Trainers Pesi Shroff and Sayeed Shah scored a treble and double including the Fillies and Colts Championship respectively. For Pesi Shroff, the day began on a positive note when Sangoma (Rajendra) did not even raise a sweat while beating a rather weak set of rivals over the 1400 metres trip. Settling back, Sangoma improved nearing the turn and even as Raging Chenb (Chouhan) was challenging Rising Princess, Sangoma came up with giant strides and bounded for home without encountering any resistance. Sangoma (Burden Of Proof – Sans Eagale) went clear after the distance post and registered a facile victory. Temptation was slowly off and could not make any impression so to with Melba. Raging Chenb ran a decent third while Rising Princess may fare better over a shorter sprint. Our Excellence though racing after a prolonged break was still the hot favourite at half money. However, the Imtiaz Sait ward was shocked by the bottom weight Lagad trained Wild Temper whose victory resulted in the punters' showing their "wild Temper" as the horses came to the paddock. There was a lot of shouting and booing for the Poonawallas and Narendra Lagad whose horse came and beat the raging hot public fancy. The public was venting their frustration as the Poonawalla's horse was expected to win comfortably in this small field. They were unwilling to consider the 'long lay off' factor and smelt a rat without really willing to see reason and accept the fact that the gelding simply needed this run. Fortunately, the situation did not get out of hand implying that the Mumbai race goers love their racing and went about their routine without causing any further anxiety. Although it was clear on this occasion that Our Excellence was squarely beaten, the stipes must sit up and take up notice of the pent up frustration breeding in the public minds and ensure clean racing by being effectively vigilant and dishing out deterrent punishment without fear or favour. It is for all to see that certain vested interests are actually being manipulative and the sooner their practice is thwarted the better. Back to racing, Wild Temper easily held on in his start to finish essay. Our Excellence, who looked handy at the turn got alongside Wild Temper, however, on being asked to step up, the gelding, to the horror of the punters, just would not quicken despite an all out effort from the forceful Rajendra. Wild Temper kicked on gamely and actually stretched away for his challenger in the final burst. Our Excellence was clearly short of a run. He is likely to be different proposition in his next outing, and deserves another chance. Arkhos covered some ground towards the finish and ended alongside the favourite. Rockefeller rocked! The way the Shroff ward bounded forward in the final 300 meters was very impressive. Romantic Scene who made the running for the most part of the journey, surrender meekly as Rockefeller came up with a fiery gallop and dictated the terms in no uncertain measure. Samarkhand found the winner too good and had no difficulty in finishing ahead of the rest. World War Three did not make any impression and showed not even a patch of his last run. Akash Agarwal was most reckless in his eagerness to hit the front and get close to the fence from an outside draw. Soon on start, Akash guided Pacemaker towards the inner rails and just could not control the horse, resulting in a collision with Stellar Affair which was passed on to Algo Mas and Desert Sky. Stellar Affair took the major impact of the bang and was indeed lucky, as anything untoward could have resulted. Thankfully, nothing tragic ensued. Desert Sky (Chavan) duly hit the front with Pacemaker alongside; Covenant was in the mid bunch and Star Always thereabouts. At the turn, Desert Sky kept going and the challenge came late, past the distance post from Covenant who came with a sustained run and put the issue beyond doubt. Star Always also covered a lot of ground and was an eye-catching second. Desert Sky ended third and Almarina fourth. Mirror Image attracted a fair amount of bets. Taking no chances, Mirror Image (Ranjane) hit the front and opened a gap, Honeyday, Shayara, Romantic Agenda and Ekofisk followed close in a bunch. In the straight, Mirror Image was 3-4 lengths clear and Ranjane started to urge the filly under the whip. However, Honeyday (Grant) started to inch closer along with Ekofisk. Honeyday was more effective, caught up with Mirror Image inside the last furlong, and stretched further to pocket the race. Mirror Image held on stubbornly to the runner's up berth and Ekofisk finished just ahead of Golden Spurs who indicated that he is slowly returning to good form. Rising Emperor was backed very heavily and Sepia Tone (Narredu) was next in demand. At the start, Rising Emperor was a bit lethargic and took his time to settle down. That enabled Sepia Tone to break away to a comfortable lead. In the homestretch, Sepia Tone was well ahead and Rising Emperor, who by then had settled down, improved his position as well and set about the task of bridging the gap and closing in on Sepia Tone. It was past the distance post that Rising Emperor began to rise and collared the front runner inside of 100 m from the winning post. Cabinda, who was thereabouts finished third and Landlord who was second last at the top of the straight, finished on well to figure in the frame. For the Professionals Pesi Shroff saddled a treble, SS Shah a double. The top two jockeys Daniel Grant and C Rajendra are fighting neck and neck for the Jockey Championship and are deadlocked at 23 winners apiece. Both scored a double each, taking their tally to 25 and an interesting contest is emerging between the two as the current season nears the 'homestretch'.