The first Classic of the Mumbai season 2025-26 will be run at the Mahalaxmi racetrack on Sunday (Dec 14).  At the entries' stage there are 13 runners in the fray, but only one filly is being talked about: Fynbos. 

The Kingda ka - Mahali three-year-old filly bred at the Nanoli Stud was carefully folded up like an expensive accordion by trainer Pesi Shroff after her Bangalore Derby triumph in July. She chose to stay indoors during the entire Pune monsoon season, and made her first appearance on the opening day of the Mumbai season in a Class II event which she won, clocking 33.79 seconds for the final three furlongs, without working up sweat! Personally, I have never seen a lay-off horse registering that kind of a finish without really getting into the top gear.