‘Little England’ comes alive to the thunder of hooves
The Edwards claimed the win of the main race
The Royal Turf Club (RTC) set off its April Holiday Season Horseracing calendar with the Easter Sunday Cup Raceday, in which, Santos, ridden by L. Dayalan, bagged the main trophy, at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya last Sunday.
Dayalan guided Santos, owned by the Edwards, to edge out Charlemagne, owned by James Mathews, to claim the Wijeya Publications Challenge Trophy, in the Class 1 and 2 Handicap Race of 1,600 metres. With the win, Santos also claimed a prize money of Rs 250,000 on offer. Third place was claimed by Silver Streak, owned by Deepthika Jayakody.
The Edward Collection Challenge Trophy for Class 3 Handicap Horses in the 1,400-metre race, was won by Glittering, ridden by Irvan Singh, followed by Gazaki and Arabian Gold.
Jockey Singh was also successful in guiding Stormont to claim the Ministry of Skills & Vocational Training Challenge Trophy for Class 4 Horses, over 1,070 metres. Another Ace and Vigorous came 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Zulu Fantasy won the Class 4 race
Earlier in the day, champion jockey Dayalan warmed up for the big one, by riding Zulu Fantasy to victory, to claim the RTC Easter Sunday Cup in the HandicapRrace for Class 5 Horses, over 1,400 metres. Krabi and Cosmopolitan came 2nd and 3rd respectively.
RTC’s April Holiday Season Races will continue with the month’s most anticipated Raceday on April 15, which promises to be an eventful day.
RESULTS
Race 1: RTC Easter Sunday Cup + Rs 100,000- Class
5 Handicap 1,400m
1: Zulu Fantasy (L. Dayalan; Edwards Stable)
2: Krabi (S. Suganthan; Dr. Dhanawardene Guruge)
3: Cosmopolitan (M. Mohan Raj; Anuka Soza)
Race 2: Ministry of Skills Development &
Stormont won the Class 3 race
Vocational Training Challenge Trophy + Rs
125,000- Class 4 Handicap 1,070m
1: Stormont (Irvan Singh; Edwards Stable)
2: Another Ace (D.S. Rathore; Hasanga Jayaratne)
3: Vigorous (Ashok Kumar; Ajantha de Soyza)
Race 3: Edward Collection Challenge Trophy
+ Rs 150,000- Class 3 Handicap 1,400m
1: Glittering (Irvan Singh; Dr. Priyadarshani Dadigama)
2: Gazaki (Nikhil Parmar; Edwards Stable)
3: Arabian Gold (L. Dayalan; Dr. Priyadarshani Dadigama)
Race 4: Wijeya Publications Challenge Trophy
+ Rs 250,000- Class 1 & 2 Handicap 1,600m
1: Santos (L. Dayalan, Edwards Stable)
2: Charlemagne (J.W.D.L; James Mathews)
3: Silver Streak (Nikhil Parmar; Deepthika Jayakody)