The first show of the winter season didn't go according to plan from the punters point of view. Five favourites bit the dust including three well backed public choices, Victoria Moon in the opening event, Tyche in the Bengaluru City Police Cup and Valor Queen in the Jog Falls Plate. Circle of Dreams too failed to justify his top billing in the Udupi Plate. The railbirds have lost count of the number of times this Sulaiman trainee in the past has failed to safely carry public purse home and his dismal effort on the opening day of the season only proves that Circle Of Dreams is never a good betting proposition. 

The Pradeep Annaiah schooled Victoria Moon was strongly tipped to score in the opening event, the November Plate run over a sprint. The four-year-old filly was backed down from (2/1) to (13/10), while the price on arch rival Hold Your Breath from the stables of MR Singh drifted to (5/2) from the starting quote (17/10). The Dominic schooled Anzac Parade offered at (8/1) at the start had no takers at (10/1) before the eight contenders lined up for the start. Apprentice jockey N Darshan astride the Dominic ward pushed the five-year-old mare to the front soon after coming under the starter's flag and Anzac Parade never let the initiative slip, sprinting home nice and easy, while spoiling the party of Victoria Moon connections. 

The Gomos Plate run over a distance of seven furlongs proved easy meat for the Hyderabad raider Quattro from the stables of Sequeira. The on-money favourite confidently piloted by Ashhad Asbar, who chose to grace the wrong end of the field for most part of the trip before timing his final assault to a nicety was very impressive and on the strength of this victory the in-form Quattro is definitely in the mix for the 1000 Guineas. 

Circle Of Dreams garnered the maximum support in the next event, the Udupi Plate run over a distance of seven furlongs, but after a sluggish start the favourite was pushed by leading pro Akshay Kumar to gain a favourable position behind the leader Knotty Emperador, who bolted in ahead of the runner-up Glorious Strides and the second in demand at the betting ring Mister Brown. The favourite after raising hopes at the top of the straight lacked the gas in the tank to make a race of it and eventually failed to even save money in place. 

The Satish Narredu schooled Deep Respect fresh from his victory at Mysuru was smashed down from (5/2) to (6/4) in the betting ring in TB Hanumantharaj Memorial Trophy run over a sprint, but much to the disappointment of her large following the public choice was withdrawn at the gates following her tantrums and that opened up the contest, Mister Brown, Doncaster Belle and Salora staking a claim. Trevor and Doncaster Belle held the edge and looked set to score a furlong from home before rank outsider Hazel from Michael Eswer's yard in the hands of Shamaz Shareef covered acres of ground in the straight to stun the railbirds. Doncaster Belle hung on to finish second ahead of Joondalup, while Solara performed below par. 

A smart winner on the Invitation Cup day at Mysuru, Ice Of Fire from Pradeep Annaiah's yard started the favourite in the plum event, the Rajyotsava Cup before the supporters of Efficacy from Sulaiman Attaollahi's yard went bang bang in the ring and soon Efficacy was the firm favourite in the feature event run over a distance of seven furlongs. Leading saddle artiste Trevor Patel pushed the public choice to the front soon after the start and the judiciously prepared favourite stayed there right till the very end convincingly pegging back Galahad and Emphatic, while Ice Of Fire and Once You Go Black, who too had his share of followers were never in the hunt. 

The Purshotham-trained Tyche partnered by Srinath was fancied most in the Bengaluru City Police Cup, but the piping hot favourite bolted to the front soon after the start and that cost him dear, running on reserve in the final furlong before the tank was empty and so too the wallets of her supporters, who were very bullish of her chances after her two satisfactory career starts. Four to one shot Fine Silver piloted by Ashhad Asbar came up tops at end, while Shining Path, stablemate of the winner finished a game third ahead of Sigrid. 

The Lokanath schooled Jade Mountain started the favourite in the Malaprabha Plate run over a sprint before money came pouring in on Big B from Narayan Gowda's yard. The James McKeown-trained El Rey too was definitely in the hunt in what was an open affair. The top three dominated the proceedings before Jade Mountain strongly piloted by Ashad Asbar gained the day, snuffing out the challenge of El Rey close home. 

In the concluding event, dark shot, Fortissima from the stables of Irfan Ghatala shocked the even-money favourite Valor Queen in a thriller. The winner racing last for most part of the seven furlongs trip produced an astounding gallop in the straight to zip past Valor Queen, who looked set to score before the shock end. Kaori did well to save money in place , while Como after being favourably placed at the top of the straight retired and finished down the field.