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Saturday, Aug 14, 2004

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Sport - Racing : Horse

Royal Emblem may repeat

HYDERABAD, AUG. 14. Royal Emblem, who maintains form, may score an encore in the S.S. Cardmaster Memorial Cup (1,800m), the feature event of Saturday afternoon's races.

False rails (width about 4 mts from 1,400m to 450m) will be in position.

1 2-15 Sardar Patel Plate

1,200m, Cat. II, Md. 3/y/o only (Terms)

1 00*3 Diesel (Vatsalya) Ruzaan 1 56.0

2 *0 Driving Force (Satheesh) Gallagher 4 56.0

3 00*0 Little Dragon (Satheesh) Kariappa 5 56.0

4 000 Peace Talks (Srinivas) B.V. Krishnan 2 56.0

5 00*0 Excuse Me (Faisal) Shoban Babu 8 54.5

6 20*2 Outtostealthescene (Deshmukh)

A. Imran Khan 3 54.5

7 00 Palace Girl (Netto) Rutherford 6 54.5

8 *0 The Miniature (Y. Khan) Christopher 7 54.5

DIESEL: A fair third to Red Key Point (1,400m); trip is ideal. LITTLE DRAGON: Ignore his last run; this is his second run after being gelded. EXCUSE ME: Improved since her last run. OUTTOSTEALTHESCENE: Needed her run in Copenhagen's 1,200m.

1. Diesel, 2. Outtostealthescene, 3. Little Dragon

2 2-45 Royal Tern Plate

1,600m, Cat. III, 3/y/o & over, rated upto 50

1 44*4 Luxury Cruise (Satheesh) Gallagher 2 60.0

2 20*0 Pocket Dynamite (Vatsalya) Ruzaan 1 57.5

3 10*0 Shannon (L. D'Silva) Christopher 4 57.0

4 000 Dauntless (Vatsalya) Madhu Kumar 9 54.0

5 00*0 I Am Special (Shamsuddin) Sk. Sharookh 7 53.5

6 1*00 Alakazam (L. D'Silva) Deep Shanker 5 53.0

7 301 I Defy (Srinivas) Lakshmi Kant 6 52.0

8 00*3 Maid For Eachother (Deshmukh)

A. Imran Khan 3 52.0

9 40*0 Gem Of A Guy (Satheesh) Ross 8 49.5

LUXURY CRUISE: A consistent runner; may trouble the best. POCKET DYNAMITE: An easy fifth to Bhangra Knight (1,200m); may run a decent race. SHANNON: Looks fit and well. MAID FOR EACHOTHER: Appeals on weights.

1. Luxury Cruise, 2. Pocket Dynamite, 3. Shannon

3 3-15 Treasure Wind Plate

1,200m, Cat. II, 3/y/o & over, rated upto 75

1 000 Broken Silence (Laxman) G. Sandeep 1 60.0

2 0*00 Aunt Sally (Raju) Suresh 8 59.0

3 00*2 Master Prospect (Prasad) B. Shinde 4 57.5

4 11*4 Royal Award (Raju) D. Singh 5 55.0

5 000 Blue Bells (Prasad) Kannan 3 54.5

6 000 Miraculous Ruler (Rafaat) Ravinder 7 53.5

7 22*1 Miami Gold (L. D'Silva) Deep Shanker 2 51.5

8 133 One More Time (Satheesh) Gallagher 9 51.5

9 30*0 Taxido (Habibullah) Ravi Shanker 6 51.0

MASTER PROSPECT: Has come on after his second to Classic Ten (1,400m); now running without tongue strap and basket bit. ROYAL AWARD: A forward runner in Suryarath's 1,400m; may try pillar to post tactics. MIAMI GOLD: A facile winner over 1,200m; maintains form. ONE MORE TIME: Track movements impressive.

