PUNE: Missing You, by Arazan-Change of Luck and piloted by A Sandesh looks to be the one horse to win the General Rajendrasinhji Trophy Grade III, for 3-year-old horses only.
Missing You is from the stables of (Dallas Todywalla and owned by Dr Cyrus S Poonawalla, Adar Poonawalla and Natasha Poonawalla of Villoo Poonawalla Racing & Breeding Pvt Ltd’s.
Three good horses to follow are True Grit (1-1), Silver Flames (3-5) and Despacito (6-7).
The track at Pune race course is tighter and more undulating than the one at Mahalakshmi. It has a shorter “run-in” and the variable underfoot conditions do, at times, make for unexpected results. There are some horses, though, who simply love the Pune track.
SELECTIONS FOR PUNE MONSOON RACES OCTOBER 25
First race at 2 pm
Race 1: 1000m True Grit (1) Royston Rock (7) Ustad Pedro (3).
Race 2: 1400m Cecelia (11) Highland Wind (5) Lilibeth (14).
Race 3: 1200m Silver Flames (5) Pablo (2) Flower Dust (6).
Race 4: 2400m Gold Medalist (3) Jager Bomb (4) Brazos (1).
Race 5: 1600m Missing You (4) Mystic Bay (2)
Race 6: 1200m Despacito (7) Belgravia (5) Righteous (2) Sandra’s Secret (10).
Race 7: 1200m Storm Breaker (7) Arc Shine (4) Turmeric Tower (9) Aurelia (8).
Race 8: 1400m Honourable Eyes (9) Direwolf (3) Gandalf (5).
Day’s best: Missing You (5-4)