KARACHI: Rank outsider bay filly Sugar Rush, who finished fourth last weekend, upset the applecart galloping to a length-and-a-half victory over bay horse Choice of the Day to lift the Monsoon Cup in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.
Public felt cheated as favourite filly Regardless was not on job and finished off the frame. Mare Starka fell behind eight lengths to finish third and was followed by Faster Than You further beaten by two lengths and a quarter.
Owned by M.R. Hussain and sent by S.A. Zaidi, Sugar Rush was piloted home by rider Safdar Hussain.