Excellent Lass, trained by Rajesh Narredu who had the foresight to get her to Mahalaxmi immediately after her winning debut at Bangalore, shocked her more fancied rivals in the Poonawalla Breeders` Multi-Million (Gr 1), the feature event of Sunday`s evening card at the Mahalaxmi racetrack. The Excellent Art - Remembrance Of You filly was ridden by the trainer`s brother, ace jockey Suraj Narredu for whom she was the sole mount for the day. Owned by Daulat Chhabria, Ashok Ranpise, Teja Gollapudi and Rajendran, the winning filly clocked 1m:21.935 for the seven-furlong trip. She was bred at the Villoo C Poonawalla Greenfield stud.

In fact, the first three places were all grabbed by the Poonawalla-bred horses, as Flight On (Roderic O`Connor - Angels Touch) finished only half a length behind the winner, and Field Of Dreams (Leitir Mor - Realmsoffantasy) a nose behind the runner up.