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The other winner, Cat of the Course gave some anxious moments to her supporters before winning the Amba Alagi Plate. Baywatch Babe had taken a commanding lead on the straight with the favourite Cat of the Course struggling to raise a gallop in mid field. Within the final furlong, Baywatch Babe started to show distress signals shortening her stride and Cat of the Course came up with a sustained run to get the better of the Babe, much to the relief of her supporters.
The Grand Parade Cup witnessed close finishes in both the divisions. Four horses came in one frame, in the lower division, the friendless Flash Flares getting the nod in his favour. Superflous, Colourful and Flash Flares fought out every inch of the last 100 metres with the latter prevailing by a short head over Colourful. Rostock finished fourth behind Superflous with a late run.
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Blazing Bounty and J.H.Christopher won the higher division and had to wait to get the verdict cleared at the steward’s room. Blazing Bounty led from the word ‘go’ and nearing the winning post shifted in sharply, thereby coming in the path of Feudal Lords who was by then beginning to gather momentum. Feudal Lords who lost stride by the interference and finished fourth lodged an objection against the winner which was overruled. Girl of Love and Red River Rebel who were getting close with every stride finished behind the winner in that order.
Anupam Sharma’s ward, Smrithiman managed to scrape through in the higher division of the Vijayanagaram Plate. With a four length lead, passing the distance post, Smrithiman began to slow down and the jockey looked back a couple of times just to check if he could manage to scramble through to the post. The favourite Green Mist got closer with every stride but the winning post came to the rescue of Smrithiman.
Jet Express came out successful in the Noble Quest Plate, the concluding race. Making every post a winning one in the five and a half furlong trip, Jet Express warded off the challenge of Spectacular Hero towards the finish.
