Imperial Blue takes the honours in Rajyotsava Trophy

Dr. Selva Kumar, IAS (Principal Secretary C & I Dept. and PWD Dept., Govt. of Karnataka), third from left, L.K. Ateeq, IAS (Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka, Finance department), fourth from left, along with jockey Antony, S.M. Waheed, Arvind Raghavan, Shiv Kumar Kheny, Satish N. Gowda, C.A. Prashanth, K. Shasha Bindu Das after the Rajyotsava Trophy presentation.
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Irfan Ghatala-trained Imperial Blue (Antony up) won the Rajyotsava Trophy, the feature event of the opening days races held here on Friday (Nov 3). The winner is owned by M/s. Arun Alagappan Racing LLP. Irfan Ghatala won three races on the day.

The results:

1. MALAPRABHA PLATE: SOLO PRINCE (Darshan) 1, Chul Bul Rani (Tousif) 2, Excellent Ray (Vinod Shinde) 3 and Baltimore (Antony) 4. 3/4, 1/2 and 1/2. 1m, 13.74s. ₹74 (w), 22, 27 and 10 (p), SHP: 145, THP: 88, FP: 2,652, Q: 1,184, Trinella: 9,696, Exacta: 23,769. Favourite: Excellent Ray. Owners: Mr. Rakesh Kumar & Dr. C.N. Devayya. Trainer: Pradeep Annaiah.

2. GOMOS PLATE: VICTORIA DORESAANI (L.A. Rozario) 1, Regal Aristocracy (S. Saqlain) 2, Brave Majesty (Darshan) 3 and Sassy (Trevor) 4. 2-1/4, 2-3/4 and Nk. 1m, 25.04s. ₹65 (w), 11, 12 and 38 (p), SHP: 28, THP: 77, FP: 418, Q: 122, Trinella: 8,991, Exacta: 18,782. Favourite: Sassy. Owner: Mr. Ananada C. Trainer: Irfan Ghatala.

3. JOG FALLS PLATE (Div. II): ANADALE (L.A. Rozario) 1, Wonder Woman (Trevor) 2, Cat Whiskers (Darshan) 3 and Smile Of Beauty (Tousif) 4. 3-3/4, 2 and 1/2. 1m, 26.35s. ₹29 (w), 14, 11 and 12 (p), SHP: 24, THP: 38, FP: 59, Q: 28, Trinella: 96, Exacta: 474. Favourite: Wonder Woman. Owners: Mr. Rajan Aggarwal & Mr. Gautam Aggarwal. Trainer: Irfan Ghatala.

4. DUDHSAGAR FALLS PLATE: MADAM RICH (G. Vivek) 1, Isabelle (L.A. Rozario) 2, Art Gallery (Inayat) 3 and Ricardo (Antony) 4. Not run: Ooh La La. 10-1/4, Lnk and 1-3/4. 1m, 11.85s. ₹18 (w), 10, 34 and 12 (p), SHP: 137, THP: 40, FP: 398, Q: 257, Trinella: 830, Exacta: 3,343. Favourite: Madam Rich. Owners: Mr. Nitin Himmatmal Jain & Mr. Jatin Laxmikant Trivedi. Trainer: B. Prithviraj.

5. JAYANTH SHAH MEMORIAL TROPHY: FONDNESS OF YOU (Akshay K) 1, Macron (R. Pradeep) 2, Tripitaka (P. Siddaraju) 3 and Foi (Darshan) 4. Not run: General Patton. 2, 1/2 and Lnk. 1m, 13.40s. ₹16 (w), 11, 11 and 17 (p), SHP: 28, THP: 50, FP: 48, Q: 26, Trinella: 294, Exacta: 743. Favourite: Fondness Of You. Owners: So Blest Trading Co. Pvt Ltd, Dr. C.A. Prashanth, Dr. Arvind M.N. & Mr. Santhosh. P & Mr. Rajesh Narredu. Trainer: Rajesh Narredu.

6. D.M. SHIVASWAMY MEMORIAL CUP: STELLAR GOLD (Darshan) 1, Aquamatic (Trevor) 2, Bruce Almighty (S. John) 3 and Nikolina (Akshay K) 4. 1-1/4, 5-1/4 and 2-3/4. 1m, 37.60s. ₹85 (w), 16, 13 and 14 (p), SHP: 32, THP: 40, FP: 251, Q: 73, Trinella: 1,377, Exacta: 2,093. Favourite: Aquamatic. Owner: Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust. Trainer: S. Ganapathy.

7. RAJYOTSAVA TROPHY: IMPERIAL BLUE (Antony) 1, Siege Courageous (Akshay K) 2, Forseti (Trevor) 3 and Star Glory (M. Prabhakaran) 4. 2, 1-1/2 and 1/2. 1m, 23.81s. ₹38 (w), 13, 11 and 15 (p), SHP: 33, THP: 43, FP: 168, Q: 55, Trinella: 240, Exacta: 1,418. Favourite: Forseti. Owner: M/s. Arun Alagappan Racing LLP. Trainer: Irfan Ghatala.

8. JOG FALLS PLATE (Div. I): VIVALDO (Akshay K) 1, Amazing Attraction (Trevor) 2, Serai (Antony) 3 and Agera (R. Pradeep) 4. 5-1/2, 3-1/4 and 3-1/2. 1m, 26.19s. ₹14 (w), 10, 14 and 15 (p), SHP: 23, THP: 31, FP: 27, Q: 24, Trinella: 53, Exacta: 187. Favourite: Vivaldo. Owners: Mrs. Gaja Manoj & Mr. K. Manoj Kumar. Trainer: Prasanna Kumar.

Jackpot: ₹1,654 (49 tkts.); Runner-up: 354 (98 tkts.); Treble (i): 109 (84 tkts.); (ii): 500 (22 tkts.).