Sweet spread for MiD DAY Trophy

Sixteen horses will vie for their maiden race victory today

Sweet spread for MiD DAY Trophy

Sixteen horses will vie for their maiden race victory today

Versaki is hot favourite for The SOBO Central Indian 2000 Guineas, Sunday's feature race. pic/mid day archives

The special race that will commemorate the association of MiD DAY as media partner of the Royal Western India Turf Club Ltd will feature as a lead-up race to the feature event. The MiD DAY Trophy is scheduled to be run at 3.30 pm, just half an hour before the second Classic of the season, the grade 1, Indian 2000 Guineas.

Only two of the 16 runners will be making their debut, while the remaining 14 have had some racing experience.

The winner will take home Rs 250,000 and an exquisite trophy valued at Rs 25,000, while the runners-up will get Rs 105,000. Horses finishing third and fourth will get Rs 57,000 and Rs 26,000, respectively.

MiD DAY trophy Line-up

(Terms: Maiden Indian Horses, 3 years old only) 1200 Metres, 3.30 pm
1 Aston Martin, 56, (33), R Hughes 450, A, 16; 2 Baskervile, 56, (30), NG McCullagh, 443, A, 7; 3 Bluebird, 56, (30), NS Parmar, 484, A, 14; 4 Ijlal, 56, (16), Zameer Sayyed, 420, A, 13; 5 Rajasthan Royals, 56, (30), M Narredu, 491, A, 12; 6 River Dragon, 56, (23), James Doyle, 481, A, 10; 7 River Force, 56, (23), Aadesh Kumar, 480, A, 5; 8 River Gem, 56, (28), SP Ranjane, -, A, 8; 9 Sol, 56, (28), Shailesh Shinde, 452, A, 11; 10 Strauss, 56, (31), CD Hayes, 400, A, 2; 11 Visionaire, 56, (30), DK Ashish, -, A, 6; 12 White Knight, 56, (30), Dashrath Singh, -, A, 3; 13 Blush, 54.5, (23), Adrian Nicholls, 420, A, 4; 14 Gamba, 54.5, (30), S Sunil, 441, A, 15; 15 Il Tabarro, 54.5, (29), SA De Sousa, 454, A, 1; 16 Royal Porthcawl, 54.5, (27), YS Srinath, 468, A, 9.

2000 guineas Line-up

(Terms: Indian Horses, 3 years old only at the time of starting) 1600 Metres, 4 pm
1 Cabriolet, 57, (90), Paul Mulrennan, 453, A, 6; 2 Forest Flair 57, (95), B Prakash, 458, A, 1; 3 Mighty Crusader, 57, (37), RP Cleary, 466, A, 2; 4 Native Knight, 57, (40), Adrian Nicholls, 461, A, 5; 5 Scholar, 57, (55), YS Srinath, 454, A, 8; 6 Sea Ruler 57, (95), M Fenton, 467, A, 7; 7 Versaki 57, (96), Pat Smullen, 518, A, 3
8 Jacqueline, 55.5, (108), R Hughes, u00a0443, A, 4. Index: No, Horse name,

Index: No, Horse name, Handicap, Rating, Jockey, Weight, Shoe, Draw

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