The three-year-old filly Kiss of Luck (Diffident – Pasta) claimed the Municipal Commissioner’s Trophy in a tight finish to celebrate her elevation to the highest class of horses in Western India. Kiss of Luck has never missed the board in six outings prior to this run and had notched up four wins including a hat-trick at Pune. Kiss of Luck got an easy passage to victory only once during this period and she had to wage a grim battle with One Way once again to keep her date with success. The fact that F. Irani ridden and Mansoor Shah trained Rejuvenite had all but upset the applecart of Kiss of Luck is another story. The Stipes have reported Irani to the Stewards of the Club for not allowing his mount to run on its merit and will be conducting a full-scale enquiry into this incident. Be that as it may, it is to the credit of the connections of Kiss of Luck i.e. the owners, trainer Narendra Lagad and last but not the least jockey S. N. Chavan, who have all been equal partners in the achievements of the nimble-footed filly. Imtiaz Sait schooled filly Czarina (Glory of Dancer – Flying Home) seemed very close to emulating the feat of Kiss of Luck when she made short work of her thirteen rivals in the Irish Boss Plate. Jockey K. P. G. Appu did not hustle Czarina into the lead and let Enchanting Girl show the way to the field in the early stages of the race. Once the heads turned for home, Czarina went streaking into the lead when Appu relaxed his grips on the filly. West Coast Eagle landed into the runner-up berth half-heartedly post the tiring of Enchanting Girl. Suleman Pasha ran a game fourth. Supreme Sword probably decided to have a day off from the proceedings while The Rising was a spent force after coming from the wide draw and brushed to be in touch with the front-runners. Appu was earlier involved with the maiden success of Faisal Abbas saddled Lago Medio (Royal Kingdom – Gumbaru Etsu). Lago Medio shares his parentage with Oyster Cove, an acclaimed sprinter, and it was a surprise that he had been languishing in the maiden ranks. He finally decided to put his best foot forward and showed a clean pair of heels to his rivals. Interestingly, the timing cut by Lago Medio for the five-furlong sprint was identical to the ones recorded by both Czarina and Kiss of Luck. However, it would be worthwhile to note that Appu had eased Lago Medio after realising that there was no danger in sight in the last furlong and a repeat performance should be in the offing. Sonic Boom took his own time to warm up and finished a faraway second ahead of Colonel Cool and Siroco. The last named should benefit from this outing. Something seemed to be amiss with the highly-fancied Kinnari, who was prominent till the last furlong and then ended up in the rear. The day started off on a disastrous note for the followers of big money when the piping hot favourite Dynasty and her main rival Queen Victoria went down to Imtiaz Sait’s Hugo Boss (Royal Kingdom – Eau Parfumee). It was not an easy victory though for Hugo Boss. P. S. Chouhan had to work hard and drive Hugo Boss for all his worth even as Niall McCullagh was unable to get Dynasty to accelerate. Queen Victoria magnanimously let Dynasty and Hugo Boss hog the limelight although she did finish on the haunches of Hugo Boss at the wire. Dynasty was the day’s solitary engagement for Niall and his fans were not amused to see him go empty-handed. The failure of Perfect Catch on debut was another major disappointment of the day. Backed to the exclusion of her rivals, Perfect Catch’s debut run was a forgettable one. She never appeared to be worth the support she garnered in the ring and ran hopelessly throughout as Hormuz Antia trained juvenile King’s Desire (Major Impact – Walk On The Turf) took control of the race almost from the word go. Perfect Catch ran on to deprive Verzzano the second place and was followed by Tapis. Mansingh Jadhav’s World War Three (Placerville – Island Charm) also went start-to-finish to graduate from the maiden ranks. World War Three went smoothly into the lead and his saddle partner C. Rajendra virtually had an armchair ride to glory. Favourite Bergerac found his support waning as money was pumped in World War Three’s favour by the market forces and didn’t surprise anyone when dancing to the tune of the winner in the entire home stretch. Rajendra however didn’t have the same luck with Wild Cat who once again ran like a dud and capitulated much before the real battle had begun. Narendra Lagad saddled and Sunny Chinoy ridden Fairy Goddess (Mazilier – Fairy Tale) utilised this opportunity to earn some precious stake money. Lovely Empress showed some zest for racing and so did Cavalry Brigade. It would definitely pay to watch their progress closely as this season pans out. Misty Stream gave her master Magansingh Jodha some reason to cheer when she put in a resolute bid towards the end of the five-furlong journey and had the measure of both Great Giver and Attia In Sunlight, who were disputing the issue till the winning post arrived in sight. By the time fourth placed Habit made an appearance it was far too late to make any impact on the final outcome of the race.