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Cationic Scores a Popular Victory
By Pearcey | 19 Jul 2010 | MYSORE
Trainer Monappa's Cationic made light of her winning penalty and scored a popular win in The TV Reddy Memorial Trophy on Monday at Mysore. The free-striding filly came fluently from the back, sailed past a helpless Aahana and confirmed that she is the best of her age at this centre. Cationic had made a fine impression on debut, when she had surprised all concerned by scoring an unexpected victory. In a race over 1,100 metres, Cationic had graced the wrong end of the field till the runners had reached the final bend. The ease with which she had accounted for the front-runners thereafter was extremely significant. Her lengthening strides had shown that this filly belonged to a much higher Class, and also, that she would be better suited over a slightly longer trip. Monappa got an opportunity to run her over seven furlongs in Monday's feature, and Cationic ran according to her master's expectations. The punter's, who had backed her confidently, were thrilled with this result.
It was a terms race for three year-olds, in which winners were allowed to race with penalties. Well-performed maidens like Aahana and Happiness were receiving a fair amount of weight from Princess Nero, Winning Desire and Cationic. The first two had limitations of stamina, as they had shown to be pure sprinters. Cationic started as a firm favourite ahead of Aahana and the others. Winning Desire cut the early pace ahead of Princess Nero and Aahana, while Cationic had settled nicely behind them. Ryan Marshall was in no hurry to hustle the filly. The leading pair stopped in the straight and allowed Aahana to go ahead. Appu pulled out his stick and began Aahana's charge towards the winning post. At almost the same time, Ryan released his hold on the favourite. Cationic cruised alongside the leader, and skipped away for a smooth victory. Bipin Salvi's Star Of Hearts made rapid progress in the straight to finish an impressive third. The last named showed that he is fit to register his maiden triumph.
Vishal Yadav's Dare Don has been one of the most consistent performers at Mysore, as the six year-old has managed to grace the board on all four appearances this season. He improved on those performances by defying the heavy impost of 66.5 kilos, and registering one of the easiest victories of the afternoon. He put paid to the pretensions of on-money favourite Lotus Pond. The Monappa-trained filly had made all the running before she faltered in the straight. Lotus Pond drifted out under pressure and was caught napping by Dare Don. Under the strong riding of apprentice Shiva Kumar, the brave horse made up a lot of ground in the straight. He won by a widening margin and showed that he was much superior to this group of horses. The winner's stablemate Native Strategy appeared late on the scene to save place money for his connections.
The day began with a couple of races for horses in the lowest class. Feroz Khan trained Track Wonder won the day's opener. He ran prominently to score in a narrow finish from Raging River and Bold Success. The six year-old, who enjoyed a negative rating prior to the start of this race, gave Melvyn his first winner of this season. The favourite Romantic Design ran a pathetic race and finished in the ruck. The next one was expected to be a match race between Zooming and Much More. Both these runners were known to possess a lot of speed and were equally suited over this scurry. The race unfurled on expected lines. Much More and Zooming raced ahead of the others and were almost together till the final furlong. The former got stronger at the finish to register an easy victory. Major Impression made a late bid to take the third place ahead of Sizzling Star.
The most impressive victor of the day was definitely Evanston. He carried a back-breaking weight over a mile and spared ten lengths to Hakuna Matata and the others. Three year-old Archer was bidding to complete a hat-trick of victories in his short career. Darashah expected his ward to stay the trip. A late surge of betting on Evanston saw Archer being displaced from the top of the betting boards. This Md Sajid trained horse had run a forward race over nine furlongs in his previous start, and the connections expected him to improve today. Evanston justified their confidence with an exceptional performance. In the hands of Ahsan Qureshi, the big-made horse accelerated in the straight and posted a runaway victory. Hakuna Matata, Expensive Affair and Vertex filled the rest of the frame. Archer must revert back to sprinting, as he disliked the longer trip and faltered under pressure.
Last outing winner Master Strategist scored an encore in the last race of the day. Stephane rode this favourite for Bipin Salvi. This was certainly a brave effort, as the horse was bidding to defy a 22-point penalty that he had received for his earlier success. To add to his discomfort, the horse was unlucky to get the widest draw in this race. However, Stephane overcame all these impediments by giving Master Strategist an impeccable ride. He took a good jump, stayed out of trouble on the wide outside, led within the first two furlongs and then pushed his charge down the straight to a narrow victory. Master Strategist lasted out to spare a neck to Sun Device, while Witch Doctor rallied from the back to dislodge Sterling Speed from the third spot.
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