On the penultimate day of the winter season, top `Knight'  Akshay Kumar  made it certain that he will wear the champion jockey crown, establishing an unbeatable five-point advantage over Trevor Patel, while leading trainer Sulaiman Attaollahi is too far ahead in the race for the champion trainer title, seven points ahead of reigning champion Prasanna Kumar. Sulaiman led in the fashionably bred Fortis, who made a winning debut in the Sarb-Kla Plate, while Akshay Kumar guided home another impressive debutant Charismatic in the opening event, the Linganamakki Stakes run over a distance of seven furlongs. 

The Dominic schooled Flaming Sword was strongly supported in the Sarb-Kla Plate, the insiders going bang-bang in the betting ring, while the Sulaiman camp quietly and sweetly was fancying Fortis to make a winning debut, backing him down  from (8/1) to (4/1), while Flaming Sword remained the overwhelming favourite at (18/10). The public choice much to the disappointment of his large following failed to raise a winning gallop in the hands of top gun Trevor Patel and it was clear half-way home that the big money bags the favourite was shouldering were all going down the drain. Lesser fancied Aatherv from Pradeep Annaiah's yard piloted by Akshay enjoyed a slender advantage and posed like a winner in the final furlong before Shreyas Singh put Fortis in  top gear and the good looking youngster stormed up to overhaul Aatherv and make a impressive winning debut. Konkaraah finished third ahead of Husanara, while Flaming Sword at end looked like a blunted sword. 

The connections of Charismatic were confident that the chestnut colt would come up trumps in his first start taking into account that the goodtype of youngster had pleased most in the morning trials and was raring to go. A confident Akshay allowed the debutant time to settle, in no hurry to rush and push in the seven furlongs trip before he reminded the public choice of the task ahead at the top of the straight and the talented colt produced a sparkling gallop to zip past the second favourite Ziva and emerge a smart winner on debut. Star Studded from the stables of Rajesh Narredu finished third ahead of Ilia. 

Spurred by the success in the opening event and in a hurry to close the door on Trevor, Akshay pushed the lesser fancied Victoriaraya from Lokanath's yard to the front, the moment the 11 runners came under the starter's flag for the Brahmaputra Plate run over a distance of seven furlongs and in no mood to let the advantage slip packed punch all the way in the straight to sail home a deserving winner. The grey Winfield from Arjun Manglorkar's yard who had made a satisfactory belated debut finishing third behind the winner Prophecy and the runner-up Noble Cause went one better gaining the runner-up berth, while the heavily backed Lords Grace from the stables of Sriram Komandur was never in the hunt, struggling to keep pace  and eventually finishing down the field. 

After Kiran Rai and trainer Rajesh Babu were pulled up and penalised for the running and riding of Dufy in his last start on Jan 18, the connections of the favourite who was slammed again in the betting ring, it appeared had learnt their lessons and with no hanky panky, the public choice in the hands of Neeraj Rawal easily made every post a winning one in the Souparnika Plate, confirming that his last effort was just too bad to be true and that stewards and stipes were right pulling up and penalising the culprits. The topweighted Agera from Pradeep's yard too had his share of followers, but he found Dufy too hot to handle and finished second ahead of Princess Jasmine who again put up a decent show after her shock win in her last essay. 

On the strength of his second behind De Villiers in his last effort over a mile, Vivaldo from the stables of Prasanna Kumar piloted by Trevor Patel  who shot half-dozen blanks garnered the maximum support in the Madras Race Club Trophy run over a sprint. The top fancy who really dosen't relish the six furlongs trip struggled from the word go and at end failed to even save ,money in place finishing a tame fourth behind the third-placed Aldgate, while the eight to one shot Star Glory from Satish Narredu's yard partnered by Yash Narredu gallantly pegged back the in-form Metzinger to earn her long pending corn bill. 

Invincible from Narayan Gowda's yard enjoyed top billing in the Sir Charles Todhunter Memorial Cup run over a sprint and the top fancy in the hands of Neeraj Rawal, who shared the riding honours with Akshay Kumar, recording a double, produced a winning gallop at the top of the straight to romp home in emphatic fashion. High Speed Dive was another from Sriram Komandur's yard who was fancied to score, but failed in his effort to accomplish the mission, following the winner home ahead of the Joseph schooled Adamas who was fancied sweetly in place. 

Satish Narredu and Yash who combined successfully in the plum event, earlier struck it rich on Stentorian the public choice coming up trumps in the Manikyadhara Falls Plate run over a mile. The rightly backed favourite produced his best when it mattered most, snuffing out the challenge of the lesser fancied Vafadar while NRI Victory from Md.Sajid's yard did well to pick up money in place.