An acquired taste wins main event

Aug 11, 2013 - Age Correspondent

Altamas Ahmed-trained An Acquired Taste justified favouritism under regular partner A. Sandesh en route to a huge win in the Eve Champion Trophy, the feature event of the races held here on Saturday.

Results
1. The Zephyr Bay Plate 1400m: Burn 55 (Dashrath Singh) 1, Moon Raker 56½ (Trevor Patel) 2, Speed Up 55 (P. S. Chouhan) 3, Equiano 53 (Shrikant Kamble) 4. Won by: Nk, 1½, ¾. Time: 1:28.78.
2. The Cabriolet Plate 1800m: Roswald 59 (Malcolm Kharadi) 1, One Wish 51 (A. Ashhad Asbar) 2, Hamlet 57½ (S. Zervan) 3, Soneeyo 58 (N. S. Parmar) 4. Won by: 7, Nk, 2½. Time: 1:55.06.
3. The B.K. Lagad Memorial Gold Trophy 1000m: Dreamliner 56 (C. S. Jodha) 1, Panthera 57½ (Sreekanth B) 2, Quid Pro Quo 52½ (Neeraj Rawal) 3, Emperor Of France 56½ (A. Sandesh) 4. Won by: 1, Nk, Nk. Time: 1:01.06.
4. The Deepak Raut Gold Trophy (Divi-I) 1000m: Cosmic Dancer 54½ (A. Sandesh) 1, Seacaucus 54½ (D. K. Ashish) 2, Star Of Babylon 56 (T. S. Jodha) 3, Amaya 54½ (Dashrath Singh) 4. Won by: 1½, 1¼, 1¼. Time: 1:01.12.
5. The Antonios Trophy 1200m: Ishpingo 60 (Dashrath Singh) 1, Silk Cut 55½ (N. S. Parmar) 2, Dancing Phoenix 49 (A. Sandesh) 3, Saints N Sinners 51½ (B. Nikhil) 4. Won by: 2, ½, Shd. Time: 1:11.44.
6. The Eve Champion Trophy 2000m: An Acquired Taste 56 (A. Sandesh) 1, Maple Star 57½ (Sreekanth B) 2, Native Knight 59 (Dashrath Singh) 3, Manyatta 53 (D. K. Ashish) 4. Won by: 9½, 1, 2¾. Time: 2:06.92.
7. The Deepak Raut Gold Trophy (Div-II) 1000m: Fontainebleau 54½ (N. S. Parmar) 1, Pretty Hot 54½ (A. Sandesh) 2, Foinaven 56 (Trevor Patel) 3, Oriental Rocky 54 (Kavraj Singh) 4. Won by: 1½, ¾, 1½. Time: 1:01.24.
8. The Pimpernel Trophy 1600m: Amistad 60½ (S. Zervan) 1, Lavender Brown 55½ (Kavraj Singh) 2, Zanthos 55 (D. K. Ashish) 3, Sky Lantern 51 (R. Shelar) 4. Won by: 6½, ½, 2½. Time: 1:42.14

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