See The Light triumphs at Lahore races

Four-year-old bay colt See The Light restored the confidence reposed in him by his connections while galloping home to an easy win in the feature event at the Racecourse here on Sunday.

The 25 to 100 favourite, owned jointly by Mian Mahir Ahmad and Syed Aamir Raza Shah, son of Vetlozzi out-of-Next Generation, had twice refused to be boxed in for the start and bolted away subsequently to be withdrawn from the race but he behaved normally on Sunday to return home triumphantly in the event run over 1,200 metres. Trained by A.B. Malik, the colt was given a perfect ride by jockey Aamir Pervez.

The winner beat bay filly Proposal by four lengths with dark-bay filly Savante Hill third a further two length behind while bay filly Big Confidence betrayed her owners trust finishing a dismal fourth among six runners. The Loveable Plate, a class V division II & III was the fifth race in the racing order.

The victory of See The Light spurred jockey Aamir Pervez into action, who later guided bay colt Lenin to a popular victory in the supporting event Brumal Plate class VI division I & II over 1,100 metres.

At one stage it looked that Lenin might be over taken by dashing bay colt Smasher (A. Raza up) but Aamir guided his mount with hands and heels cracking whip in the air to see Lenin past the winning post half-a-length ahead of Smasher. Owned by Bilal Khan Lenin was backed at 40 to 100, and is trained by Amjad Ali II.

Big Bash and Mighty Dot completed the frame among eight runners.

Aamir’s winners were the only favourite horses to win in a card of seven races decided in the afternoon while the other events were won by those available at good odds.

Results:

THE BRUMAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV — 900M:

Aie Guriya (Kashif Saeed Butt) 8-4, Munir Hussain 1; Chal Samney 7-10, Babar Rehman 2; Accurate Baby 8-0, Mubashir Bhatti 3; Daniel Bryan 8-8, Abdul Wahab 4.

Won by 5½ L, 1 L, ¾ L. Time 59 seconds. Winner trained by S. Butt.

THE BRUMAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV — 900M:

One To Five (Mohammad Ashraf) 8-12, S. Raza 1; Kali Ghata 8-12, Babar Rehman 2; Heart Beat 9-0, Mubashir Bhatti 3; Baby On Board 8-12, Mamrez Khan 4.

Won by 2½ L, 1½ L, ¾ L. Time 57 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Nadeem Raza Khan.

THE BRUMAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV III — 900M:

Lahori Queen (Arif Mahmood Butt) 8-4, Babar Rehman 1; True Man 8-10, Munir Hussain 2; My Sea Biscuit 8-8, Qadeer Ahmed 3; Black Thunder 9-0, A. Raza 4.

Won by 4 L, 3 L, ¾ L. Time 56 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Salahuddin.

THE BRUMAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV I & II — 900M:

Meri Jan (Ansar Abbas) 8-10, Riaz Ahmed 1; Race The Moon 9-0, A. Raza 2; Sixth Sense 8-4, Ghous Bakhsh 3; No Way 8-8, M. Zulfiqar 4.

Won by 1¾ L, 1¾ L, 1½ L. Time 55 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Babar Hussain.

THE LOVEABLE PLATE CLASS V DIV II & III — 1,200M:

See The Light (Mian Mahir Ahmed and Syed Aamir Ahmed Shah) 8-4, Aamir Pervez 1; Proposal 9-0, M. Zulfiqar 2; Savante Hill 9-0, A. Raza 3; Big Confidence 8-8, Bilal Ahmed 4.

Won by 4 L, 2¼ L, 1¼ L. Time one minute 13 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by A.B. Malik.

THE BRUMAL PLATE CLASS VI DIV I & II — 900M:

Lenin (Bilal Khan) 9-0, Aamir Pervez 1; Smasher 8-12, A. Raza 2; Big Bash 7-12, Bilal Ahmed 3; Mighty Dot 8-2, Babar Rehman 4.

Won by ½ L, 1 L, 1¾ L. Time one minute 6 4/5 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

THE BRUMAL PLATE CLASS VI DIV II & III — 1,100M:

The King Maker (Arif Khurshid Baig) 7-12, Bilal Ahmed 1; Prince Saidan Shah 8-8, M. Hanif 2; Jeevan 8-2, Babar Rehman 3l Palmers 9-0, Shakeel Mahmood 4.

Won by 5 L, 1¾ L, 3 L. Time one minute 8 seconds. Winner trained by Zahid Khan.