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Saturday, Nov 13, 2004

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Romantic Fire in fine nick

BANGALORE, NOV. 13. Romantic Fire, who is in fine nick, may score an encore in the Kunigal Trophy (1,400m), the main event of this afternoon's meeting.

False rails (width about 3m from 1,500m to the winning post) will be in position.

1 2-00 November Plate

1,200m, Md. 2/y/o only (Terms)

1 King of Queens (Dominic) Shoban Babu 1 55.0

2 Turbo Shot (Eshwer) Srinath 2 55.0

3 Royal Strider (Ganapathy) B. Prakash 8 55.0

4 Micky Roony (Karan) Shakti 12 55.0

5 Chand Tara (Samar) Gnaneshwar 10 55.0

6 Little Robin (Samar) Vivek 4 55.0

7 Bumper Prize (Sirajuddin) I. Chisty 9 55.0

8 Star Craft (Darius) Appu 7 53.5

9 Queen's Glory (Ganapathy) D. Patel 11 53.5

10 Supreme Princess (Ganapathy) S. Babu 3 53.5

11 Smell of Success (Karan) M. R. Singh 6 53.5

12 Strong Rumours (Mangalorkar) R. Marshall 5 53.5

TURBO SHOT: Fit as a fiddle. ROYAL STRIDER: Track movements impressive. CHAND TARA: Looks fit and well. STAR CRAFT: Impressed in a gate practice.

1. Star Craft, 2. Royal Strider, 3. Turbo Shot

2 2-30 Melkote Plate

1,600m, rated 10 to 25

1 204 Initiation (Samar) Amarpreet 2 61.5

2 010 Grey Hawk (S. Narredu) Rajesh Babu 8 59.5

3 100 Real Power (Santosh) Warren 7 59.0

4 022 Cartouche (Md. Khan) Appu 5 57.0

5 2 Gatling (Byramji) Badel 6 57.0

6 000 Ministry Of Sound (Padmanabhan) Guruprasad 3 53.0

7 000 Royal Fontaine (Ganapathy) Afsar 1 53.0

8 00 Eskimo Boy (Ganapathy) S. Babu 4 52.0

INITIATION: A failed favourite in Ponte Romano's 2,000m in higher class at Mysore; may make amends. REAL POWER: Runs with an upsetting chance. CARTOUCHE: Deserves following on his second to Andreyan (1,400m) at Mysore. GATLING: Found Supreme Power too good over 1,400m on his debut; should be persisted with.

1. Gatling, 2. Cartouche, 3. Initiation

3 3-00 Dupont Plate

1,400m, 4 & 5/y/o, rated 10 to 25

1 023 Saoirse (Byramji) Mark 8 62.0

2 200 Royal Prose (Puttanna) Appu 1 61.0

3 103 Spark Of Fire (Kuts) Vijay Kumar 6 60.5

4 001 Right Status (Darashah) Ranjeet 2 60.5

5 000 City Of Angels (Mangalorkar) Qureshi 4 60.0

6 044 Zabdiel (I. Ghatala) B. Paswan 7 59.0

7 214 Time Is Money (J.S. Pillay) Ashwin Rao 10 58.0

8 134 Diamond Cut (Inayathulla) Prithviraj 11 56.0

9 002 Ondhu Ondhu Ondhu (Valavi) Asgar 5 54.5

10 000 Solarity (Ganapathy) S. Babu 9 53.0

11 000 Red Fort (Dominic) Mahendran 3 48.5

SAOIRSE: A consistent runner; continues to shine in trials. ROYAL PROSE: Judiciously prepared. SPARK OF FIRE: Third to Andreyan (second win) over 1,600m in higher class at Mysore; moving well in the morning try-outs. CITY OF ANGELS: Fit for the fray.

