The seven event card went kindly for the railbirds when four firm favourites and two second -in- demand steeds scored on Friday. Trainer Sardar Singh and jockey Rajesh had a profitable day by winning, through the ten-to-one chance Ronson in the feature event, The Nagarahole Cup, a sprint race for horses rated 40 and above. The duo earned a back to back double when Pretty Move made an encore in the mile race for horses in the 10 to 25 category, The Karwar Plate. The grey Allabreva set a fast pace, being chased all the time by Winelight, Joe The Pro, Chity Bang, Pride Estate and Grisogono, with Ronson trailing the field of seven till approaching the final turn.Winelight quickened nicely along the fence to assume command with Chity Bang making some good progress through the centre of the track after squeezing Joe The Pro, who had to be checked by its rider and in the process lost some valuable ground. The scenerio took a dramatic turn when Grisogono burst in to the scene from wide out side and looked set to win until Ronson started closing the gap on him. When alerted to the task inside the final 150 metres, the six year old son of Lavender Grey (by Classic Tale) Ronson responded brilliantly under the stick to put its neck ahead of Grisogono at the wire. Joe The Pro renewed its challenge but could only pip Winelight for the third place. 

It was, in fact, a Pretty Move made by the connections of the Dark Deed’s (by Dark Nile) filly who had cashed in on the form of the Sardar Singh trainee Pretty Move, a winner over 1,400 metres in the same category last week. Rajesh raced the two to one chance in a handy fourth and fifth along the rails before moving into contention midway up the straight. When asked for an effort the filly quickened nicely inside the final furlong to take a winning lead of a length and a half over the long time leader, Selena. Odeon covered acres to be a good third by a half-length with Sinatra close on its heels.

The Indian Derby hero, B. Prakash piloted the odds-on favourite Steinlen, trained by Karan Singh for the turf baron Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy, to a facile win in the opener. Prakash waited on the
Kinski (by Excaliburs Lake) colt in a long way third behind Star Eagle, then took over the running with two furlongs to go to score a five lengths victory. Storm Seeker finished second on the wide out side, having been way behind the fifth or the sixth at the final
bend. 

The half hearted attempt of jockey Nagesh on the prime choice Nesara, which eventually resulted in his suspension, enabled Shafiq to drive home Alto to a comfortable four lengths victory over stable companion and pace maker Momentous Joy. Jockey Nagesh did every thing to stop the Puttanna trainee Nesara from wining the race and ended up a shade behind third.

Jockey A.Imran Khan led the well supported Ace Of Pace from the word 'go' and held on to the lead to win by a narrow margin over Brave Russian, who was struggling hard to find his galloping shoes in
the final stages. Maurya was seen dashing towards the finish line through the centre of the track, but it was too late . Two necks separated the trio at the wire. Mayura returned lame. The well backed Star Alone, from the yard of Michael Eshwar, came with a dazzling run, piercing through the narrow gap between the front runner King’s Pride and Dover inside the final furlong to claim the Siddaganga Cup, for horses in the 20 to 35 category, run over 1,400 metres. Dover made a start-to-finish bid before taking the runner up berth, a little over two lengths behind the winner.

Altosax failed to accelerate when it mattered most and eventually lost the runner-up berth by a head after racing in third and fourth all the way. Though Appu guided Star Alone to victory after a rough passage, it was jockey Imran Chisty who faced the Stewards’ wrath with a four day suspension for careless riding.

Jockey Shakti Singh and the even money favourite Allasio gave no anxious moments to their large followers while winning the concluding event of the day. Shakti Singh tracked the front runners Rasna and Silk Petals, before showing up first at the top of the 500 metres long stretch and pulled away to a six lengths victory over Silk Petals. St. Lucinda was a notable fourth, a head behind Special Request, who attempted to move when the race was over.