Juliette unleashes a glorious run to keep her tryst with destiny
The Hindu
Juliette, the wonder mare, dominates the HPSL Indian Turf Invitation Cup with record-breaking victory.
One ran out of superlatives to describe the wonder mare Juliette, the eight-year-old got-abroad grey by Musketier out of Gimmesumsugar, as she strolled to victory in the HPSL Indian Turf Invitation Cup here on Sunday. Sporting the colours of the Poonawalla family this time, but with the professional combination of trainer Karthik Ganapathy and jockey C.S. Jodha remaining unchanged, Juliette put daylight between herself and her rivals.
At the regal age of 8, it was almost as if she was making a statement when leaving the runner-up Jamari eight lengths adrift while stopping the clock at a record time of 2 minutes, 26.783s.
In the bargain she also completed a hat-trick of Invitation Cups and there’s no question that she’s one of the greatest of all time. Every sport loves a superstar, and Juliette can rightly lay claim to the title ‘Empress of the Indian Turf’.
In the Major P.K. Mehra Super Mile, A Star Is Born, a six-year-old bay horse trained by Rajesh Narredu and ridden with panache by Suraj Narredu, got going in time to peg back Knotty Charmer who at one stage looked like having sealed the deal.
Suraj, who kept the son of Roderic O’Connor in fourth place, pushed his steed with an electrifying run to win by a shade over a neck.
Siege Courageous waltzed away in the Suresh Mahindra Multi Million. The Prasanna Kumar-trained five-year-old son of Gusto out of Golden Queen made amends for losing out in the Sprinters’ Cup by turning in a record-breaking run.
The results:
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