Signor Sassi, ridden by Kishore Kadam and trained by Manvendra Singh, took home the Desert Blaze Cup over 1800 metres, the feature event of the races held here on Wednesday.
1. Predator Handicap (Div I) 1400M: Saddle Chief (Kishore Kadam) 1; Gonna Be A Rokstar (Gajender Singh) 2; Hurricane Bird (B Mahesh) 3; Classical Romance (MF Ali Khan) 4; WB: 4-1/2, 3/4, 1-3/4L; T: 1:29.19; TB: Deepak Karki; Fav: Saddle Chief.
2. Predator Handicap (Div II) 1400M: Apyrous (Ramandeep Bal) 1; Vaani (Mohit Singh) 2; River Pride (B Gurang) 3; Sparkful (Nelson Maseyk) 4; WB: Ns, 1-3/4, 3L; T: 1:29.00; TB: C Gleigh; Fav: River Pride.
3. Avaglow Handicap 1400M: Bengal King (NS Parmar) 1; Welcome Smile (Shezad Khan) 2; Abubble (Md Imran Ashraf) 3; Arboroath (Munna Alam) 4; WB: Dist, 1/2, 1/2L; T: 1:25.83; TB: Shafiq Khan; Fav: Bengal King.
4. Desert Blaze Cup 1100M: Signor Sassi (Kishore Kadam) 1; Follow The Dream (Shezad Khan) 2; Sunny Sue (Shailesh) 3; Accurate (C Alford) 4; WB: 3/4, 2-3/4, 2L; T: 1:06.93; TB: Manvendra Singh; Fav: Sunny Sue.
5. Bold Display Handicap 1800M: American Pie (NS Parmar) 1; Self Directed (Shailesh) 2; Fire Dragon (Md Imran) 3; Elzaphan (Shezad Khan) 4; WB: 2-1/4, 2-1/4, 2-3/4L; T: 1:57.62; TB: Shafiq Khan; Fav: Self Directed.
6. Royal Mantle Handicap 1400M: Sergeant Major (Kishore Kadam) 1; Abarth (Afzal Khan) 2; Bold Desire (Shailesh) 3; Jassi’s Star (M Maseyk) 4; WB: 2, 9, 2L; T: 1:27.69; TB: Manvendra Singh; Fav: Sergeant Major.
7. Kaizen Handicap 1100M: Rappadan Glory (Ankit Kumar) 1; Ocean Surprise (Vinay Jaiswal) 2; Zoffany (Md Shabbani) 3; Rithambhra (Janardhan P) 4; WB: 1-3/4, 2-1/4, 2L; T: 1:08.25; TB: Rutherford Alford; Fav: Ocean Surprise.
Bangalore dividends
I race: Rs 39w, Rs 14, Rs 20, Rs 13p; Fc: Rs 337; Q: Rs 187; SHP: Rs 61; Tri: Rs 581 and Rs 145; Exp: Rs 855 and Rs 359.
II race: Rs 91w, Rs 38, Rs 15p; Fc: Rs 246; Q: Rs 112; SHP: Rs 39; Tri: Rs 780 and Rs 275; Exp: Rs 8,172 and Rs 8,172.
III race: Rs 21w, Rs 15, Rs 16p; Fc: Rs 59; Q: Rs 23; SHP: Rs 38; Tri: Rs 147 and Rs 79; Exp: Rs 801 and Rs 618.
IV race: Rs 45w, Rs 27, Rs 25p; Fc: Rs 120; Q: Rs 42; SHP: Rs 48; Tri: Rs 105 and Rs 136; Exp: Rs 781 and Rs 462.
V race: Rs 77w, Rs 19, Rs 12p; Fc: Rs 137; Q: Rs 41; SHP: Rs 69; Tri: R 178 and Rs 131; Exp: Rs 428 and Rs 227.
VI race: Rs 24w, Rs 15, Rs 30p; Fc: Rs 61; Q: Rs 68; SHP: Rs 50; Tri: Rs 214 and Rs 131; Exp: Rs 1,722 and Rs 886.
VII race: Rs 37w, Rs 14, Rs 14, Rs 72p; Fc: Rs 63; Q: Rs 19; SHP: Rs 41; Tri: Rs 1,105 and Rs 1,053; Exp: Rs 2,729 and Rs 672.
Jackpot: Rs 9,136 (5). Runner-up: Rs 851 (23). Mini-jackpot: Rs 1,872 (4). I treble: Rs 3,877 (3). II treble: Rs 739 (24).