Two horses presently in excellent form--Geographique and Zuccaro--will clash in the AC Ardeshir Trophy (Gr 3), the feature event of Sunday's six-race Mahalaxmi card. Both have won their last three races. The Imtiaz Sait-trained Geographique (Suraj Narredu up) has vanquished classier horses while the Pesi Shroff-trained Zuccaro (Vivek G up) has risen from class IV, and is at a massive disadvantage of 34 kg if you believe in the traditional handicapping principles.

As you are aware, being a contrarian who is not a great fan of traditional handicapping, I feel that Zuccaro, based on his current form and the trip distance of a mile, has a realistic chance to shock Geographique.