KARACHI: A strong field of 13 horses have entered the fray in the Labour Day Cup which figures prominently in a five-race card drawn for the Gymkhana race meeting being held at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.
The Labour Day Cup has been classified under combined scale order of VI and VII and will be run over four furlongs. It is the fourth race in racing order.
Half-a-dozen horses are in contention for the feature event scale order I, II and III that will also be contested over four furlongs. It is the last race on day’s card.
Horses of lower classification who used to be among those who also ran will experience a new two-and-a-half furlong race for the first time. It has been designed to provide incentive to the owners.
KARACHI: Nine horses will vie for honours in the Summer Cup when it takes place in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Thursday.
The Summer Cup is the third race in a four-event card that has been drawn for the races. It has been classified under scale order VIII and will be run over four furlongs.
The weekly races have been brought forward to avoid clash with the Pakistan Derby that is scheduled to take place at Lahore on Sunday.
The fourth and the last race is the feature event scale order III, IV and V and takes place over four-and-a-half furlongs.
The debutants who belonged to Lahore are seven-year-old bay horse Smasher and unknown pedigree bay horse Jackson.
The Attitude Cup, meanwhile, tops the action in the card.
Seven horses are in the run for the cup race that has been classified under scale order IV and V and go over four-and-a-half furlongs.
It is the third race and also the days feature event.
The fourth and concluding race which is the supporting event, scale order V, VI and VII will also, will be run over similar distance.
The first two races of smaller scales will take place over four furlongs.
KARACHI: Three thoroughbreds hat-trick performer Big Bravo, Trial Cup winner War It Is and incumbent Derby winner Royal Ransom are in contention for the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup, the flagship event of Karachi Race Club (KRC) at the Racecourse on Saturday.
Big Bravo scaled new heights last year by making it three wins on the trot in the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup.
War It Is came into prominence when he got the better of two main contenders to win the Trial Cup on Dec 13.
Royal Ransom hogged limelight while capturing the Derby at Lahore Racecourse last March.
Big Bravo’s half-brother Big Faith who was placed second beaten by 10 lengths in the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup last year, completes the quartet.