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Scintilating Skill for Golconda St. Leger

Hyderabad: Scintilating Skill appears to have an edge over her three rivals in the Golconda St.Leger (2,800m), the main event of the races to be held here on Sunday (Oct. 29). Psychic Strength may give a close fight.

There will be no false rails.

1 ELURU PLATE (1,400m) — Cat-II, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 70 — 1-10 p.m: 1. Artist (Satyanarayana) 2 Ali Khan 60, 2. Herecomesthebabe (Rafaat) 3 Suraj Narredu 58.5, 3. Golden Castle (L. D'Silva) 7 A. Imran Khan 57, 4. Mystic Crown (Raju) 5 B. Shanker 57, 5. Albuquerque (L. D'Silva) 6 Mukesh 56.5, 6. Kodos (F. Hassan) 4 M. Krishna 56.5 and 7. Angel Of Faith (Raju) 1 Suresh 55.5.

HERECOMESTHEBABE: Running after a long lay off; may need this run. GOLDEN CASTLE: After winning a 1,600m, finished second in Gold Mint's 1,600m; should be persisted with. MYSTIC CROWN: Comes into the reckoning on his second to Artistic Way (1,400m). ALBUQUERQUE: Working well. ANGEL OF FAITH: A handicap chance.

1. Golden Castle,

2. Angel Of Faith,

3. Albuquerque

2 TOTARAM'S CUP (1,800m) — Cat-I, 3-y-o & over — 1-40: 1. Roanoke (L. D'Silva) 7 A. Imran Khan 63, 2. Dama Grande (Vatsalya) 3 Suraj Narredu 61.5, 3. Red Key Point (Deshmukh) 5 Appu 60.5, 4. Da Vinci Rose (L. D'Silva) 6 Deep Shanker 56.5, 5. Royal Ruby (Prasad) 1 R. B. Shinde 52.5, 6. Ryder (Netto) 4 Sequeira 51.5 and 7. Copenhagen (L. D'Silva) 2 Uday Kiran 47.5.

ROANOKE: Has improved since his last run. DAMA GRANDE: In great heart as evidenced by her track movements. RED KEY POINT: An impressive winner of his last start; retains form. COPENHAGEN: Well in at the weights.

1. Dama Grande,

2. Red Key Point,

3. Copenhagen

3 CHARMINAR TROPHY (1,600m) — Cat-II, 3-y-o & over (Terms) — 2-10: 1. Lancashire (L. D'Silva) 4 A. Imran Khan 59.5, 2. Suryarath (Prasad) 1 R. B. Shinde 56.5, 3. Gold Mint (Vatsalya) 6 Appu 55.5, 4. Arrow Of Light (Netto) 2 Suraj Narredu 55, 5. Flower Princess (Satyanarayana) 5 Qazafi 55, 6. Artistic Way (Kassam) 3 D. Singh 53.5 and 7. Mission Chief (S. Abbas) 7 Chary 52.

GOLD MINT: An impressive winner of her last two starts; may make it three in a row. ARROW OF LIGHT: A facile winner of his last start (1,400m); capable of repeating. MISSION CHIEF: Shaping well in the trials.

1. Arrow Of Light,

2. Gold Mint,

3. Mission Chief

4 NAGARJUNA SAGAR PLATE (2,400m) — Cat-III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50 — 2-45: 1. Olympic Crown (Shamsuddin) 4 A. Imran Khan 61, 2. Heekh Heekh Heekh (N. Rao) 7 Ganesh 60, 3. Star Caliber (Prasad) 1 Suraj Narredu 59.5, 4. Sincerity (Rafaat) 5 M. Krishna 58.5, 5. Arcelor (Vatsalya) 8 Laxmikanth 57, 6. Keep In Touch (Satyanarayana) 3 B. Prakash 54, 7. Wild Angel (S. Abbas) 6 Chary 53, 8. Lady B (Laxman S) 10 R. B. Shinde 51, 9. Negress Doll (Habibullah) 2 Ravinder 48.5 and 10. Ocean City (Habibullah) 9 Abhinay 47.

OLYMPIC CROWN: Deserves following on his consistency. STAR CALIBER: A gutsy winner of his last two starts; retains form. KEEP IN TOUCH: Finished a good second in her last two starts; may upset. WILD ANGEL: A close second and third to Star Caliber; will have a bold show.

1. Wild Angel,

2. Star Caliber,

3. Olympic Crown

5 SMT. C. MOHANA KUMARI SATYANARAYANA MEMORIAL CUP (Div. I) (1,200m) — Cat-III, 5-y-o & over, rated upto 50 — 3-15: 1. Ekta Ekta Ekta (N. Rao) 1 Ganesh 60, 2. Jetage (Netto) 10 R. B. Shinde 59.5, 3. Adroit (N. Rao) 6 A. Imran Khan 58, 4. Fashion For Ever (Satyanarayana) 2 M. Krishna 56, 5. Pocket Dynamite (Vatsalya) 7 Laxmikanth 56, 6. Line To Conquer (Faiyaz) 3 Abhinay 55.5, 7. Math Mario (Shamsuddin) 5 Sk.Farookh 55, 8. Alakazam (F. Hassan) 8 Ali Khan 54, 9. Gun Rock (S. Abbas) 4 Chary 53.5 and 10. Bold Choice (Raju) 9 Nitin 51.

