Pesi Shroff's Denny Crane, with Trevor Patel astride, made every furlong post of the 1200-meter trip a winning one as he made a successful start-to-finish bid to claim the Sir Charles Forbes Trophy, the feature event of Thursday's evening race card at Mahalaxmi. Owned by Mr & Mrs Mehernosh Deboo and Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, the Arazan - Blue Horizon four-year-old notched up his fourth win from the last five starts.

Trevor Patel got Denny Crane to jump smartly and went for the lead, followed by Victorio, with main rival Paramour (Neeraj Rawal up) racing close, within striking distance. Midway in the homestretch, Paramour tried her best to put pressure on Denny Crane, but the latter lengthened his stride to go away for a fluent victory. This performance from Denny Crane qualifies him as a strong contender for the Sprinters' Cup which is still nine weeks away.