the filly was no match to the winner. She is reported to have bled internally during the race, and should be left alone from a betting perspective. The last race of the day saw a lot of action in the bookmakers ring. Trainer Amit Caddy saddled the two fancied runners in this race. Give Me The Money opened as a clear favourite, before money began to flow in the direction of stablemate Yamaguchi. The punters got totally confused and began searching for elusive "clues". Yamaguchi cornered further support, while the odds against Give Me The Money expanded to 5/1. The bookmakers had the last laugh, as both these runners were slow out of the gates. As indicated by the increasing odds,Give Me The Money refused to gallop and ended in the ruck. In his desire to deliver the "Gamble", apprentice Gaurav Sapra was seen hammering Yamaguchi, but the poor horse had nothing in the tank. It was left to Sheer Gold, Act Of Duty and Way To Fantasy to figure in a close finish.