Trainer Padmanabhan must be complimented for transforming his charge Lady One into a top-class sprinter within six weeks of her last run over 1,200 metres. The Bangalore Turf Club Trophy had attracted a small field of seven runners, most of whom had met over a similar distance a couple of months ago at Mysore. Although Lady One was marginally favoured by the terms as compared to the last meeting, her style of winning and margin of victory were truly amazing. Tony Ferina was making his debut on the filly, and, his style of riding and balance in the saddle was appreciated by the large crowd present at the BTC. The race started with Lady One making full use of her inside draw and settling into a comfortable lead of 3 lengths over Mercurial, Hesperus, Jersey Pride and Green Bax. Her jockey did not try to forcibly settle her by tightening her reins but permitted her to run freely and increase her lead, before he eased her up near the winning post. Lady One was looking a picture in the paddock and should win more laurels in the months to come. Mercurial was second for most of the race before Hesperus and Green Bax swooped on her and relegated her to fourth place. Green Bax is more suited over a 1,400 metres trip. Jersey Pride seems to have reached his peak and should be left alone for a while. The Kumararajah MAM Muthiah Trophy, run over a mile, was an open betting race with quite a few in the fray being quietly fancied. Hold that Tiger and Cascabel were sent to the gates as the joint favourites. Ciampino was taken to the front by jockey Christopher and was seen going at a moderate pace ahead of Badge of Honour, Cascabel and Hold That Tiger. Algiers was the slowest out of the gates and was at the tail end of the field in the early stages. Gopal Rao, who was riding after a break of a few years, suddenly improved Algiers on the wide outside and joined the issue with Ciampino. The two horses fought it out for the rest of the trip and it was Algiers who had her nose ahead at the wire. Hold That Tiger was another neck away in third. Ciampino seems to have regained his form and should be gracing the winners enclosure in the coming weeks. The race for 2 year-old babies had another Prakash-ridden horse Pleasant Glory installed as the first favourite. There was good support for Alcmene and She's Spectacular and soon we had three joint favourites facing the starter. She's Spectacular went to the front with Alcmene a comfortable second. Rest of the field was struggling to keep pace with the front-runners. Finally, Alcmene (Major Impact-Three For Fantasy) raised a fluent gallop and sped away from them. Prakash made free use of the whalebone on Pleasant Glory but she was in no mood to run. Appu-ridden Reflection of Gold, in spite of running green, finished a faraway third. Jockey Hayes carried on with his winning ways when he took a superb start on a normally lethargic Stafire. Carabinieri, sporting the same colours as Stafire went into a long lead and looked like holding on to it, before Stafire under the strong urging of Hayes managed to be ahead at the all important end. A lot of money was wagered on Noble Guest, but he could do no better than finish a tame third. Alekona was an impressive runner in his last start and was backed down to even money by all and sundry. Samuel Fargeat was summoned from Mumbai to do duty on this gelding. He rode a very neat race while sitting a comfortable third behind front-runners Bountiful Heights and Asiaticus. After a bit of a tussle in the straight, Alekona kicked clear and held on from a late finishing Woman In Charge and a tiring Bountiful Heights. Born Free was left standing at the gates and was seen to advantage while coming with a long stretch run and finishing a creditable fourth. Dock Of Bay finally earned a long overdue win and cantered away from a heavily backed Kemrock. Briannsta was another hard ridden winner who got up in the last few strides to peg back favourite Illusive Girl and Oro Neiro. One time top trainer MB Mangalorkar cornered the day’s honours by saddling a double.