Michael Bobby trained Crrisp (Warrshan-Secret Miracle) won the Continual Trophy, the feature of the day in an impressive fashion. Six horses lined up for the 1200 metres sprint event for horses rated 80 and above. Crrisp, which had completed a hat-trick during the main season at Mysore, was second in demand at 11-4 with Color Me garnering strong support at 11-10. Rio Grande led the field from the start, followed closely by Crrisp and Color Me racing in third position. Into the home stretch for the final run Rio Grande started to lean outward and Crrisp which was beginning to forge ahead being hampered considerably. Jockey Saddam Hussain continued to ride out Crrisp and despite the interference surged forward to take charge and go clear. Color Me finished on to be second in front of Rio Grande.

Jockey S.Chandrashekar who had recently come back to riding after undergoing a suspension and nursing a broken arm, had a nasty fall on Perfect Cruise in the fourth race of the day, the lower division of the Panaji Plate. He was rushed to the hospital with serious head injuries and has been operated since. His condition remains to be precarious and is being monitored.   

Trainer S.Rakesh who was going through a lean patch reaped it rich with a treble through Indian Hero, Obelinna Princess and Castle King. The first two named were piloted by Suraj Narredu. The only other jockey to score a double was Y.S.Srinath.  

Castle King (Hymn-Castle Beauty) won the Karkala Plate, a seven furlongs race for horses rated 60 and above. Flying Tricolour set out in front, setting up a lead of over eight lengths as they neared the last 600 metres. As they came into the final straight Flying Tricolour started to weaken and the race favourite Castle King slipped in along the rails under apprentice Sarvan Kumar to grab the lead. Carisa improved late from the extreme outside to finish second ahead of Spark of Beauty. Ashkan reared up as the gates opened and raced riderless.

Obelinna Princess (Kingda Ka-Obelinna) scored her maiden win in the Mauritius Pearl Plate. Silver Oak came in first on the straight hotly chased by Obelinna Princess. Suraj Narredu started to ride out Rakesh’s ‘Princess’ and the filly responded well to shoot to the lead. Ayahuasca came with a sustained run in the last 100 metres to finish second. Precious Replica and First Light finished third and fourth respectively, with just a ‘head’ separating them.

Indian Hero (Danehill Star-Sacristia) was given a tactful ride by Suraj Narredu to score its maiden win in the Nelamangala Plate, the opener of the day. Small Cruise and Corbet Queen raced in front together followed closely by Indian Hero. Turning for home the two in front started to drift out and Suraj was quick to guide Indian Hero towards the shortest way. Rusty came with a strong challenge inside the last 150 metres but failed to collar Indian Hero by a ‘neck’. Natural Nine finished on to be third another ‘neck’ behind after passing through traffic woes.

Jockey Y.S.Srinath scored his double through Michael Eshwer trained Secret Treasure and Bipin V Salvi’s Words of Wisdom. Secret Treasure (Hurricane Center-Secret Star) won its third successive start, all in the current season. Tracking Ace Princess, who was on a start to finish bid, Secret Treasure started to gallop strongly on the straight and stretched out well to complete a hat-trick. Little Athena, a game galloper from Bobby’s yard came in late to take the second spot for the third successive time. Ace Princess was third.

Bipin Salvi trained Words of Wisdom (Placerville-Time And Time) won the higher division of the Ansbach Plate. The race favourite Unchallenged whipped around immediately after jumping out and dislodged the rider. Style of Signature went to the front at start and held forte till the distance post. Words of Wisdom moved with a good gallop in the centre of the track to take charge from the weakening Style of Signature and stretched out impressively. Byzantine beat the rest to finish second in front of Too Cold To Hold.

J.Saravanan trained Impressiveattitude (Duja-Santella Katie) won the lower division. The 5 year old gelding went to the lead near the 1000 metres marker and made every post a winning one thereon. Beautiful Green which was in chase all along, came alongside midway up the straight but failed to pass the leader and ended up second. The favourite Napolean Dynamite finished third.

The 8 year old Prezzie (Juniper-Landrail) which had found one better in its previous three starts came with a sizzling gallop inside the last 200 metres in the lower division of the Panaji Plate, to down Spinning Chakram who was on a start to finish bid. Rickety Rock and Tornado Force filled the judge’s frame in that order. Divine Friendship was withdrawn after being troublesome inside the gates.

Another 8 year old Precept (Juniper-Takwim), from P.C.Tejaswi’s stables scored an upset win in the higher division, the concluding race of the day. Stride to Success took the shortest way as they straightened up to grab the lead from Cesaria. The top weighted Precept moved menacingly inside the last 100 metres and sped past to win. Miss International came in late to nudge out Stride to Success for the second place. Ayman joined that photo to be fourth.