JETAGE: Impressed in gate practice; will have a bold show. ADROIT: Shaping well in the trials. FASHION FOR EVER: Fit for the fray. LINE TO CONQUER: A fair fourth in Star Kid's 1,400m; may spring a surprise. MATH MARIO: A good outsider.

1. Adroit,

2. Jetage,

3. Fashion For Ever

6 SMT. C. MOHANA KUMARI SATYANARAYANA MEMORIAL CUP (Div. II) (1,200m) — Cat-III, 5-y-o & over, rated upto 50 — 3-45: 1. Diesel (Vatsalya) 5 R. B. Shinde 60, 2. Bench Mark (Raju) 2 Sreekant 59.5, 3. One More Time (Satyanarayana) 1 I. Chisty 57.5, 4. Ne Tlus Ultra (Srinagesh) 3 Lawrence 57, 5. Bull Phase (Shamsuddin) 8 Sk. Sharookh 56.5, 6. Anzac City (Netto) 4 Sequeira 54.5, 7. Choice Of White (S. Abbas) 9 Pramod 54.5, 8. Cannon Ray (N. Rao) 10 Ravi Shanker 53, 9. Zindabad (Srinivas) 7 Laxmikanth 51.5 and 10. Astro King (Silvester) 6 Suraj Narredu 51.

DIESEL: Ignore his previous runs; may upset. ONE MORE TIME: Speedy; may try start to finish tactics. ANZAC CITY: Looks fit. ASTRO KING: An impressive winner of his last two starts; retains form.

1. Anzac City,

2. One More Time,

3. Astro King

7 GOLCONDA ST.LEGER (Grade II) (2,800m) — 4-y-o (Terms) — 4-15: 1. Final Frontier (Prasad) 1 D. Singh 57, 2. Psychic Strength (Byramji) 3 Appu 57, 3. Royal Falcon (Ganapathy) 4 I. Chisty 57, 4. Aquilo (Vinayak) (-) (-) 57, 5. Rodin (Shroff) (-) (-) 57, 6. Rosenkavalier (Shroff) (-) (-) 57, 7. Royal Panache (Cama) (-) (-) 57, 8. San Juan (Abbas) (-) (-) 57, 9. Sarazen (Dhariwal) (-) (-) 57, 10. Troyen (Katrak) (-) (-) 57, 11. Scintilating Skill (Ganapathy) 2 B. Prakash 55.5, 12. Flying Rani (Todywalla) (-) (-) 55.5, 13. Intrinsic Value (Hussain) (-) (-) 55.5, 14. Lawsofattraction (Katrak) (-) (-) 55.5 and 15. Virginia Woolf (Hanut) (-) (-) 55.5.

PSYCHIC STRENGTH: Looks well and may fight out the finish. SCINTILATING SKILL: Well prepared at Bangalore.

1. Scintilating Skill,

2. Psychic Strength

8 CHITTOOR PLATE (1,200m) — Cat-II, 5-y-o & over, rated upto 70 — 4-50: 1. Ride And Shine (Prasad) 3 Suraj Narredu 60, 2. Ashatamasha (Srinagesh) 6 D. Singh 59.5, 3. Song Of Stars (Srinagesh) 5 M. Krishna 58.5, 4. Manchester Babe (Vatsalya) 2 Sk.Sharookh 57, 5. Royal Award (Shamsuddin) 10 Umesh 56, 6. Ambiens (Srinagesh) 11 Lawrence 55.5, 7. Awesome Win (Faiyaz) 4 Laxmikanth 55.5, 8. River Angel (Satyanarayana) 9 I. Chisty 55.5, 9. Big Budget (Netto) 7 Sequeira 55, 10. Stornoway (Rafaat) 1 Ashhad 54.5, 11. Famous Tribute (Vatsalya) 12 Sandeep 53 and 12. Bulbasaur (Satyanarayana) 8 Qazafi 52.5.

RIDE AND SHINE: Seen finishing on well in Awesome Win's 1,400m; an each way chance. SONG OF STARS: Her Friday's work out was impressive. ROYAL AWARD: Speedy; may bid for a pillar to post victory. RIVER ANGEL: Fit for the fray. AWESOME WIN: A gutsy winner of his last start over 1,400m; in fine shape.

1. Song Of Stars,

2. Ride And Shine,

3. River Angel

Day's best: Dama Grande

Double: Scintilating Skill — Song Of Stars

Jackpot: 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8. Treble: (i): 1, 2 & 3, (ii): 4, 5 & 6, (iii): 6, 7 & 8. Tanala: On races where there are five or more starters.

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