The Malesh Narredu-trained Big Bay, ridden by his nephew Suraj Narredu, outclassed his 14 rivals to win the Gr 1, Poonawalla Breeders' Multi-Million (PBMM), the feature event of Sunday's seven-race card at the Mahalaxmi racetrack. Interestingly, with Big Bay's victory the ace jockey, who crossed the 2000-win mark more than five years ago to command the living legend status, completed a unique hat-trick for the big race as he had won it with Excellent Lass last year and Elpenor in 2023.

It was quite a sight to look at the men and women who own Big Bay--Balam Mohla, Mrs Rashmee Amersee, Sanjay Kothari, Anil Saraf, Mrs BE Saldanha, Jehangir Mehta and Mrs Homi Mehta--who rushed onto the racetrack with to lead in their proud property after Big Bay and Suraj Narredu returned to strut in front of a cheering crowd.