Be Safe for Poonawalla Breeders' Multi-Million

A compact card of eight races is slated for Sunday's Mahalaxmi races, the main event being the grade 1, Poonawalla Breeders' Multi-Million (PBMM) for three-year-old horses. Also known as juvenile Derby, this rich contest decides who is currently the most forward juvenile in the country.

The top billing clearly goes to Be Safe, trained by Malesh Narredu and to be ridden by B Sreekanth, who has won all his three races in style. His main challengers appear to be the Neil Darashah-trained Nesto, who comes here with two attractive victories at Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Solomon, trained by Pesi Shroff, is another who can show big improvement over his victorious run on debut, whereas Be Safe's owner-mate War Command, trainer Padmanbhan's hope Eragon and Tatiana, fluent first-outing winner trained by Dallas Todywalla, are the ones who too will be looking for a slice of the rich purse of Rs 1.82 crore.

First race at 2.30 pm.

Selections:
Le Gris Cheval Trophy (Class III; 1600m)
Knight Of Ke 1, Haunting Moments 2, Highraz 3.

Satinello Trophy (Class III; 1200m)
Isadoro 1, Ultrasonic 2, Song Saa 3.
Rusi Patel Trophy (Class I; 1400m)
Silver Streak 1, Neath 2, Winston 3.

Serum Institute Of India Trophy (Class II; 1000m)
Mykonos 1, Emperor Of France 2, Rio 3.

Intervalve (India) Ltd Trophy (Class IV; 2400m)
Gran Turismo 1, Dixie Delight 2, Mufasa 3.

Poonawalla Breeders' Multi-Million - Gr 1 (For 3y; 1400m)
Be Safe 1, Nesto 2, Solomon 3.

Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy (For 3y, maidens; 1200m)
Mine Forever 1, Angeling , Fatal Attraction 3.

Haunting Memories Trophy (Class V; 1000m)
Captain Smart 1, Rashun 2, Skywalk 3.

Recommendaitons
Best bet: Be Safe (6-1)
Good bet: Silver Streak (3-6)
Chance bet: Knight Of Ke (1-2)
Upset: Razeena (5-2)

Today's pools
Super jackpot pool: 3,4,5,6,7,8
Jackpot pool: 4,5,6,7,8
Treble pool: I - 5,6,7; II - 6,7,8
Tanala pool: All races.