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Bajo Grande has it easy
By Sharan Kumar | 31 Jan 2004 | BANGALORE
Bajo Grande (Harish up) winner of The Yadavagiri Cup being led by trainer Padmanabhan
Padmanabhan trained Bajo Grande proved too good for the opposition in the Yadavagiri Cup, which featured Saturday’s races. The daughter of Candy Stripes, Bajo Grande was expected to turn out into a classic prospect but she did not do well in her first season and after that her rise has been gradual. Favoured by the scales, Bajo Grande put it across a seasoned opposition quite easily and she could be expected to progress well in the coming season. She can make her mark later on in her career in terms races where she will enjoy a pull in weights.
Bajo Grande was backed to the exclusion of her rivals though she did not exactly warrant that kind of a support. It may be so because the other runners in the fray were not fancied by their respective connections. After racing a handy fourth, jockey Harish had Bajo Grande take charge bringing her the shortest way home well inside the final 300 metres. The got-abroad filly picked up speed and was a winner long way from home. Essex put in a late stretch run to be an eye-catching second ahead of Golden Fortune. Essex has been something of an enigma and she has not always translated her ability with matching performances.
Pricewise who had found the sprint sharp for her comfort, came into her own over an extra furlong, having the measure of Talented Guy quite easily in the Sangam Cup. On the evidence of this win, this full sister to Allied Forces cannot be bracketed as a top class juvenile.
Jockey turned trainer Samar Singh has been enjoying the best season of his career, with a number of well-fancied winners to his credit. Summer Storm, who has been in good nick this season, put it across Indian Native and a late-finishing Dr Nefarious quite capably. Dancer’s Quiz bolted to the front at the start of the nine-furlong trip but she faltered in the final furlong, losing even the third spot by a whisker. Loknath Gowda’s Romance In Rain also belonged to the category of well-backed horse to make it to the winning post. Receiving inspired support in the ring, Romance In Rain easily put it across her opponents to win with great deal of ease from Hunter Jones who showed some semblance of returning to form. Altosax once again let down his supporters.
Ponte Romano, who had run behind Most Convincing in his last run, had all the credentials to win the 1600 metres Classic Story Plate and the four-year old gelding accomplished the task rather easily. Though jockey Appu had the favourite traveling wide and brought him wide outside, the son of Serious Spender had enough ammunition to thwart the belated bid of Greenlawn who found the weight a stopper. Star Hunter did the forward running but failed to sustain when the pressure was on him.
King’s Pride brought off a good touch in the D N Hosali Memorial Plate. Entrusted to five-kg claimer A Quereshi, King’s Pride got strong in the final furlong to overhaul the front-running Black Ocean quite easily. Blushing Star was third ahead of a late-finishing Fugleman. In the day’s other action, Appu drove out Clarentia to contain the challenge of Dark Shadow. Steady Growth who was the firm favourite, did not get a clear run early on but with better assistance from the saddle, he could have been right there at the finish.
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