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Great Occasion hard to toss

CHENNAI: Great Occasion, who is in great heart, will be hard to toss in the Class I Benares Plate (1,200m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Tuesday (March 18).

There will be no false rails.

•SUNNY LANDS PLATE (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms), 1-15 p.m: 1. Dhoom Machade (3) Lakshmanan 55, 2. Jack Palance (5) Casey 55, 3. Okie Dokie (1) Saddam Iqbal 55, 4. Runway Hit (-) (-) 55, 5. Welsh Artist (4) C. Murugan 55 and 6. Hey Bubbli (2) K. S. Rathore 53.5.

1. Okie Dokie, 2. Jack Palance

•BENARES PLATE (1,200m), Cl. I, 1-45: 1. Great Occasion (3) S. Manohar 60, 2. First Emperor (5) Manikandan 56.5, 3. Retained Asset (2) C. Velu 56, 4. Star Phoenix (4) Mohan 55 and 5. Star Perfection (1) Milan 54.5.

1. Great Occasion, 2. Retained Asset

•HIGHWAY CHECK POST PLATE (Div. I), (1,000m), 3-y-o only (Terms), 2-15: 1. Autumn Pearl (2) C. Velu 59, 2. Twilight Time (5) Milan 59, 3. Stunning Move (6) Mohan 57.5, 4. Be My Chief (4) Manikandan 50, 5. Magical Warrior (1) S. Manohar 50 and 6. Surfers Paradise (3) Casey 50.

1. Twilight Time, 2. Autumn Pearl

•QUEEN OF THE HILLS PLATE (Div. I), (1,200m), Cl. IV, 4-y-o, 2-45: 1. Lord Admiral (3) C. Velu 60, 2. Star Ballerina (1) Manikandan 60, 3. Art Historian (2) Milan 56.5, 4. Gold Crusader (4) Casey 55.5, 5. Polar Passion (6) S. Manohar 54.5 and 6. Spanish Ace (5) Mohan 54.

1. Gold Crusader, 2. Star Ballerina

•HIGHWAY CHECK POST PLATE (Div. II), (1,000m), 3-y-o only (Terms), 3-15: 1. Cape Royal (2) Milan 59, 2. Golden Bounty (6) Mohan 57.5, 3. Musical Pursuit (4) Manikandan 55.5, 4. Highest Honour (1) Casey 50, 5. Royal Oath (3) C. Velu 50 and 6. Oasis Dream (5) S. Manohar 48.5.

1. Golden Bounty, 2. Cape Royal

•QUEEN OF THE HILLS PLATE (Div. II), (1,200m), Cl. IV, 4-y-o, 3-45: 1. Texas Gold (5) Mohan 60, 2. Star Collection (4) Casey 57, 3. King’s Heir (3) S. Monahar 56, 4. Lady Stardust (2) Milan 55 and 6. Polish Emperor (1) C. Velu 54.

1. Star Collection, 2. Texas Gold

•MERCURY PLATE (Div. I), (1,000m), Cl. V-B, 4-15: 1. Island Ruler (8) R. Karthik 60, 2. Polar Magic (12) Mohan 54, 3. Fantastic Force (6) Milan 52.5, 4. Mongolian Chief (2) K. S. Rathore 52, 5. Allanridge (4) Manikandan 51, 6. Brave Emperor (11) C. Velu 51, 7. Space King (7) S. Manohar 50, 8. Star Material (1) Zulquar Nain 49, 9. Be My Lover (3) Chowgule 48.5, 10. Grand Tradition (9) Huzaif 48.5, 11. Lady Grant (10) Venkatesan 48.5 and 12. Sharavathi (5) C. Murugan 48.5.

1. Fantastic Force, 2. Polar Magic, 3. Space King

•TIRUCHUR PLATE (1,400m), Cl. V-B, 4-45: 1. Beau Gallant (6) Bopanna 60, 2. Candy Man (16) Milan 60, 3. Accolade (2) R. Karthik 58, 4. Ballydoyle Star (5) Azmal Hussain 57, 5. Splendid Gesture (14) Lakshmanan 57, 6. Auriferous (1) C. Umesh 56.5, 7. Golden Galaxy (3) Huzaif 53, 8. Nicholas Nickleby (13) Akbar 53, 9. Solo Venture (11) C. Murugan 52.5, 10. Ascot Knight (15) Saddam Iqbal 52, 11. Prince Of Hearts (9) C. Velu 51.5, 12. Lord Of Vision (10) K. S. Rathore 50.5, 13. Force Nine (12) Casey 50, 14. Majestic Missile (18) Miss Roopa 48.5, 15. Royal Celebrity (17) Manikandan 48, 16. Far Storm (8) D. Huffton 47, 17. Gold Prospector (4) Zulquar Nain 47 and 18. Star Chivalry (7) S. Manohar 47.

1. Splendid Gesture, 2. Acccolade, 3. Solo Venture

•MERCURY PLATE (Div. II), (1,000m), Cl. V-B, 5-15: 1. Octability (7) Mohan 60, 2. Philidor (8) Zulquar Nain 58, 3. King Is Born (2) Manikandan 57.5, 4. Imperialistic (3) Milan 57, 5. Revolving Star (1) K. S. Rathore 56, 6. Inheritor (4) Huzaif 48.5, 7. Angelyn (5) Saddam Iqbal 47.5 and 8. Polar Express (6) C. Murugan 47.5.

1. Imperialistic, 2. Philidor,

3. King Is Born

Day’s best: Golden Bounty

Double: Great Occasion — Gold Crusader

Jackpot: 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9.

Treble: 7, 8 & 9.

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