The second day, second show proved good for the punters, five well fancied favourites galloping home to the delight of the railbirds on Saturday. The `Knotty' gang led in two popular winners, Knotty Scotty and Knotty Patton and champion trainer Sulaiman Attaollahi struck it rich through Circle Of Dreams, the top fancy emerging best in the War Hammer Million. The Chouhan schooled public rage Vegatha offered at a miserly price  (30/100) following the withdrawal of four runners in the opening event, showed a clean pair of heels to her four rivals and the overwhelming favourite Scarlette Lady from the powerful stable of Prasanna Kumar cantered home without breaking a sweat in the concluding event.

On the strength of his impressive showing in the Poonawalla Multi-Million at Mahalaxmi (Mumbai), second behind Big Bay, Circle Of Dreams was fancied most in the plum event run over a distance of seven furlongs. The Mumbai mainhope Stormy Sea fresh from his success in the Colts Championship at his parent-centre (Mumbai) had his fair share of followers, but the MK Jadhav ward, who looked fit and ready in the parade ring found the winner Circle Of Dreams too hot to handle and finished a tame third behind the impressive runner-up Red Bishop from champion trainer Pesi Shroff's yard. Akshay Kumar guiding the fortunes of the overwhelming favourite, pushed Circle Of Dreams to the front the moment 11 runners came under the starter's flag and never let the initiative slip romping home nice and easy, while sending out a strong message that he is in the classic mould and that it will pay to watch his progress in the months ahead.

Advantageously placed at the scales, Regal Reality, another top fancy from Sulaiman's yard found the going tough in the principal added attraction, the Col>Desraj Urs Trophy and eventually failed to make the board to the disappointment of her large following. The six furlongs trip was a trifle sharp for the well-backed public choice, but many old hats in the game impressed with her preparation were of the view that on sheer class she would get the measure of her rivals even in a sprint. But that was not to be, the favourite failing to gain a favourable position early failed to make a race of it. Regal Reality make no mistake will prove to be a different proposition with this run under her belt and it will pay to again support her next time out, particularly over a longer trip. The in-form Credence from Mumbai pro Shazaan Shah's yard chalked out his fourth straight success and all credit to the five-kilo claimer Ramswarup who kept his cool while making every post a winning one pegging back another Mumbai hopeful Art Collector. Never Give In from the stables of Arjun Manglorkar did well to save money in place, while the second in demand at the betting ring, Jersey King raced in patches and only managed to complete the frame.

Knotty Scotty was touted a `moral certainty' in the lower division of the Supervite Plate run over a distance of seven furlongs. The vastly improved four-year-old gelding from the stables of Prasanna Kumar was heavily backed, closing at (55/100)  and the on-money favourite provided G Vivek an arm-chair ride to success. Now that Knotty Scotty has broken ice, he is set to provide an encore. Art Of Romance, who followed the winner home appears to have improved, while the Arjun Manglorkar-trained Winfield after his two suggestive runs in winter performed below par.

Spurred by the success of Knotty Scotty, the `Knotty gang' spearheaded by Kamesh went bang-bang on the favourite Knotty Patton in the Usha Stud Plate run over a sprint and the top market leader fresh from his impressive showing, second behind All Attraction on the opening day, donkey-licked his 10 rivals to canter home by a widening margin of seven lengths. The `Patton' is in fine form and will be a force to reckon with again when next saddled. Gimmler from the stables of Kolkata pro Rutherford made a favourable impression while gaining the runner-up berth ahead of Lauterbrunnen.

On fair winter form the Prasanna Kumar-trained Scarlette Lady was best on paper in the concluding event, the upper division of the Supervite Plate and the public choice justified her rating and ranking, bolting in to help the followers of form return home with many green sacks full. A confident Akshay Kumar was in no hurry and chose to bide his time before timing his final challenge to a nicety in the seven furlongs trip. The top saddle artiste setalight the even-money favourite at the top of the straight and in a jiffy the `Lady' zoomed past the front runners to put the race to bed in the final furlong. The Golden Dream finished second ahead of Valencia, while the Irfan Ghatala schooled Felisa was withdrawn before the nine runners made their way to the starting gate.

A model of consistency throughout the winter season, the Arjun Manglorkar-trained Crosswater dropped a bombshell in the KN Guruswamy Memorial Trophy pegging back the favourite Kavya from Jadhav's yard partnered by NS Parmar. A smart last start winner at Mumbai, Kavya on the strength of her pleasing movements in the morning trials garnered the maximum support in the betting ring and looked set to justify the support approaching the distance post, but much to the chagrin of the favourite punters, apprentice jockey Aleemuddin was in no mood to throw in the towel and in a never-say-die bid gained the verdict after a ding-dong battle close home. Miss Smiley Angel caught the eye while finishing third ahead of Chotipari and is one for the notebook.