Not bringing Holding Court, who has reached the peak in terms of handicap-rating, to Mumbai for the winter was never an option for trainer Padmanabhan. Moreover, the son of Royal Kingdom out of Confiture was getting an opportunity to make Haresh Mehta, his Mumbai-based owner, proud in his own city. Though overshadowed by Democraticus and Thundering Power in the Jiwajirao Scindia Trophy, last year's Indian Derby runner-up was not disgraced in that defeat on Christmas day. His five-month hiatus had taken its toll then but once back in business, Holding Court showed the world what horse-power really means. He carried 61kg on his back and just steamrolled his opponents in the Heritage Estates' Eclipse Stakes of India (Gr.2). He not only avenged his defeat but humiliated his conquerors Democraticus and Thundering Power, who were both rested after that run. Such was Holding Court's superiority that he overcame some severe jostling from runner-up Spinoza. Earlier Spinoza with feather-weight on his back made the entire running with Holding Court choosing to bide his time at the opposite end and the rest of the runners meandering in between. Spinoza seemed to be kicking on but veered out under pressure. Meanwhile Srinath skirted the bunch racing ahead at the final turn and brought Holding Court wide into the straight. The dark bay was momentarily taken aback by Spinoza's lateral movement yet had no intention of ending the race in an anti-climax. Spinoza was shown no mercy and was neutralised by Holding Court before he could cause any further damage. Bravissima ended a fair third ahead of Magic Touch. Sunday's races were under the threat of being 'Eclipsed' because four events in the programme originally advertised by the club found no takers and were declared void. Some jugglery from the handicapper and the small mercies of several trainers revived the race day. Quest for Cash (Black Cash-Native Quest) from Pesi Shroff's yard competed an encore by claiming the Supervite Cup but faced grim prospects of being toppled by the P. S. Chouhan ridden M. A. M. Ramaswamy property, Star Gesture, who gave a superlative performance for a horse which was being written off in the betting ring itself after an inexplicable drifted in his odds from 2 to 1 to 12 to 1. Nevertheless, Niall McCullagh contributed his usual bit in Quest for Cash's second straight success when staving off the challenge of Star Gesture. Earlier Winning Star tried runaway tactics but faded out in the dying stages of the race. Supreme Attraction was expected to run better with blinkers but did exactly the opposite. Dance Maestro ran thereabouts but Stud of Gold made a lot of ground and came out of nowhere to end third. Pesi had a sitter in the opening event, one of the four reframed races, where C. Ruzaan piloted Rockfeller (Razeen-Roccobarocco) found a submissive lot in his five rivals as he raced away to his maiden win. C. D. Katrak trained Cosmopolitan (Royal Kingdom-Mea Culpa) had a similar experience when Malesh Narredu made every post of the seven-furlong journey a winning one. Tapis (Warrshan-Hanalei) also tasted his first success to break the monotony of the repeated failures of Faisal Abbas' wards. D. K. Ashish showed great presence of mind and switched lanes in the nick of time to avoid a collision with Medtia's Pride. The latter entrusted to whipless A. M. Tograllu was in the process of going start-to-finish but ran astray in the straight. Dedication's victory in the Bright Hanovar Trophy needs to be dedicated to his connections who timed his relegation to Class III. His poor performance last Sunday, in hindsight, was not-so-surprising. Entrusted to S. N. Chavan once again by Arti Doctor, Dedication put in a solid run to overtake Morpheus, who had stolen a march over his rivals, and held on gallantly from Rivaaz and Don Gama later. Hormuz Antia had two winners but those came after he almost chewed all his nails in anxiety. Flames of Fire (Diffident-Seneca Reef) led pillar-to-post to fetch the K. M. Munshi Trophy for his new owners but not before being stretched to the limit by Appreciate and Jubilation. He then had to fight for survival as C. Rajendra and Malesh Narredu, astride Jubilation and Appreciate respectively, dragged him to the Stewards. The Stewards found no reason to disrupt Antia's festivities. Osprey (Topanoora-Fairway Goddess) though long in tooth has neither lost her zest for racing nor her initial speed. She provided Antia one more reason to celebrate though he was on the edge of his seat till she quelled the challenge of favourite Thunder Zone. Vikram Jodha took Osprey to the front but had Thunder Zone close on his heels throughout the journey. D. K. Ashish failed to bring the best out of Thunder Zone, who settled for the second place with Attia In Sunlight in close tow.