Sir Cecil claims The Villoo Poonawalla Indian 2000 Guineas (Gr1)

Mumbai: The Mumbai racing season at the Royal Western India Turf Club witnessed the second Classic of the season: 'The Villoo Poonawalla Indian 2000 Guineas' on Sunday 16th December 2018 with a large crowd gathered to witness the Indian 2000 Guineas. The WINNER, Sir Cecil, owned by Mr Tegbir Singh Brar rep. Sarainaga Racing Pvt Ltd. trained by Mr. S. Padmanabhan was ridden to victory by jockey David Allan. What makes this race even more special is that Sir Cecil remains UNBEATEN and is truly a champion.
'The Indian 2000 Guineas', is a Group 1 race for 3-year-old colts and fillies run over a distance of a mile at level weights, the fillies claiming 1.5 kg allowance. Geldings were not permitted to race till 1965 and for a few years in between thereafter. The 2000 Guineas, The Derby and The St. Leger, together form the “Triple Crown” of thoroughbred racing of that age group. It is the second Classic out of the five Indian Classics (4 run in Mumbai and 1 in Pune). It was first run on Saturday, 16th January 1943.

The inaugural running was won by “Princess Beautiful”, owned by His Highness The Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda, trained by M.C. Patel and ridden by Jockey E.Britt, won by 8 lengths and 9 runners faced the Starter. The winners’ stakes was Rs.20,250/-. Interestingly, in the year 1967, the closest finish was a dead-heat (till date) between two horses “Bulund” and “Our Select”. Later on, “Our Select” went on to win the Triple Crown that year.

 Placing
Horse
Wt
Jockey
Trainer
Length
Odds
Time
Horse Wt
1
SIR CECIL
57.00
David Allan
S. Padmanabhan
1 1/4
45/100
1:36:003
509
2
STAR SUPERIOR
57.00
Suraj Narredu
Rajesh Narredu
6 3/4
11/2
1:36:209
522
3
SACRED ROMAN
57.00
Leigh Roche
P. Shroff
3 1/4
25/1
1:37:325
525
4
AWESOME ONE
57.00
Yash Narredu
Deepesh Narredu
nk
25/1
1:37:883
478
5
BUSHTOPS
57.00
A. Sandesh
M. K. Jadhav
nk
50/1
1:37:929
442
6
INTENSE STYLIST
57.00
P. Trevor
S. K. Sunderji
3 1/2
18/1
1:37:969
490
7
EXCELLENT
57.00
Neeraj Rawal
Dallas Todywalla
10 1/4
30/1
1:38:534
423
8
JETFIRE
57.00
T. S. Jodha
A. M. Jadhav

60/1
1:40:242
479
Owner
Mr Tegbir Singh Brar rep. Sarainaga Racing Pvt Ltd***'s,

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