HYDERABAD MONSOON 2009   :  RACE REVIEWS

25th Oct 
2009

Autonomy Reigns Supreme at Malakpet

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t was Carnival time on Sunday at Hyderabad. The Invitational Race Day, which should have been run at Mumbai in March, was finally gone through at Hyderabad. More...


19th Oct 
2009

Leo The Lion Stays on Top

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he Hyderabad Monsoon Season 2009 officially came to an end on Monday, a compact card of six races gone through on the final day. More...


19th Oct 
2009

Set Alight Will Be Missed In The Invitation

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t’s bad news for race goers. Set Alight is not going to be seen in action in the Invitation Cup race on Sunday, 25th October 2009, at Hyderabad. More...


12th Oct 
2009

Chief Completes Mission

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nupam Sharma trained Mission Chief trounced his six rivals in the Bangalore Turf Club Trophy, a mile race for horses in the highest category. More...


10th Oct 
2009

She’s ‘Above The Line’

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eo’s Above The Line won her fourth title this season, when she lifted the S. Rangarajan Memorial Cup, run over six furlongs. More...


5th Oct 
2009

Royal Embassy Upsets

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lacklustre card of six races was gone through on Monday at Hyderabad. M. Sathyanarayana schooled Royal Embassy upset the apple More...


4th Oct 
2009

Conceptual Canters Home in The Golconda St. Leger

M
adhav Mangalorkar trained Conceptual, sporting the colours of the Brars, cantered home an easy winner, in the Golconda St. Leger, the last classic of the monsoon season at Hyderabad. More...


2nd Oct 
2009

‘Sparks’ ling Performance At Deccan Derby

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ith rains lashing the city of Hyderabad continuously for over three days, the running of the Deccan Derby on the conventional 2nd of October was in doubt. More...


28th September 
2009

Maximise Warms Up For The Stayers

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ittal Deshmukh-trained Maximise carried the top weight of 62 kilos to a comprehensive victory in the Deccan Chronicle Gold Cup, run over 2,400 metres,... More...


27th September 
2009

Global Presence Has It Easy

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lobal Presence lifted the S.N. Reddy Memorial Cup, the feature of Sunday’s small card of six races. Leo D’Silva ruled the roost with a brilliant performance of winning four races out of six. More...


21st September 
2009

Easy Win For Davenport

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eo D’Silva’s Davenport trounced the mediocre opposition, in the Prince of Berar Trophy, the feature event of Monday’s races at Hyderabad. More...


20th September 
2009

Iaepetus Halts Coral Gables’s Dream Run

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rainer S.A. Shehzad Abbas’s Iaepetus lifted the A.P. Chief Minister’s Cup with a start-to-finish performance, thus halting the dream run of the nine-year-old Coral Gables. More...


14th September 
2009

Crocodile Hunter Canters Home

M
. Sathyanaarayana trained Crocodile Hunter literarily cantered home in the Asaf Jah VII Memorial Cup, a race for horses in the highest category. More...


13th September 
2009

Set Alight Finds Her Winning Shoes

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et Alight whose impeccable record was marred by two defeats, found her winning shoes, winning the richly endowed President of India Gold Cup (Grade I). More...


7th September 
2009

Impressive Victory For Carte Blanche

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onald Netto schooled Carte Blanche won the Major Mir Mujtaba Hussain Memorial Cup, the feature event of Monday’s races at Hyderabad. More...


6th September 
2009

Padmanabhan Leads The Colts Too

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Padmanabhan’s Red Renegade won the Deccan Bookmakers Colts Trial Stakes, giving the trainer a classic double this monsoon at Hyderabad. More...


2nd September 
2009

Khaleels Pride Makes Light of Top Weight

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fter a brief lull over the last few meetings Leo D’silva began to display his supremacy at this racing centre, by pulling out three winners. More...


30th August 
2009

Fillies Trial Stakes For Messalina

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he Deccan Bookmakers Fillies Trial Stakes, the first of the monsoon classics, was run at Hyderabad on Sunday. On a warm afternoon,... More...


24th August 
2009

Come Together Wins with Ease

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rainer K. Satheesh who has been having a lean season with just one win to his credit, scored a double, winning both the premier events of the day. More...


23rd August 
2009

Coral Gables Unstoppable

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he Veteran Coral Gables silenced his critics once again, beating the five rivals less than half his age, to lift the A.P. Governor’s Cup,.. More...


22nd August 
2009

It’s an Open Invitation

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he Invitational Race Day 2009 will be held at Malakpet Race Course, Hyderabad on Sunday, 25th October 2009. The most important event in the Indian racing calendar,.. More...


16th August 
2009

Icebreaker Wins Nizam’s Gold Cup in Record Time

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rainer S. Padmanabhan was elated when Icebreaker, the prodigy of Alnasr Alwasheek triumphed in the Nizam’s Gold Cup (Gr.III) and in the process beating the fashionably bred Set Alight. More...


15th August 
2009

Iaepetus Walks Away With The Independence Cup

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aepetus, who had gone down fighting as a favourite, in the lower category carrying 60 kilos on his back on the opening day, relished the bottom weight,... More...


10th August 
2009

L D’silva Dazzles With a Treble

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ijayrath, trained by L.V.R.Deshmukh won the Wanaparthy Cup, the feature event of Monday’s races at Hyderabad. Carte Blanche brought the,... More...


9th August 
2009

Hurricane Bay Breezes Away

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urricane Bay from Prasad Raju's yard, with a surprising burst of speed, in the last 100 metres, breezed past the more favoured One Mission,... More...


3rd August 
2009

Proud Accolade(s) For Faisal Hassan

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oung Faisal Hassan scored a Cup double at lucrative odds and missed a hat-trick narrowly. Proud Accolade lifted the Dr. Harish Chandra Memorial Cup,... More...


2nd August 
2009

Crocodile Hunter Gets His Trophy

T
he entire grand stand was stunned when Crocodile Hunter romped home to lift the Air Command Cup, beating 12 others which included Attractress. More...


29th July 
2009

Copertina Lifts The S Malakonda Reddy Memorial Cup

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l Paso, after his splendid victory over Alacrity at Bangalore, was widely expected to complete the formality in the S.Malakonda Reddy Memorial Cup, ... More...


23rd July 
2009

Age No Barrier For Coral Gables

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t nine years of age, Leo’s Coral Gables, who has a big heart, carried a back-breaking 63.5 kilos and trounced the opposition much younger than him..., More...


22nd July 
2009

Favourites ‘Eclipsed’ By Longshots

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lthough a Solar Eclipse is scientifically termed as a periodical celestial phenomenon, most race goers on Wednesday may have attributed the results of the day to the total solar eclipse. More...



21th July 
2009

Indian Turf Invitation Cup At Hyderabad

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fter a lull of a little over four months, action returns to Hyderabad with the Monsoon season scheduled to begin on Wednesday, 22nd July, 2009. More...

 

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