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Friday, Nov 26, 2004

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Elite Zone in rousing form

BANGALORE, NOV. 26. Elite Zone, who is in rousing form, is expected to win the Madras Race Club Cup (1,400m), the main event of this afternoon's meeting.

False rails (width about 3m from 1,600m to 1,000m and 5m from 1,000m to the winning post) will be in position.

1 1-30 Chintamani Plate

1,400m, rated 00 to 15, 4 & 5/y/o

1 00*0 Enduring Freedom (Samar) 5 62.0

Ashwin Rao

2 00*0 Alybaby (Inayathulla) Rajesh Babu 11 62.0

3 31*0 Sworn Silence (Santosh) Warren 10 61.5

4 044 Royal Brackla (Mangalorkar) Qureshi 9 60.5

5 00 Maggie Thatcher (Chawla) Afsar Khan 6 60.5

6 30*0 Wonder Splendour (Md. Khan) 3 60.0

Chandrashekar

7 002 Red Flame (Dominic) Shanth 12 58.5

8 300 Settle The Score (Dominic) Shobhan Babu 7 58.0

9 00*0 Shakalaka (Mahesh) Mark 2 58.0

10 400 Flirt With Speed (Nityanand) T. Rahul 8 57.0

11 000 Argentum Blue (Arshad) Faisal 4 55.5

12 420 Storm Eagle (Santosh) P. Kumar 1 53.0

ENDURING FREEDOM: Has stripped fitter after his last run. ROYAL BRACKLA: Has come down a class; weight should not prove a stopper in this class. MAGGIE THATCHER: Looks very fit after her mock race. SETTLE THE SCORE: Well prepared on the inner sand track.

1. Royal Brackla, 2. Maggie Thatcher, 3. Settle The Score

2 2-00 Beginners Plate

1,100m, Md. 2/y/o only (Terms)

1 — Clas (Byramji) Srinath 6 55.0

2 — The Peak (Darashah) Gnaneshwar 1 55.0

3 — Rossi (Dominic) Shobhan Babu 11 55.0

4 — Siroco (Eshwer) Whelan 3 55.0

5 — Galloping Bay (Ganapathy) D. Patel 8 55.0

6 *2 Royal Strider (Ganapathy) I. Chisty 5 55.0

7 — Tina's Triumph (Inayathulla) Faisal 12 55.0

8 — Azazel (Lokanath) Qureshi 10 55.0

9 *0 Brave Bheem (Samar) Amarpeet 4 55.0

10 — Talk Of The Devil (Sirajuddin) Asgar 9 55.0

11 *0 For The Love (Arshad) Suraj Narredu 2 53.5

12 — Aiischa (Ponnappa) Appu 7 53.5

CLAS: Impressed in the gate practice. SIROCO: Track movements impressive. ROYAL STRIDER: Ran Turbo Shot to 1/2 length over 1,200m on his debut; warrants another chance. FOR THE LOVE: Had a lung opener in Go For Gold's 1,100m; working well.

1. Royal Strider, 2. Clas, 3. Siroco

3 2-30 Taj Stud Plate (D. II)

1,400m, rated 30 to 45 4 & 5/y/o

1 00*4 La Bella Vita (I. Ghatala) M. Narredu 3 59.0

2 204 Spark Of Glory (Eshwer) Srinath 4 58.0

3 04*0 Rubik (Padmanabhan) Suraj Narredu 2 57.5

4 000 Star Of Nature (Dhariwal) Qureshi 1 57.5

5 00*1 Emilio (Darashah) Ranjeet 6 56.5

6 23 Aerographer (S.K.H. Khan) Appu 8 54.5

7 000 Highlevel (Hidayat) Faisal 5 53.5

8 304 Romance In Rain (Lokanath) Raja Rao 7 52.5

LA BELLA VITA: A fair fourth to Crystal Beauty (1,200m) on the opening day; in fine condition. SPARK OF GLORY: Looks fit and well. RUBIK: Ran off the board in Crystal Beauty's race; might have needed that run. EMILIO: Won a 1,400m impressively on the opening day; may defy the penalty.

1. La Bella Vita, 2. Rubik, 3. Spark Of Glory

4 3-00 Taj Stud Plate (D. I)

1,400m, rated 30 to 45, 4 & 5/y/o

1 110 Dancer's Quiz (Lokanath) Qureshi 6 60.0

2 443 Fiorenzza (I. Ghatala) B. Paswan 4 59.5

3 144 Starcent (Eshwer) Srinath 7 59.0

4 00*0 Star Eaglle (S. Singh) S. Ramesh 1 56.5

5 021 The Phenomenon (Byramji) Badel 3 56.5

6 010 Original Sin (Darashah) Gnaeshwar 2 56.0

7 000 Summer Storm (Samar) Vivek 8 55.0

8 01*0 Charleston (A. Mangalorkar) Whelan 5 54.5

FIORENZZA: Comes into the reckoning on her third to Only For Gold (1,400m) at summer. STARCENT: A good fourth to Kanthara over 1,800m at Pune; moving well in the morning trials here. THE PHENOMENON: Won a 1,400m in a gutsy manner at Mysore; retains form. ORIGINAL SIN: Runs with an upsetting chance.

