James Underwood
Issue No 36
Nov 08, 2005
RACING IN INDIA -
Y K Hameed’s Steinbeck gelding Psychic Strength, a son of the
Razeen mare
Distinction bred at Usha Stud, was an easy winner from Favorite
Flashing Star,
By Razeen, in the Gr.1 10f Mysore Derby. He is trained by
Darius Byramji.
Issue No 34
Oct, 18 2005
RACING IN INDIA –
The previous week the Gr.3 Fillies and Mares Stakes over 9f was won by
Razeen’s daughter Raphaela, out of the Common Land mare
Magical Moments.
Issue No 29
Sept 13, 2005
Last year’s Indian Derby winner, the Ramaswamy owned Razeen 4-y-o
Southern Regent won the Gp 1 12f President of India’s Trophy
in Hyderabad at the weekend.
Issue No 24
Aug 09, 2005
RACING IN INDIA -
The Padmanabhan trained Usha bred Razeen 5-y-o King Of Hearts,
a son of the Vision mare Vision Of India, won the Gr.3 12f Governor’s
Cup.
Issue No 21
Jul 19, 2005
Sons of Razeen, Deepak Khatitan’s Andreyan, a son of the
Vision mare,
Vision Of India, and last year’s leader Southern Regent took
the first two places in the Bangalore St. Leger over 14f on Sunday.
Issue No 12
May 17, 2005
RAZEEN AGAIN HEADS SIRES LIST IN INDIA –
Usha Stud’s Northern Dancer horse Razeen once again headed the
general sires list in India over the winter and unto Apr 30, the end of
Bombay season. He took first place on the money win, winners and races won
lists, with the Poonawalla Studs’ Mr. Prospector horse Placerville
second on all of them…….
Usher led the leading stud farms’ list on money earned, followed by the
Poonawallas, Nanoli and Pratap.
Issue No 06
Apr 06, 2005
RACING IN INDIA
The Shapoor Mistry sponsored Breeders’ colt and fillies championships in
Bombay were won by Razeen’s son Flashing Star and the
Steinbeck filly Simply Gorgeous.
Issue No 33
Oct 19, 2004
RACING IN INDIA -
The Khushroo Dhunjiboys’ Usha Stud bred Steinbeck filly Venus
Arising, a daughter of the high class Razeen mare Lei,
ran out a three lengths winner from another bred at the same stud,
Razeen’s son Southern Regent in the 10f Pune Derby .
Issue 27
Sep 07, 2004
RACING IN INDIA -
Khushroo Dhunjiboy’s Usha bred 3yo Steinbeck filly Venus Arising,
a daughter of the smart race mare Lei, by Razeen, was an easy
winner of the Gr.3 General Rajendrasinghji Trophy. With Razeen’s
daughter Warsaw Pact in second and two more of Steinbeck’s
progeny in third and fourth. Usha products made a clean sweep of the race.
Issue No 13
May 27, 2003
RAZEEN LEADS SIRES LIST -
Usha Stud’s steadfast Northern Dancer horse Razeen headed the
money won and most races won sires list in India for the period from Nov 01
to Apr 30……
Usha Stud headed the studs’ money won list, ahead of Poonawalla Group.
RACING WORLD MAGAZINE 2005 – October/November Issue
FORMAL INVITATION (Steinbeck – Invitation Only) STRIKES GOLD
The Maharaja’s Gold Cup, a terms event for horses rated in the highest
class, run over 1,600 meters, has long been one of the highlights of the
Mysore racing season. Instituted in 1969, the race has been won by some very
good horses and has always attracted a competitive field.
This year was no different, with seven horses vying for the top spot. The
only three year old in the field, Rising Force, was attempting to beat his
older opponents in what was, for him, essentially a prep race for the Deccan
Derby in early October.……
At the turn for home, Formal Invitation challenged Rising Force and
the two fought it down the straight, until the final 100 meters, when
Formal Invitation began to stretch away. In the end, the Kolkata
challenger was a comfortable winner, while Rising Force just about managed
to keep second place from a fast closing Lancaster.
RACING WORLD MAGAZINE 2005 – October/November Issue
FLASHING STAR (Razeen – Allinda) LANDS 2000 GUINEAS AT MYSORE
The decision to keep Flashing Star in training after the Bangalore
Summer season produced the right result for Dr.M A M Ramaswamy’s stable. The
Kingfisher Derby and Colts Trial Stakes runner up broke-up a three in a row
sequence of second place, finishing with a pretty comprehensive victory in
the Mysore 2000 Guineas over some of his highly regarded contemporaries…..
B Prakash has Flashing Star, who is saddled in Mysore by Robert
Foley, settled in fourth on the outside of the leaders Arturo and Aspinalls.
Green Bax raced along the rails just in front of the favorite, with the rest
of the field behind. At the bend, Prakash brought Flashing Star
smoothly into contention even as Aspinalls began to flounder. Arturo still
had the lead, but once Flashing Star had got into top gear, there was
nothing the former could do to hold him off. Flashing Star then stretched
away to record a fluent win from Hesperus, who covered a lot of ground in
the straight to finish a good second. Arturo stayed on take third.
RACING WOLRD MAGAZINE 2005 – October/November Issue
DA VINCI ROSE (Steinbeck – Indian Melody) SAVOURS SWEET SUCCESS….
