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Southern Bay
Rules The Bangalore Classic Scene As
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 Southern Bay (Alnasr Alwasheek-Priceless Glory) completed a comfortable classic double, lifting both the Bangalore 1000 Guineas (Gr2) and the  BangaloreOaks (Gr2) while Field Marshal (Placerville-Shamaal) duly won the Bangalore 2000 Guineas (Gr2) before departing to Mumbai.
Southern Bay who was stripped of the Mysore 1000 Guineas title after testing positive for a banned substance redeemed herself a little with a good second place in the Mysore Derby behind Field Marshal. The redemption was complete with her emphatic win in the Bangalore 1000 Guineas...
— Sanjay Reddy
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Surya Lakshmi and Pedalo provide local
cheer in the Guineas while Forever Glory and
Practically Perfect set the Oaks alight |
 That the quality of Hyderabad horses has improved by leaps and bounds was certainly underlined when Surya Lakshmi and Pedalo scored impressive wins in the Golconda 1000 Guineas (Gr2) and 2000 Guineas (Gr2) respectively.
The K. Srinivas trained SuryaLakshmi (Burden Of Proof- Indian Endeavour) repelled the attentions of the more fancied Bangalore challengers, Silken Touch,Practically Perfect and Preordained, to cement herplace as oneof the leading fillies of her generation. P. S. Chouhan was at his powerful best on the K. Krishna Kumar-owned filly to win the 1600m classic in record time... |
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In The Spotlight
A National Champion
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She had won in Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad before making the trip to Kolkata, with a keen eye on the classics there. Her astute trainer S. Padmanabhan, known to travel his horses well and conquer, made the right call and was game to take on the Kolkata wonderhorse Dandified... |
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| The Mumbai Winter |
| Racing Season 2012 |
 Since the start of the Mumbai Winter racing season in mid-November there has been plenty of exciting racing action with five Millions and three Indian Classics already setting the tempo for the mega event of the season, the Indian Derby.
The first Group race of the winter season, the A. C. Ardeshir Trophy (Gr3) which had classic winners compete over the mile was expected to be acompetitive one with Ocean And Beyond going out as the favourite. Onassis (Glory of Dancer – Rahy’s Serenade) certainly made it so, with a terrific run in the straight to overcome the fighting duo of St Leger winner Macchupicchu and Ciel Indienne. When Ocean And Beyond began his move Onassis was already in top gear, and this gelding who, very apparently, has a penchant for the... |
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 This thrilling finish was matched a week later when five of the ten contenders had the credentials to pull out a win and so the promise of another thrilling race in the Casino Royale Indian 2000 Guineas(Gr1) was on the cards. The handsome Cardinal had won a 7f race,butwould he stay the distance? Thewell bred Speed Six,who just went down to Pronto Pronto in Bangalore posed a threat. Picasso and the much touted Knighton had as good a chance to pull this... |
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The Ramniwas Ramnarain Ruia Gold Trophy (Gr2) run about a month later saw six Derby hopefuls stretch over the mile and a quarter in the prep race for the Indian Derby. Doubts about Cardinal (Placerville-Haunting Beauty) staying the distance was totallydispensed with a brilliant strategy to keep the favourite off the pace. Understanding FieldMarshall’s front running style the competition hadto depend on individual strategies to try and ... |
 Running the Gitanjali Juvenile Million over 1200m the Harresh Mehta-owned got aboard Relic Hunter (Bertolini- Ash Moon), who had race experience under his belt, swept past the opposition to win under Daniel Grant from Amazing Desire, who has yet to win a race, and Angels Quest who subsequently came out and won over 1000m... |
The two Millions for older horses, the Jaspal Enterprises Sprint Million run over 1200m and the Morellato by Gitanjali Lifestyle Million had seven common horses who competed in both events, which was won by the Harresh Mehta owner-Ancient Wonder. This six-year-old gelding is living up to his name having won two races in Pune, and... |
 Indian Oaks (Gr1) day saw an enhanced crowd of well attired people enjoy the running of two prestigeous Group races. In the Gool S. Poonawalla Million (Gr3) there were eight who faced the starter, with the winner of two races Sharaarat going out as favourite. While Sharaarat brought the field into the home stretch and seemed like the likely winner, the Pesi Shroff-trained Hachiko (Noverre–Indira)... |
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