1. Starcent, 2. Fiorenzza, 3. The Phenomenon

5 3-30 Beloved Prince Plate

1,200m, rated 10 to 25, 4 & 5/y/o

1 23*4 Saoirse (Byramji) Badel 6 61.5

2 10*0 Don'tforgetmaumann (Kuts) Vijay Kumar 12 61.0

3 3*01 Clarentia (Md. Khan) Qureshi 7 60.5

4 03*0 Fantasy Strip (Puttanna) Rajesh Babu 5 59.0

5 00*4 Flower Dew (Pradeep) Ranjeet 4 59.0

6 10*2 Madam Marina (S. Singh) Appu 10 59.0

7 242 Braid Hills (Darashah) A. Velu 3 57.0

8 410 Silver Ring (Samar) J. Rahul 9 56.0

9 22*0 Just Perfect (S. Narredu) Suraj Narredu 2 54.0

10 00*0 Gunmaster (Santosh) Kumar 8 52.5

11 430 Afresh (Arshad) Vivek 1 50.5

12 40*0 Zhanna (Dominic) P. Ramesh 11 50.0

SAOIRSE: A game fourth to Zabdiel (1,400m) in his last start; present trip may suit him better. CLARENTIA: A fluent winner of her last start over 1,200m in the lower class; in fine nick. MADAM MARINA: An easy second to Alla Famiglia (1,200m); in fine condition. BRAID HILLS: Deserves following on his second to Noble Flash (1,200m) at Mysore.

1. Madam Marina, 2. Saoirse, 3. Braid Hills

6 4-00 Madras Race Club Cup

1,400m, rated 40 & above

1 200 Just Brave (Darashah) Ashwin Rao 6 63.0

2 13*2 Blue Hare (Md. Khan) Appu 7 58.5

3 13*1 Crystal Beauty (Mangalorkar) Ranjeet 3 55.5

4 422 Star Alone (Eshwer) Md. Ghous 11 54.5

5 01*0 Augill Castle (Puttanna) Vivek 10 54.0

6 232 Southern Regent (Ganapathy) Shakti 5 53.5

7 10*0 After Glow (Eshwer) Gopal Rao 12 53.5

8 113 Elite Zone (Ganapathy) I. Chisty 8 53.0

9 22*2 No Excuses (Darius) Mark 2 53.0

10 1 Brown Sugar (I. Ghatala) B. Paswan 1 52.5

11 03*0 Conqueress (Dhariwal) T. Moses 9 51.5

12 000 Arabian Storm (S. Narredu) Rajesh Babu 4 49.0

BLUE HARE: Found Only For Gold too good in his last start over 1,400m; should be persisted with. SOUTHERN REGENT: An impressive second to Venus Arising in the Nanoli Stud Pune Derby (2,000m); in fine nick. ELITE ZONE: A good third to Venus Arising in the Pune Derby; in good condition. BROWN SUGAR: Running after a long lay-off; he is in pink of condition as evidenced by his mock race.

1. Elite Zone, 2. Southern Regent,

3. Brown Sugar

7 4-30 Kailash Trophy

1,600m, rated 10 to 25

1 0*0 Annakita (Darius) Whelan 7 60.5

2 022 Esperante (Byramji) Badel 10 58.5

3 4*2 Great Seal (Byramji) Srinath 11 58.0

4 00*0 Real Power (Santosh) Warren 9 58.0

5 43*0 Apollo Storm (Samar) Amarpreet 4 56.5

6 20*0 Ikon Brown (S. Narredu) M. Narredu 1 55.0

7 0 Big B (Lokanath) Appu 8 54.0

8 0*3 Freaky Chakra (A. Mangalorkar) Faisal 12 54.0

9 311 Mount Titlis (Britto) Mahendran 3 53.0

10 00 Highland Ghillie (Padmanabhan) 2 52.5

Guruprasad

11 40*0 Benvenuta (I. Ghatala) Suraj Narredu 6 51.5

12 00*0 Eskimo Boy (Ganapathy) S. Babu 5 51.0

ESPERANTE: Twice second at Mysore; may raise a winning gallop today. GREAT SEAL: As an odds-on favourite failed to collar Armidale by a head over 1,400m; should be given another chance. BIG B: Fit for the fray, BENVENUTA: Well in at the weights.

1. Big B, 2. Esperante, 3. Great Seal

8 5-00 P. Anthony Memorial Plate

1,200m, rated 20 to 35

1 001 Mount Royale (Ponnappa) Badel 1 59.0

2 00 Blairgowrie (Darashah) Gnaneshwar 2 58.0

3 230 Itsmyday (A. Mangalorkar) Srinath 6 58.0

4 340 Laughing Wild (S. Narredu) Suraj Narredu 4 57.0

5 100 Golden Venture (S. Narredu) Harsha 11 56.5

6 043 Cameo Role (Dhariwal) Chandrashekar 3 56.0

7 124 Missedent (Darashah) Ranjeet 8 56.0

8 041 Dalajita (Darashah) Md. Shafiq 5 55.5

9 0*0 Jacard (Puttanna) Appu 7 55.5

10 221 Ladyfeelgood (Darius) Mark 9 55.5

11 0*30 Everblazing (S. Narredu) Noorulla 10 54.5

MOUNT ROYALE: A gutsy winner of his last start over 1,200m at Mysore; in fine condition. BLAIRGOWRIE: Track movements pleasing. ITSMYDAY: A consistent runner at summer; continues to shine in the trials. LAUGHING WILD: In fine fettle.