Ananth Vatsalya trained Kohinoor Wish (Gaswar-Blue Sonata)put on show a facinating turn of foot, to win the Kakatiya Million – Grade III, one of the celebrated races of the winter racing calender at Hyderabad. This was Kohinoor Wish’s hat trick performance, having won the Mysore Race Club Cup and the Qutab Shahi Cup in successive attempts. Trainer Ananth Vatsalya definitely deserves a word of appretiation for keeping the 6 year old in pink of condition. Windsor Manor in a fast pace got to the front within the first 100 metres and was a clear three lengths in front, 2 furlongs out. Kohinoor Wish, who was travelling more towards the rear, was pulled left on entering the straight and with jockey Nilesh Rawal beginning to get busy on the 6 year old, moved menacingly forward and surged well clear inside thelast 150 metres. Proof got closer towards the closing stages and pegged back Windsor Manor for the second place.

M.Sathyanarayana trained Silver Crown (Placerville-Silver Academy), who is in rousing form, completed an encore in the Rock of Gibralter Cup. Jockey Imran Chisty, who had come down to guide the fortunes of  the grey gelding, gave a perfect ride, to win the race in a fast timing, which was fractionally less than the course record. Chisty  settled Silver Crown to run a close third behind Elenor and Oasis Vision till the final turn. As they began to straighten up, Silver  Crown moved closer to Elenor and with a surge, went ahead inside the last 100 metres. Elenor held on to finish second from Oasis Vision. Strides of Glory finished fourth.

K.S.V.Prasad Raju trained Commanding Heights (Hymn-Bumper to Bumper)  set the track ablaze en-route to a new course record in the five  furlongs the Sri.S.Ramakrishnam Raju Memorial Cup. The speedy Days of  Thunder set out in front followed closely bt Kohinoor Supreme and  Commanding Heights tucked in nicely along the rails. Into the final  run, apprentice G.Sai Vamshi gave a couple of hard cracks and  Commanding Heights accelerated readily to shoot into the lead. Young Soldier came up with a strong challenge but the effort was not enough to catch the eventual winner and settled for the second place. Royal Shaan and Rio Grande filled the frame.

Jockey A.M.Tograllu gave a confident ride on M.Srinivas Reddy trained Robust (Sussex-Celestial Dance) to win the Thungabhadra Cup. Racing towards the rear in seventh position, Robust headed for the wide gap along the inner fence as they showed up on the straight for the final run. The gap looked to close near the distance post but Catalina shifted left and the path opened up for Robust to sneak through.  Rajkumar was beaten to the second place. Guiding Spirit got the better of Catalina towards the finish, for the third place.

D.Netto trained Rustic Gal (Mr.Mellon-Hyacinth), who was improving placings in the last two runs, finally made it to the winner’s enclosure in the Illustrious Reign Plate. Improving gradually from  behind, Rustic Gal took the path between Thirteen Black and Pavan, in the last 300 metres and surged ahead under A.Imran Khan easily. Bound For Glory improved from the rear to take the second spot, in front of  Rose Queen.

Trainer Anupam Sharma saddled a double through Energetic Lass and The  Himalayas. Energetic Lass (Epicentre-Moon Beam) came out of her maiden  ranks in thelower division of the Ballerina Star Plate. Going to the  lead near the 1000 metres, Energetic Lass came in with a good, usefull  lead, into the home stretch. The favourite Maid For Love started to move up strongly towards the finish but Energetic Lass held on gamely in the hands of Nitin Singh. The first division of the race was run on  Friday, a practice that is followed only at this centre in the country.

The Himalayas (International-Small Virtue)won the higher division of  the Dinky Do Plate by a clear margin. Jockey Carlos Henrique took The  Himalayas to the front at start and made every post a winning one. The  Himalayas started to shift out of the straight course in the last furlong but Henrique looked to be in control and got to the post easily. Citi Supreme, Midnight Beauty and Ace Star finished together  in that order for the minor places.

L.D’Silva trained Coral Springs (Ace-Orient Dance) who had finished  third in all its four runs, trounced the half a dozen opposotion in the King’s Crown Plate, the opener of the day. Coral Springs came quickly from the outside draw to hit the front at start. Any Given Day was in tow in second position till entering the home stretch. On the  straight, Coral Springs started to stretch out, leaving the field way  behind. Squanderers Square rallied late to beat the rest for the second place.

The Challenge (Game Plan-On The Big Screen) from the stables of  S.S.Faisal Hassan, winless from seventeen runs, finally came good in  the lower division of the Dinky Do Plate, the  concluding race of the day. Making a move along the inside, The Challenge fought out briefly  with Cascading Glory mid-way up the straight and surged clear to shed  its maiden status. All The Fun warmed up late to beat Cascading Glory  for the second place.