MUMBAI, April 14: Vastly improved five-year-old, Classic Indian (PS Deora up) completed a praise worthy hat-trick by winning The Red Rufus Trophy, 1400 metres, the main event of the 5th Special Race day held on Wednesday at Mahalakshmi on the all weather track.Top weighted Satin Lover set a hot pace and retired after the bend from where favorite Girl From Ipanema took charge of the field and shaped to win but from the 200 metres mark Classic Indian joined the issue and fought neck-to-neck till the home post. Finally, after a ding-dong battle finished locked together but the camera favoured the ward of trainer MP Jodha.
Promising young rider SS Bhati and MP Jodha scored a double each.
RESULTS
1 The Temperance Plate (Terms, 3 yrs Mdns) 1000: Queen of Venus (Ali Asgar) 54.5 S S Bhati 1, Pure Pearl 56 I Shaikh 2, Snowing 54.5 Gallagher 3, Presidential 56 H Rathod 4. All 5 ran. 5 1/2, 3 1/4, 1 1/4. 1-2.90 Rs 8; 6, 14 Fc 45 Shp 47 Q 44 Tanala 75 and 22 (A Raste).
2 The Pallino Plate (V)1400: Kip Keino (Karachiwala and M P Jodha) 52 P S Chouhan 1, Scarlet Prince 49.5 I Shaikh 2, Knight of Fortune 49.5 Bhati 3, High Voltage 59 H Rathod 4. All 6 ran. 3 3/4, H, 2 1/2. 1-31.62 Rs 10; 7, 13 Fc 41 Shp 32 Q 37 Tanala 97 and 67 (M P Jodha).
3 The Lover's Gift Plate (Terms, 3 yrs Mdns) 1400: Balancita (R L Agarwal) 54.5 M Kharadi 1, Musical Melody 54.5 Bajrang Singh 2, Bounty Hunter 56 D A Naik 3, Josh King 56 Bhati 4. All 10 ran. 7 1/2, 7, 1 1/2. 1-29.82 Rs 12; 7, 10, 23 Fc 93 Shp 38 Q 68 Tanala 1,164 and 536 (R D'Mellow).
4 The M Dhalla Plate (V) 1800: Truely Remarkable (M/s M Pardhanani, A R Chamdawalla & A A Sabir) 52 P Kamlesh 1, Nicholas 56 P S Chouhan 2, Regal Jet 55.5 I Shaikh 3, Rashtra Doot 51.5 V Gharat 4. All 5 ran. 4 3/4, 3 1/4, D. 1-58.43 Rs 18; 9, 16 Fc 112 Shp 22 Q 74 Tanala 184 and 85 (CA Kuts).
5 The Red Rufus Trophy (I) 1400: Classic Indian (Jodhas) 51.5 P S Deora 1, Girl From Ipanema 50.5 C Rajendra 2, Natural Spell 49.5 P Kamlesh 3, Satin Lover 59Gallagher 4. All 5 ran. H, 7, 1 1/4. 1-28.54 Rs 39; 11, 6 Fc 143 Shp 35 Q 34 Tanala 231 and 141 (M P Jodha).
6 Better See Plate (III) 1100: Phrwaxshi 56 SS Bhati 1, Irian Jaya 54 M Kharadi 2, Redondo 53.5 C Rajendra 3, Fire Blossom 55.5 P Kamlesh 4. All 8 ran. 5 1/2, 2 1/4, SH. 1-8.60 Rs 12; 7, 13, 8 Fc 170 Shp 42 Q 103 Tanala 303 and 115 (H Antia).
7 The Guiding Star Plate (V) 1100: Stunning Life (J R Mehra) 46.5 R Shelar 1, Blushing Brave 56 P s Deora 2, Contingency 54 H Moses 3, Brute Force 55 Gallagher 4. Not run: Valentine Star and Umbrellaprotection. 1 3/4, 4 3/4, 1 3/4. 1-11.29 Rs 34; 12, 9 Fc 237 Shp 38 Q 80 Tanala 2,625 and 1,768 (Raza Ali).
Treble: Rs 2,166 (37 tickets); Jackpot: 70% Rs 13,248 and 30% Rs 959 (225 tickets); Placepot: Rs 207 (79 tickets); Double Forecast: (I and II): Cf.
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