The third day of the Calcutta Monsoon meet on Saturday turned out to be quite a thrilling one for punters and professionals alike. The compact six event card delivered more than it promised.

The duo of trainer Harvinder Singh Bath and his jockey Afzal Khan were the toast of local punters as they combined effectively to notch up a well-backed double with Royal Navy in the curtain-raiser and Attention Seeker in the Contralto Handicap.

Available at 10-to-4 on, Royal Navy was stretched by the aged Arrayal from Richard Alford's yard. Royal Navy followed the front-runner till the straight before being pushed to take up the running. Though fancied by a section of punters, top-weight Racing Rumours was wholly unimpressive.

Bath and Afzal's second winner (in the fifth race of the afternoon) was available at enticing odds of 16/10. The odds ensured that Attention Seeker got her share of attention from punters. She carried the public purse with greater ease than her stablemate earlier. body and soul was an impressive second in the hands of whipless apprentice Pradeep Kumar.

After four listless runs during the last winter meet here, Javed Khan-trained Patroclus put his best foot forward by claiming the upper division of the Moon Fairy Cup in the hands of jockey Mark. The five-year-old gelding pegged back Royal County Down, while the favourite Innovator never appeared to threaten the winner at any stage.

One race earlier, Daniel David-trained Regent Appeal picked up the lower division of the same race by getting the better of the runaway Zephyr in the final 100 metres. Two other well-backed runners, Supreme attraction and Monticello, ran like duds and were never in it with a chance.

The Gumaan Handicap, run over 1000 metres, saw the heavy-weight Flying Jaguar involved in keen tussle with Arabian Music all the way down the straight before overcoming him. While the well-backed Midday Blaze faded out after showing early promise, the favourite Prince of Gold picked up a late gallop in the straight to finish a good second. The disappointment in the race was the lacklustre showing of Aeropostale.

In the day's final event, Daniel David-trained Majestic Falcon turned out to be a costly failure for punters. The seven-furlong race was won by rank outsider Horse Raddish who could well have been the favourite had leap-year jockey Salim Khan not been in the saddle. By declaring Mark on Blood Rayne, the John Stephens "doosra" floored punters. But then that's all a part of the game. The gutsy ones would have still had a touch on the winner who drifted out in the final furlong but held on to his advantage.