The winner was unfancied as The Royals and Baffin Bay had pulled away maximum prospective punters. However, both these highly-rated Southern challengers disappointed and cut a sorry figure. On the other hand runner-up Star Fortune did put up a gallant and impressive show.

In addition to the failure of the prime contenders in the feature, the heavily supported Star Concert, Nash Tiger, Zeta Jones, Clean Barrister, Conduction and Mujahedin preffered to play second fiddle in their respective engagements and thereby made big holes in the pockets of the fans.

Six colts and five fillies lined up for the total stakes worth Rs. 24,28,200 apart from trophy for the winner valued Rs. 50,000.

RESULTS

1. The Prudential Champ Stakes: (term 3 yrs.) 1200: Spice Boy (G E Barriors, A C Gugle and Dr S Joglekar) 53.5 Bajrang Singh 1, Start Concert 57 C Rajendra 2, Round Trip53.5 T Bernard 3, Seventh Fleet 52 S N Chavan 4. All 4 ran. N, D, 1 1/4. 1-1-94. Rs 25; 6, 5 Shp 52 Fc 68 Q 10, Tanala 77 & 78 (M P Jodha)

2. The Desert Warrior Trophy (I) (78 - up) 1100: Limited Edition (R Jeejeebhoy) 50.5 A Aaron 1, Little Champ 58.5 K P G Appu 2, Nash Tiger 54.5 Mandeep Mann 3, Forbearance 54 V Kotwal 4. All 5 ran. 3/4, 2, 1-1/4. 1-06.31. Rs 38; 12, 8 Shp 17 Fc 233 Q 94, Tanala 318 & 76 (Arti Doctor)

3. The Five Stars Shipping Debutant Stakes (terms 2 yrs mdns), 1000: Wild Heart (R M & G Thakkers) 54.5 M A Gallagher 1, Zeta Jones 54.5 M Narredu 2, Moira 54.5 S N Chavan 3, Trinity 56 V Gharat 4. All 6 ran. 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 1/2. 1-01.91 Rs. 12; 7, 7 Shp 22 Fc 20 Q 10, Tanala 49 & 34 (Narendra Lagad)

4. The Sir Sultan Chinoy Trophy (II), (54 - 78), 2400: Pickpocket (Mr And Mrs Masoom Master and Saleem Fazelbhoy) 54 Daniel Bast 1, Mountain Wind 52 P Kamlesh 2, Runaway Bay 51.5 M Kharadi 3, Clean Barrister 51.5 B Prakash 4. All 6 ran. 4 3/4, 9 1/2, 5-1/2. 2-35.14. Rs. 91; 28, 24 Shp 116Fc 1.483 Q 458, Tanala 3,068 & 2,629 (S Mangalorkar)

5. The Mysore Race Club Trophy (IV), (18 to 42), 2400: Topaz (Mr and Mrs Shapoor P Mistrys) 55 C Rajendra 1, Conduction 56 P Shroff 2, Fashion Delight 51.5 Amyn Merchant 3, Thundering Beauty 50 F Aaron 4. All 9 ran. 2 1/4, 4 1/4, 4 3/4. 2-36.26 Rs. 15; 7, 8, 14 Shp 39 Fc 71 Q 31, Tanala 194 & 168 (Arif Hussain)

6. The Fair Wood Trophy (III), (36 to 60) 1400: Bound Unbound (Miss Duvya Choudhry and Mr V Khanna) 52.5 C Rajendra 1, Alderney 57.5 M Narredu 2, Subtle Passion 55 Paul Eddery 3, Shaandaari 55 Bajrang Singh 4. All 18 ran. 1 1/4, 3/4, 1 1/2. 1-26.78 Rs 13; 8, 8, 15 Shp 56 Fc 43 Q 31, Tanala 195 & 120 (V Khanna)

7. The Nanoli Stud Pune Derby (Gr.I) (terms 3 yrs.) 2000: Ray Of Light (Mr and Mrs Shapoor P Mistrys) 55.5 B Prakash 1, Star Fortune 55.5 M Kharadi 2, Ronaldo 57 M Narredu 3, The Royals 57 S Narredu 4. Not run: Lion Of Judah. 1 3/4, 7, 1 1/4. 2-05.80. Rs 164; 27, 13, 10 Shp 98 Fc 1,834 Q 1,378 Tanala 12,553 & 3,885 (DallasTodywalla)

8. The Ashwamedha Stakes (terms 3 yrs) 1400: Victory Waltz (D Khaitan) 56 Aslam Kader 1, Thunder Struck 56 P Belose 2, Let's Have Fun 6 K P G Appu 3, Batroyale 54.5 M A Gallagher 4. Not run: Benghazi. 4 1/4, 6 1/2, 2 1/4. 1-26.24. Rs. 12; 7, 7, 61 Shp 27 Fc 64 Q 32, Tanala 1,434 & 1,011 (Bezan Chenoy)

9. The Grey Magic Plate (V) (0 - 24), 1600: Sparklingchampagne (Digvijay Singh Shekhawat and Mrs Usha Rajyalaxmi) 57.5 P S Chouhan 1, Kargil 57 Dilip Singh 2, Manatee 54 B Prakash 3, Mujahedin 58.5 M Narredu 4. All 15 ran. 1 3/4, 5 1/2, 2 1/4. 1-41.90. Rs 27; 9, 11, 25 Shp 27 Fc 265 Q 96, Tanala 3,4798 & 2,433 (M P Jodha)

Jackpot: (I) 70% Rs.26,108 (11 tkts) & 30% Rs.2,930 (42 tkts)

Jackpot: (II) 70% Rs.1,29,822 (8 tkts) & 30% Rs.10,598 (42 tkts)

Treble: (I) Rs.4,660 (7 tkts), (II) Rs.9,208 (5 tkts) & (III) Rs.365 (155 tkts)

Place Pot: Rs.5,972 (3 tkts)

Double FC: (I) & (II) C/F