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| Senegal had all the ammunition a horse needed en route to set the track on fire - patience and speed. And that helped him better the two-and-a-half year old track record held by Forcado (now running in Mumbai) over 1,100m on Monday. Saddler Magan Singh succeeded in leading three horses; his stable jockey Rajinder Saini and visiting reinman Ranjeet Singh were the other professionals to share a brace each. Though the four-year-old colt Senegal's potential was never under scrutiny for any achievement, yet he was very much eager to meet with success after playing second fiddle in the North India 2000 Guineas and fourth in the Derby. The opportunity just came his way and the rest became the talk of the day. He is known for his speed but he never looked so serious about it and allowed the stablemate Red Cat and Trinity to cut each other's throat. However,hardly the duo reached the corner of the Air Force Senior secondary School end which is situated between 600 and 400m, Rajinder Saini simply guided his way to trigger off a bullet of speed to make the strides beyond the reach of the late finishing runner-up Degas. The son of Ansbach and Telesport, owned by Mrs Kumud Sharma and trained by Magan Singh, bettered the previous landmark by 36th of 1000 seconds. The colt will now be eyeing for another class one victory. Degas, who once held the sprinter's record before developing the fitness problem, seemed to be attaining the fitness and the performance is almost a welcome sign of reaching to glory. She's Sexy, who ran off the board in the last three outings, ran on to be impressive third ahead of Red Cat, the other horse who had been struggling with bodyache till date, should soon be returning to form. However, it was a sheer bad luck for Gin And Tonic who took off awkwardly. Otherwise the horse could have easily been staking for claim with Senegal. She came from mid-bunch to occupy the fifth position. Earlier, Saini and Magan got together in marching away with So Far So Good in the class three' On Demand Plate over five furlongs. The chestnut filly, who made in a pillar-to-post essay, should extend her winning streak. The day began with a rank-outsider Rich Gallery making the favourite Shaitan of the victim of "never say die". The pair ran nip and tuck from 800m and the race could have turned in the either way. But the former's instinct of not giving up at any stride brought laurels as the rig prevailed over the gelding by ahead. The run of Ashwa Pragya, who ran third, is best ignored. Stubbs can spring a surprise sooner or later. Sex Bomb, who was the failed favourite on her debut, came out of the maiden status after winning the battle in the stewards’ room. Undoubtedly, the way she was making her way through the shortest way before being interfered by the front-running and the actual winner Zarin could have easily had the date with the winning post, had her running was not hampered towards the climax. Zarin should make amends. Kohinoor Empire, who toiled hard for covering ground before the final furlong, suddenly came into sense which bore him close third. The colt should soon find his wining ways. The rest two programmes were on the name of the outstation jockey Ranjeet Singh. He drove Arthur Saulez's trainee Gandharaj to garner glory in the Feather Touch Plate. Following the suit of the horse, he enabled Magan to taste his third victory through The Dukes in the Pistol Packer Plate. The chesnut gelding is now on the verge of hat-trick. |
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