Fynbos and Sunshine may fight out the finish of the Benaka Developers Fillies Championship Stakes
There will be no false rails.
1. MALENAHALLI PLATE (1,400m), rated 00 to 25, 1.30 p.m.: 1. Sea Diamond (8) Ramswarup 62, 2. Verrazzano (1) A.A. Vikrant 62, 3. Wakizashi (4) B. Dharshan 61.5, 4. Star Of India (6) Neeraj 59.5, 5. Daiki (9) M. Rajesh K 59, 6. Ice Storm (3) P.P. Dhebe 58.5, 7. Embosom (2) Jagadeesh 56.5, 8. Burning Arrow (7) Angad 56 and 9. Recreator (5) Koshi K 53.
1. STAR OF INDIA, 2. VERRAZZANO, 3. SEA DIAMOND
2. AMOKBASH MILLION (Div. II), (1,100m), maiden 3-y-o only, (Terms), 2.05: 1. Sea Glory (5) Siddaraju P 56, 2. Divine Secret (9) Neeraj 54.5, 3. Flight Of Fancy (8) S. Saqlain 54.5, 4. Indian Brocade (3) Suraj 54.5, 5. Jalwa (7) C.A. Brisson 54.5, 6. My Honey (6) L.A. Rozario 54.5, 7. Supernal (2) R. Ajinkya 54.5, 8. White Secret (4) Sai Kiran 54.5 and 9. Whitney (1) Arjun 54.5.
1. FLIGHT OF FANCY, 2. INDIAN BROCADE, 3. DIVINE SECRET
3. STEWARDS CUP (1,400m), rated 60 to 85, 2.40: 1. Forseti (11) Hindu S 60, 2. Metzinger (10) R. Vaibhav 60, 3. All Attraction (6) Suhas K 58.5, 4. Mandarino (1) Sandesh 58, 5. Sekhmet (5) Antony 57, 6. Splendido (9) D. Patel 56, 7. Stellantis (3) Ramswarup 54.5, 8. Asagiri (2) Siddaraju P 54, 9. Invincible (7) Angad 54, 10. Positano (4) Akshay K 54 and 11. Thundering Phoenix (8) P.S. Kaviraj 51.
1. POSITANO, 2. MANDARINO, 3. THUNDERING PHOENIX
4. AMOKBASH MILLION (Div. I), (1,100m), maiden 3-y-o only, (Terms), 3.15: 1. Double Your Money (9) Sai Kiran 56, 2. Jade Mountain (3) R. Vaibhav 56, 3. Konkrah (4) Sandesh 56, 4. Ransomware (5) M. Rajesh K 56, 5. Akitania (7) C. Umesh 54.5, 6. Best Of Us (6) M. Prabhakaran 54.5, 7. Emerald Touch (8) Neeraj 54.5, 8. Mnemosyne (1) Suraj 54.5 and 9. Roxxane (2) Hindu S 54.5.
1. KONKRAH, 2. MNEMOSYNE, 3. AKITANIA
5. BENAKA DEVELOPERS FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP STAKES (1,600m), 3-y-o fillies, (Terms), 3.50: 1. Bishop (12) G. Vivek 56, 2. Dubai Touch (3) A. Prakash 56, 3. Fynbos (2) Trevor 56, 4. Gloriousness (15) Suraj 56, 5. Kavya (9) N.S. Parmar 56, 6. Laguna Seca (11) C. Umesh 56, 7. Miracle Star (5) Likith Appu 56, 8. Miss Smiley Angel (7) Hindu S 56, 9. Moon Star (4) Neeraj 56, 10. Mountain Jewel (8) Antony 56, 11. Mrs Brando (6) R. Ajinkya 56, 12. Northern Waves (1) Sai Kiran 56, 13. Ravishing Beauty (-) (-) 56, 14. Sunshine (13) S. Saqlain 56, 15. Vegatha (14) I. Chisty 56 and 16. Xanthe (10) Sandesh 56.
1. FYNBOS, 2. SUNSHINE, 3. GLORIOUSNESS
6. PARSIANA PLATE (1,400m), rated 40 to 65, 5-y-o & over, 4.25: 1. Victoria Doresaani (4) Pavan 62, 2. Aquamatic (3) Akshay K 59.5, 3. Golden Time (1) R. Ajinkya 59, 4. Star Concept (6) Shezad Khan 57.5, 5. Lauterbrunnen (2) Angad 57, 6. Treasure Chest (7) R. Manjhi 57, 7. Super Sapphire (8) M. Prabhakaran 56.5, 8. Vyasa (5) G. Vivek 53 and 9. Amazing Attraction (9) P.P. Dhebe 50.
1. VYASA, 2. AQUAMATIC, 3. VICTORIA DORESAANI
7. RICHELIEU PLATE (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 5.00: 1. Iron King (5) Trevor 61, 2. Knotty Scotty (9) G. Vivek 61, 3. Extraordinary (2) Ganesh S 59.5, 4. Mutual Trust (6) Darshan 56.5, 5. Sassy Sarah (3) S. Shareef 53.5, 6. Most And More (7) A.S. Peter 53, 7. Feeling Good (1) Vinod Shinde 52, 8. Sling Shot (11) Likith Appu 51.5, 9. Thrill Of Brazil (10) I. Chisty 51.5, 10. Martha (8) M. Rajesh K 51, 11. Lorven's Glory (4) P.P. Dhebe 50.5 and 12. Gismo (12) Siddaraju P 50.
1. IRON KING, 2. KNOTTY SCOTTY, 3. SASSY SARAH
Day's best: STAR OF INDIA
Double: POSITANO - KONKRAH
Jkt: 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; Tr (i): 2, 3 and 4; (ii): 5, 6 and 7.
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