1. City Of Angels, 2. Saoirse, 3. Royal Prose

4 3-30 Krishnaraja Trophy

1,200m, rated 40 & above

1 140 Star Wind (Eshwer) Mark 2 65.5

2 010 One Magic Moment (Padmanabhan)

Ashwin Rao 4 62.5

3 144 Soviet Bay (I. Ghatala) B. Pawan 3 62.0

4 003 The Music Lover (Dominic) Qureshi 7 59.5

5 214 Explosivo (Eshwer) Jagadeesh 9 57.5

6 011 Ciraja (Samar) Shahbuddin 1 56.5

7 010 After Glow (Eshwer) Md. Ghous 6 54.5

8 333 Conqueress (Dhariwal) Zia 10 51.5

9 100 Ministrel Heights (Ganapathy) I. Chisty 8 50.0

10 210 Havana Goodtime (Ponnappa) Appu 5 50.0

ONE MAGIC MOMENT: Subjected to steady preparation; should go close. SOVIET BAY: Comes into the reckoning on his consistency. MINISTREL HEIGHTS: Led till 400m out in the Full Speed's Poonawalla Mysore Derby (2,000m); present trip may suit him better. HAVANA GOODTIME: Appeals on weights.

1. Ministrel Heights, 2. Havana Goodtime,

3. One Magic Moment

5 4-00 Kunigal Trophy

1,400m, 3/y/o (Terms)

1 111 Romantic Fire (Vijay) C. Alford 1 57.0

2 024 Blurr (Eshwer) Srinath 8 53.5

3 112 Supreme General (Ganapathy) I. Chisty 5 53.0

4 322 Star Admiral (Ganapathy) B. Prakash 2 52.0

5 011 Atlantic Heiress (Ganapathy) R. Marshall 7 51.5

6 331 Dazzling Quintet (Ganapathy) S. Babu 3 50.0

7 402 Baghzad (S. Narredu) Suraj Narredu 6 50.0

8 322 Gaslight (Byramji) Appu 4 48.5

ROMANTIC FIRE: Completed a hat-trick of victories; continues to be in good form. BLURR: An impressive fourth to Fantabulous King in the Kingfisher Derby Bangalore (2,000m); in fine trim. STAR ADMIRAL: A fair second to Fantabulous King in the Derby; systematically prepared. GASLIGHT: At an attractive weight.

1. Romantic Fire, 2. Star Admiral, 3. Gaslight

6 4-30 B.N. Puttalingaraju Memorial Plate

1,600m, 4&5/y/o, rated 20 to 35

1 00 Royal Affinity (Ganapathy) Shakti 4 62.0

2 032 Milan (Darashah) Md. Shafiq 5 61.0

3 320 Galaxy Star (Ganapathy) B. Prakash 1 57.5

4 000 Samarinda (Darius) Mark 3 57.0

5 302 Newmachar (Darashah) Gnaneshwar 8 56.5

6 000 Dr. Nefarious (I. Ghatala) B. Paswan 6 55.5

7 21 The Zamindar (A. Mangalorkar)Suraj Narredu 7 55.0

8 201 Princess Chand (Samar) Jagadeesh 10 54.0

9 000 Amazing Ability (Ponnappa) Chandrasekar 2 52.5

10 023 Dramatic Heights (Padmanabhan) Appu 9 48.0

GALAXY STAR: In fine fettle. NEWMACHAR: Ran Bollinger to ½ length over 2,200m at Mysore; warrants another chance. THE ZAMINDAR: A gutsy winner of his last start over 1,600m; in fine condition. DRAMATIC HEIGHTS: A handicap possibility.

1. Galaxy Star, 2. The Zamindar, 3. Newmachar

7 5-00 Somanathpur Plate

1,200m, 4&5/y/o, rated 00 to 15

1 43*0 Clarentia (Md. Khan) Qureshi 7 62.0

2 000 Shakalaka (Mahesh) Mark 10 60.0

3 400 Zhanna (Dominic) Mahendran 11 60.0

4 3 Classic Destiny (A. Mangalorkar)

Ashwin Rao 12 59.5

5 004 Flawless Diamond (Ganapathy) Shakti 2 59.5

6 414 Serious Attraction (Md. Khan)

Md. Thameem 8 59.0

7 300 Candramala (Ponnappa) Appu 9 59.0

8 030 Diamond Tops (Inayathulla) Prithviraj 3 56.0

9 000 Continental Pearl (Santosh) R. Marshall 5 55.0

10 000 Appolo Reef (V. Chawla) Dasrath 1 52.5

11 400 Pay The Price (Dominic) Shoban Babu 4 52.5

12 000 Conquering Grey (Santosh) Rajesh Babu 6 51.5

CLARENTIA: Has stripped fitter after her gallop in Alla Famiglia (1,200m), ZHANNA: Looks fit; may spring a surprise. CLASSIC DESTINY: Running after a long lay-off; well prepared on the inner sand track. CANDRAMALA: In fine fettle.