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Double Eagle gives owner and trainer their first success
It was a dream come true for owner Ajantha de Zoysa who at last tasted success after a wait of nearly two decades when his horse Double Eagle also under the colours of Monaro India clinched the Governer’s Cup held at the Nuwara Eliya horse racing track last week.

It was the masterpiece of riding by jockey S.D. Janaka who whizzed past the other nine opponents from four furlongs and kept on increasing the lead to take the race with ease. It was also the first ever win for the jockey and a first for trainer S.D. Lalith since he began training two years ago. This being the sixth race of the eight event programme for the day, the owner, trainer and jockey did not race in any of the previous five races.

But they swept the board by winning the seventh and eight races with If Looks Could Kill and Prince of South to win the The Sporting Times Cup and Kandos Cup. The day’s proceedings began with the George Ondaatjie Cup where Dhammika Attygalle’s Early Light ridden by S. Selvaratnam and trained by Sridher Selvaratnam cantered to the winning post.

This was followed by a back to back double for owner Anura Delgoda and trainer Sridher Selvaratnam when they won the Sumathi Cup and Carlsberg Cup with I Am Mighty and Eulexite ridden by jockeys S. Selvaratnam and V. Ashok Kumar. Incidentally trainer Selvaratnam completed a treble with these wins.

The Nescafe Cup and The Grand Hotel Cup were won by Mrs. Chamari Jayaratne’s Cadmmium and Anuka Soza’s Sulanga trained by Sharath Kumar and S. Aloysius with M.D. Kareem and H. Raja in the saddle.--
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