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Labour Day Cup major attraction today

By Asher Butt
May 06, 2018

LAHORE: Labour Day Cup is the only major attraction of the day in the card of five races that would initiate the six-month tenure of Col (retd) Mashud as chairman of the Lahore Race Club on Sunday.

Last Sunday, Chairman Tariq Aziz had a Farewell Cup after completing his six months in office. The two had six months each for having a dead heat in their elections held last year in October. Now the officials, owners and other members of the LRC have high hopes of development in the club from Col Mashud and his team. The day at the Race Club will start with The High Again Plate races. As all the races are of 800 metres, the Labour Day Cup has Piyara Sayeen as the favourite pony.

The first plate of class 7 and division 6 have a field of 18 ponies and from among those, Desert Rain is believed to be the number bet. The 12 horses second race has Turab Prince as the favourite. This class 7 and division 5 plate have high hopes from this eight years only but he would get a tough challenge from Danial Bryan and Afzaal Choice.

A five year old equine, Happiness Moment is believed to be winning the third race. But surprise performance can be expected from Zubi The Great and Fancy Boy. There are a few more good ponies in a field of 17 going to test their skills. The cup race of the day would have interesting competition as from among 10 participants, Piyaa Sayeen is marked to win, Zaheer Prince coming second and Carry On Jutta may surprise. The fifth race of the day has Bajwa’s Choice as the pony to look out for with competition coming from Golden Pound and Poetry.

Races details:

First race in Class-VII and Division-V: Favourites: win Desert Rain, place Almas Choice, fluke Music Boy

Other participants: Fly To Finish, Dancing Baby, Crazy Cat Lady, King Queen, Neel Kanwal, Roshan, Rani Shah Di, High Jacker, Start Me Up, Great Poma, Dance of Life, On The Spot Win, Accurate Moon Star, Lucky Sohna, Look At Me

Second race in Class-VII and Division-V: Favourites: win Turab Prince, place Daniel Bryan, fluke Afzaal Choice,

Golden Apple, Public Fancy, Artghal, Lovely Step, Buzkushi, Crazy Doll, London Queen, Black Secret, Love Master

Third race in Class-VII and Division-III and IV: Favourites: win Happiness Moment, place Zobi The Great, fluke Fancy Boy

Zil Prince, New Prince, Khalnaik, Tiger Jet, Babbu Prince, Chota Sain, Dil De Ruba, Da Vinci, Janab, Dancing Boy, Zubair Princess, Furious, Uzair Prince, Big Boy

The Labour Day Cup in Class-VII and Division-I: Favourites: win Piyara Sayeen, place Zaheer Princess, fluke Carry On Jutta

Punjabi Munda, Bright Light, Red Flame, Butt The Great, The Game Changer, Minding, Tiffany’s 9,

Fifth race in Class-VI and Division-II and III: Favourites: win Bajwa Choice, place Golden Pound, fluke Poetry

Pitru, Neeli The Great, Helena, Nice One, Ubbi, Green Magic, Abdullah Princess, Satpara, Black Eyes.