King’s Ransom obliges in Betway Indian 1000 Guineas

Mumbai: Trainer Pesi Shroff’s champion filly King’s Ransom, piloted by P.S. Chouhan, won the Betway

Trainer Pesi Shroff’s champion filly King’s Ransom, piloted by P.S. Chouhan, won the Betway Indian 1000 Guineas (Gr.1), the stellar attraction of the Sunday’s (Dec. 11) races. The winner is owned by Mr. & Mrs. Vijay B. Shirke, Mr. Jay V. Shirke & Mr. Keki D. Mehta & Mr. Dara K. Mehta rep. Darashaw Bloodstock Pvt. Ltd. & Mr. K.N. Dhunjibhoy and Mr. Z.K. Dhunjibhoy rep. Five Stars Shipping Co. Pvt. Ltd.

Chouhan confidently kept this daughter of Multidimensional-China Creek in third last position till the 1000m. She easily covered the leeway at the bend and with a couple of backhanders from Chouhan drew away to beat longtime leader Thunberg comfortably by two lengths.

In the sixth race Iron Age set a new course record for 1200m by winning the race in 1m, 9.37s.

1. SPORT EX CONSULTANCY TROPHY (Div. I) (1,400m), Cl. V, 4-y-o & over, rated 4 to 30: TOUSSAINT (Neeraj Rawal) 1, Dalasan (S.J. Sunil) 2, Anoushka (Merchant) 3 and Luminosity (Peter) 4. Not run: Jet Typhoon. 3/4, 1/2 and Hd. 1m, 25.38s. ₹46 (w), 19, 29 and 15 (p). SHP: 107, FP: 738, Q: 344, Tanala: 2,628 and 704. Favourite: Multiencrypted. Owners: M/s. Geoffrey B. Nagpal & S.R. Sanas. Trainer: Sanjay Kolse.

2. R.J. KOLAH TROPHY (2,000m), Cl. I, rated 80 and upward: TRULY EPIC (Antony Raj S) 1, Northern Lights (N. Bhosale) 2, Caprisca (Trevor) 3 and Chopin (Neeraj Rawal) 4. Not run: Kamilah. 1/2, 3-1/4 and 1-1/2. 2m, 1.71s. ₹70 (w), 25 and 14 (p). SHP: 34, FP: 249, Q: 143, Tanala: 632 and 223. Favourite: Northern Lights. Owners: M/s. Hemant S. Dharnidharka & Dinesh G. Virwani. Trainer: Imtiaz A. Sait.

3. SIR JAMSETJEE JEEJEEBHOY (VI BART) TROPHY (Div. I) (1,200m), (Terms) Maiden, 2-y-o only: LAZARUS (P.S. Chouhan) 1, Waikiki (Parmar) 2, Sloane Square (Zervan) 3 and Alexandros (Neeraj Rawal) 4. 5, 1-1/2 and 4. 1m, 11.99s. ₹12 (w), 11, 13 and 25 (p). SHP: 26, FP: 46, Q: 46, Tanala: 165 and 146. Favourite: Lazurus. Owners: Mr. Mehernosh H. Deboo & Mrs. Auzita M. Deboo. Trainer: P. Shroff.

4. K.M. MUNSHI TROPHY (1,200m), Cl. II, rated 60 to 86: MOZELLE (Neeraj Rawal) 1, Gazino (Zervan) 2, Menilly (Ajinkya) 3 and Cellini (P. Shinde) 4. 2, 4-3/4 and 4-1/2. 1m, 10.35s. ₹25 (w), 10 and 22 (p). SHP: 24, FP: 88, Q: 51, Tanala: 99 and 32. Favourite: Menilly. Owners: Mr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Mr Adar C. Poonawalla & Mrs Natasha A Poonawalla rep. Villoo Poonawalla Racing & Breeding Pvt Ltd, Mr Mukul Sonawala, Mr. D. R. Thacker rep. DT Racing & Breeders LLP, Mr. S. R. Sanas, Mr. Saleem Fazelbhoy & Mr Solomon F. Sopher. Trainer: Altaf Hussain.