Winner of two graded races races at Malakpet, Leo D’Silva’s Da Vinci Rose
was a fair sixth to Glorious Breaker in the Bangalore Fillies Trial. What
more, she was even secretly fancied against Finest Moment in the Juvenile
Million here last season. What went against her was, her ability to tackle a
mile was not sufficiently underlined. In the vent Scintillating Skill was
lodged favorite….
The professional competence of trainer LeoD’Silva is common knowledge now.
Although he had quite a few horses of repute to his credit, the one who
elevated him to his current status is Cola Gables, the highest rated horse
in the country at present. And he proved that it was not out of sync at all
when Da Vinci Rose won with effortless ease although losers blamed it
on soft going. Known to get the top gear quite quickly,
Da Vinci Rose, however, was driven in a lower gear by Suraj Narredu
for two thirds of the race. And when he did switch gears at the top of the
straight, she simply thundered on, reducing Scintillating Skill to a
pathetic straggler. While Confluence was another three lengths behind, it’s
less said the better about the rest.
RACING WORLD MAGAZINE 2005 – October/November Issue
SOUTHERN REGENT REIGNS SUPREME WITH AN OVERWHELMING..
Call it reversal of form or give credit to the neutralizing effect of
scales,
Southern Regent (Razeen – Allinda) and B Prakash bounced back in
style in less than three weeks to pull off an overwhelming win in the
President Of India Gold Cup at Malakpet.
With Khushroo Dhunjiboy reinforcing his challenge with Venus Arising and
Petronius Maximus in a field that already had another live contender in
Aperitivo, the Gr.1 race had it all the trappings of a big fight. But true
to saying ‘ When going gets tough, the tough get going’, Southern Regent
showed his big heart on the big occasion with a characteristic run that
left the field in his wake.
Southern Regent took little time to establish his hold on the race.
Coming up just after taking the final turn, he went clear at 400 meters and
won by a widening margin of 2 1/2
Lengths from Aperitivo. Adolfito retained his third spot.
RACING WORLD MAGAZINE 2005 August / September Issue
SOTHERN REGENT (Razeen – Allinda) WINS A THRILLER
The Maharaja’s Cup, run over 2,200 meters used to be the highlight of the
Bangalore Summer season before the introduction of the Bangalore Derby.
Though slightly diminished in nature today, it remains a highly competitive
contest, which more often than not attracts the top 4 yr olds and the other
leading older horses in the country.
……
Adolfito set a scorching pace from the start and Prakash settled Southern
Regent towards the rear of the field with Andreyan for company.Prakash
gradually improved to be within striking distance of the lead at the turn
for home, all the while being shadowed by the C. Alford ridden Andreyan.
Southern Regent swept past Adolfito with
300 meters to run and was joined on the outside by Andreyan.What followed
next brought the crowd on their feet; as the two horses fought out, stride
for stride. Andreyan seemed to hold the advantage for a stride or two but
Southern Regent, the glint of battle in his eye, clawed his way back and
poked his nose in front…. For now Dr. M.A.M Ramaswamy and his team can savor
the sweet taste of victory brought to them by a brave horse that refused to
be beaten.
RACING WORLD MAGAZINE 2005 – August/September Issue
ANDREYAN (Razeen – Vision of India) TURNS THE TABLES IN THE
Gr.2 BANGALORE ST. LEGER
Andreyan had been unable to make a four kilo advantage count in the
2200metre Maharaja’s Cup Gr.2 a fortnight earlier and had gone down
narrowly to Southern Regent……….
Christopher Alford, who had ridden Andreyan well off the pace, had
cruised six wide into the straight on tight reins. The Kolkata based rider
waited until he was well into the straight before asking Andreyan for
an effort, which was answered instantly. Andreyan went past Southern
Regent in a matter of strides and lengthened away to the winning post
without Alford riding him out completely or using the whip even once.
Southern Regent was not disgraced in defeat and he was beaten by the better
horse on the day. Andreyan, Southern Regent and Aperitivo likely to
meet up again in the President of India Gold Cup in Hyderabad and that race
is setting up as a mouth watering event not to be missed.
RACING WORLD MAGAZINE 2005 – 06 April/May Issue
FLASHING STAR shines bright in the Poonawalla Derby Gr.1
Dr. M A M Ramaswamy’s Flashing Star (Razeen – Altitude) promised much
after he had set the Western India last year with emphatic victories in the
Breeder’s Produce Stakes Gr.2 and the Shapoorji Breeders’ Juvenile
Colts Championship Gr.3………
Rested after he was well beaten in the Harvins 2000 Guineas Gr.2,
Flashing Star appeared for this race looking fit and well.
No hope Royal Panache led the field briefly from the gates before giving way
to Aspinalls. The Padmanabhan trained Powerthrust raced in third while
Flashing Star settled in mid bunch, with Refreshing in close attendance.
Prakash moved Flashing Star closer to the lead, with about 600m to
run, and by the time they turned for home, he was in striking distance of
Powerthrust who led them into the straight. Showing his old turn of foot,
Flashing Star sprinted away from the field the moment he was asked for
his effort, to have the race won a long way from the winning post.
Refreshing put in a brave run from behind to snatch second place from
Powerthrust, with Aspinalls well beaten into fourth.
With this win, Flashing Star has redeemed himself, and a lot of the
credit should go to his trainer, S Ganapathy, who brought him back to his
best when it mattered most. Flashing Star will now have five weeks to
get ready for the biggest test of his life, the Indian Turf Invitation Cup.
On his Derby showing, he will be one of the fancied runners, and he adds
another string to his owner’s bow for this prestigious event.
|
 |
