El Greco bags Karl Umrigar Salver
- By Prakash Gosavi
The YM Chaudhry Memorial Trophy for maiden three-year-old horses looked to be heading for a thrilling finish when, at the 300m marker, the heads of three horses, Pristine Glory, Warlock and Oliver, were aligned. But jockey Vivek G astride the Pesi Shroff-trained Oliver accelerated spectacularly and the race was virtually over 200m from home.
Trainer Faisal Abbas led in the winner of the FK Vakil Salver after jockey Sandesh took his four-year-old grey filly, Medusa, on a successful start-to-finish mission over the seven-furlong trip. David Allan astride Fable followed him all the way up to the winning post to finish runner up.
The small, six-race card opened with the Regal Equity Plate, a five-furlong affair for the bottom class horses which saw the Faisal Abbas-trained Ekla Cholo (apprentice S Siddharth) attracting most of the betting money, sending out trainer Dallas Todywalla's Champagne Smile at 28-to-10. Champagne Smile scored a rather easy victory.
The Ferrari Plate, the other Class V race, saw the day's shortest priced favourite, Flashman (Vivek G up), winning easily for trainer Bezan Chenoy. Vivek G was the sole professional to score more than once on the Thursday card.
Courtesy : Mid-Day
