Star Baron (Md. Asif Khan up) won the Tamil New Year Cup, the feature event of the opening day’s races held here on Sunday (April 14). The winner is the property of M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust and trained by B. Suresh.
1. MARUTHAMALAI PLATE (1,400m), maiden 4-y-o only rated 20 to 45: COUNTRY’S GRACE (Farhan) 1, Silver Sea (Brisson) 2, Amazing Kitten (Dhebe) 3 and Pragmatic (Kishore Kadam) 4. 2-3/4, 3-1/4 and 3-1/2. 1m, 25.95s. ₹52 (w), 7, 20 and 9 (p), SHP: 36, FP: 437, Q: 184, Tla: 693. Favourite: Amazing Kitten. Owner: M/s. Country Stud Farms LLP. Trainer: Fahad Khan.
2. ANNAMALAI HILLS PLATE (1,100m), rated up to 25: GREEN GROVE (Md. Asif Khan) 1, In Excess (A.M. Alam) 2, Fleming Beach (Brisson) 3 and Be My Light (Kishore Kadam) 4. Not run: Active and Mexican Halo. Dist, 1/2 and 1. 1m, 8.19s. ₹6 (w), 10, 8 and 6 (p), SHP: 17, FP: 43, Q: 15, Tla: 155. Favourite: Green Grove. Owner: Mr. B. Vijay. Trainer: Uthaiah.
3. TEA GARDENS PLATE (1,100m), rated 20 to 45: BALLER (Dhebe) 1, Victoria’s Secret (R.N. Darshan) 2, My Passion (Nakhat Singh) 3 and Henrietta (Md. Asif Khan) 4. 1-1/4, 1-1/4 and 2-3/4. 1m, 6.51s. ₹42 (w), 11, 10 and 8 (p), SHP: 17, FP: 482, Q: 144, Tla: 475. Favourite: My Passion. Owner and trainer: Mr. Craig Marshall.
4. WELCOME CUP (1,200m), maiden 3-y-o only: WONDERFUL ERA (Nakhat Singh) 1, Maze Runner (Mukesh Kumar) 2, Arashiyama (Gaddam) 3 and Jericho (Farhan) 4. Not run: Royal Brigade. 4-3/4, 2-1/2 and 3-1/2. 1m, 17.02s. ₹14 (w), 8, 11 and 37 (p;), SHP: 26, FP: 98, Q: 59, Tla: 1,141 (C/o). Favourite: Haran. Owner: M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Chritable Trust. Trainer: R. Foley.
5. TAMIL NEW YEAR CUP (1,200m), rated 80 & above: STAR BARON (Md. Asif Khan) 1, Cavallo Veloce (Altaf Hussain) 2, Saving Grace (N. Murugan) 3 and Academus (Nakhat Singh) 4. 1, 1-1/4 and 2. 1m, 11.25s. ₹12 (w), 11, 13 and 27 (p), SHP: 18, FP: 29, Q: 14, Tla: 324. Favourite: Cavallo Veloce. Owner: M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust. Trainer: B. Suresh.
6. GOLF LINKS PLATE (1,200m), rated 40 to 65: ROYAL PROTOCAL (C.P. Khanal) 1, Queen Regent (R.N. Darshan) 2, Lady Elise (Md. Asif Khan) 3 and Embassy (Nakhat Singh) 4. 2-1/4, shd and 1-3/4. 1m, 12.70s. ₹43 (w), 40, 10 and 15 (p), SHP: 18, FP: 297, Q: 76, Tla: 2,438. Favourite: Storm Flag. Owner: M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust. Trainer: B. Suresh.
Jackpot: ₹26,809 (one tkt), Runner-up: 957 (12 tkts), Mini Jackpot: 3,342 (four tkts). Treble (i): 1,466 (six tkts), (ii): 730 (34 tkts).