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KOHINOOR WISH COMPLETES A FINE HAT TRICK
By Mirror Image | 02 Feb 2013 | HYDERABAD
Mr. T Rakesh Reddy & trainer Ananta Vatsalya leading Kohinoor Wish (N Rawal Up), winner of The Kakatiya Million (Gr.3)
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.