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A similar result greeted racegoers in the other division. Here too, the favourite Danger Diabolic had come with a scintillating run from the back and set sail for home. He overtook the speedy Special Force and Copenhagen in the straight. However, he was soon caught and passed by Feroz Khan's Alinski. With regular jockey A R Mani donning the silks, Alinski devoured ground on the wide outside and won with a measure of comfort. Turf Raider came with giant strides in the final stages and succeeded in pushing Dare Don back into fourth place.
Trainers Sharavanan and Md Sajid were the only professionals to score more than once today. After Looking To Lead's win in the day's feature, Sharavanan saddled Nice Guy to score his second successive victory. Nice Guy had won a Class B race about three weeks ago. He had carried the top weight to a facile victory on that day. Despite carrying a much lower load on his back today, Nice Guy was totally ignored from a betting perspective. With Suave and Theodora cornering most of the money, the winner was freely available at 10's and over. Jockey Shafiq had no problems in keeping him in a striking position for most of the way, before launching his final assault near the distance post. Nice Guy overtook Theodora in the final furlong and wasn't really pressed to hold the late challenge posed by Black Cat, Hero's Dominance and Suave.
Sajid's double came in the form of Expensive Affair and Swiss Chocolate. With Noorulla astride, Espensive Affair made every post a winning one. He ended up as the easiest winner in the day's card. He literally ran the opponents off their feet and registered a smart victory. Al Qamar tried his best to close the gap on the leader, but had no option but to settle for the second spot. The others were totally outclassed by this pair. Swiss Chocolate won a mile race for horses in Class IV. His job was made much easier as a result of a couple of factors. Favourite Minchu hurt himself at the gates and was immediately withdrawn. Second favourite Majestic Strides lost a lot of ground at the start, and was never in the hunt after this tardy beginning. Swiss Chocolate and Jericho are known to revel over a mile. They came with smooth strides from the back and fought a keen duel. Despite shifting out, Swiss Chocolate maintained his grip on the race and won by a long length. Jericho is in fine form and can be earmarked for an early success.
A stirring battle for supremacy was witnessed in the last race of the day. Most sprint events in Class III are known to produce keen finishes, and it was no different in this race. Pratap Kamath's Fire Brigade tracked Chamcha In Chief till the distance post, before skipping away from him. With Gnaneshwar making free use of the whalebone, Fire Brigade gained a fair advantage over the bottom-weighted Royal View. With Fire Brigade stopping and Royal View getting stronger, a roar of anticipation began to rise in the stands. The winning post rescued Fire Brigade and allowed him to win by the smallest of margins. Thunder On finished a tame third.
The day started with a couple of races for horses in the lowest class. Musical Signature and Mutual Fund set the trend for the day. Kishore's Musical Signature came from the tail end of the field and finished in front of an equally unfancied Activisto. Favourite Mahseer was prominent till the bend before the ten year old retired from the fray. On the other hand, Mutual Fund posted a pillar-to-post victory. Apprentice Parveen made full use of his allowance and took this horse to the front. Trainer Bobby was quite relieved to see his charge holding onto his slender advantage over Opera Princess. Only a neck separated the two runners.
