Mr. E. Ramesh’s Sweet Candy (Md. Hesnain up) won the Mahabalipuram Plate, the feature event of the races held here, on Tuesday (Jan. 5). The winner is trained by R. Foley.
1. KODAI PLATE (1,000m), 4-y-o & over (Terms): Royal Sensation (C. A. Brisson)1, Silver Chieftan (Md. Hesnain) 2, The Messiah (Tanveer Alam) 3 and Aitraaz (Ayaz Khan) 4. 1-1/2, 4-1/2 and 3. 1m, 2.41s. Owner: M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar Of Chettinad Charitable Trust. Trainer: B. Suresh.
2. CHOLA PLATE (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): Queen’s Turf (Md. Hesnain) 1, King Dazzler (Tanveer Alam) 2, Empire Of Kings (C. A. Brisson) 3 and Ever So Special (Kabdhar) 4. 1-1/4, 1 and 1-1/2. 1m, 18.66s. Owner: Mr. Rm. Lakshmanan. Trainer: B. Suresh.
3. P.T. RAJAN GOLD CUP (1,000m), rated 60 to 85: Rajsamman (Tanveer Alam) 1, Crown Rule (Md. Hesnain) 2, Quick Enough (N. Rupa) 3 and Money Ball (Zulquar Nain) 4. 6, nk and 2. 1m, 0.07s. Owners: M/s. Fardeen A Malick & Meiyappan Masilamani. Trainer: Fazal -Ul- Rehman.
4. JAMSHEDPUR PLATE (1,000m), rated 00 to 20: Ocean Odyssey (Sham Kumar) 1, Grand Legend (Shahar Babu) 2, Christmas Cake (Md. Farhan Alam) 3 and Admirals Crown (Ayaz Khan) 4. Not run: Kings Admiral 2-1/4, 1 and 3/4. 1m,s 3.84s. Owner and trainer: Mr. M. J. Ikramullah.
5. TAMILNADU RACE HORSE OWNERS ASSOCIATION CUP (1,400m), rated 40 to 65: Smart Exotic (Zulquar Nain) 1, Phoenix Flight (Shahar Babu) 2, Bravesofthebrave (Ayaz Ahmed) 3 and River Dragon (Lakshmanan) 4. 5, 1-1/2 and 2-1/4. 1m, 30.35s. Owners: Begum Mahafoza Ali Khan, Wayen Beck, Denver Andrew Cameons and Dilip Kumar Joshi. Trainer: Fahad Khan.
6. MAHABALIPURAM PLATE (1,400m), rated 80 & above: Sweet Candy (Md. Hesnain) 1, Source Code (C.A. Brisson) 2, Panthera (Shahar Babu) 3 and Emperor’s Crown (Tanveer Alam) 4. 1-1/2, shd and 2-1/4. 1m, 29.77s. Owner: Mr. E. Ramesh. Trainer: R. Foley.
7. MANJRI PLATE (1,600m), rated 20 to 45: Southern Sky (Shahar Babu) 1, The Ministerian (Tanveer Alam) 2, Amsterdam (Ayaz Khan) 3 and Glorious Regime ( Md. Hesnain) 4. Shd, 3/4 and 3/4. 1m, 44.30s. Owner: Mr. Rm. Lakshmanan. Trainer: B. Suresh.