1. One More Time, 2. Master Prospect, 3. Royal Award

4 3-45 Byerly Brigade Cup

1,200m, Cat. III, 5/y/o & over, rated upto 50

1 0*00 Maltese Star (Satheesh) Qazafi 7 60.0

2 3*00 Pentium Four (Habibullah) Abhinay 1 58.5

3 000 Maratha Prince (Srinivas) Pavan Kumar 10 58.0

4 0*00 Ingenuity (Raju) Suresh 4 57.5

5 0*00 Daring Fantasy (Habibullah) Ravi Shanker 8 56.5

6 2*00 Cinnamon (Silvester) G. Sandeep 5 55.0

7 00*0 Noteworthy (Satheesh) Ross 14 52.5

8 4*00 Victory Chime (Deshmukh) A. Joshi 9 52.5

9 000 Law Minister (Faisal) Shoban Babu 12 52.0

10 000 Victory Gallop (Faisal) M. Krishna 11 52.0

11 *003 Star Conqueror (Srinagesh) Sequeira 2 51.5

12 04*1 Festival Match (Srinivas) A. Ramana 6 50.5

13 *003 Balalaika (Raju) Chary 13 49.0

14 0*00 Luciferous (Vatsalya) Ruzaan 3 48.0

MALTESE STAR: Should improve on his second to Irish Nip (1,400m); should be given another chance. CINNAMON: Speedy; may try start to finish tactics. VICTORY CHIME: Has come on after his last run. STAR CONQUEROR: Seen finishing on well in Welhams' (1,400m); can make a race of it. BALALAIKA: Well in at the weights.

1. Maltese Star, 2. Balalaika, 3. Star Conqueror

5 4-15 S.S. Cardmaster Memorial Cup

1,800m, Cat. II, 4/y/o & over

1 0*00 Satin Gold (Raju) Suresh 7 58.0

2 0*00 Bench Mark (Raju) D. Singh 8 56.5

3 0*00 Divine Perfection (Prasad) G.B. Khade 5 55.0

4 1*23 Mr. Bureaucrat (Srinivas) B.V. Krishnan 2 55.0

5 0*31 Royal Emblem (L. D'Silva) Christopher 1 55.0

6 001 Royal Baby (Raju) Sreekant 6 53.5

7 01*0 Eyes Right (Netto) Sequeira 3 52.0

8 001 Starry Eyes (Satheesh) Qazafi 4 47.5

BENCH MARK: Has had two runs; will have a bold show. DIVINE PERFECTION: Working well. ROYAL EMBLEM: Won comfortably in his last start (1,800m); may repeat. EYES RIGHT: Ignore his run in Coming Along's 1,200m; looks fit for the fray.

1. Royal Emblem, 2. Bench Mark, 3. Eyes Right

6 4-45 Cupidious Plate

1,400m, Cat. IV, rated upto 25

1 0*00 Ajnabee (Raju) Sreekant 6 60.0

2 0*00 Big Budget (Faiyaz) H. Moses 4 60.0

3 00*0 Full House (Raju) D. Singh 5 60.0

4 0*00 Hall Of Fame (Shamsuddin) I. Chisty 10 60.0

5 0*30 Maceio (Faisal) Shoban Babu 2 60.0

6 4*00 Nashville (L. D'Silva) Deep Shanker 3 60.0

7 00*0 Sugar Line (Raju) Sk. Farokh 1 60.0

8 0*01 Golden Babe (Srinivas) Pavan Kumar 8 58.0

9 10*0 Bigwig (Y. Khan) Chauhan 11 57.5

10 00*0 Castle Goldegg (Laxman Singh) Ravinder 12 56.0

11 3*00 Great Power (Srinivas) Lakshmi Kant 9 54.5

12 0*02 Secret Archives (Silvester) M.F. Alikhan 7 54.5

HALL OF FAME: Has come down a class; has an each way chance with blinkers on. NASHVILLE: Should be benefited by her last two race gallops. GREAT POWER: Looks fit. SECRET ARCHIVES: Ran Royal Guest to 1-1/2 lengths over 1,600m; should be persisted with.