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DELHI THE HINDU 22 SPORT MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Adjudicate creates Invitation Cup history Five­year­old is the first to retain the premier crown; Trafalgar gives trainer Mckeown memorable double

Cyrus J. Madan 144, Q: 81, Trinella: 4,334 and Riaz Babu 3,715. Favourite: Roma Victor. MYSURU Owners: Vijay Racing & Farms Pvt. Ltd. rep by M/s. Vijay Kumar ­based trainer James Mck­ Gupta & Susheel Kumar Gupta & eown made the historic circuit of Poonawalla Racing & Breeding the Race Track his own Pvt. Ltd. Trainer: Laxman Singh. when he saddled Adjudicate (Mul­ SMT. GAYATRI DEVI AND tidimensional­Alvarita) and Trafal­ SARDAR K.B. RAMACHANDRA- gar (Western Aristocrat­Bluegrass 2 RAJ URS MILLION Phenom) to win the ‘Grade 1 (1,600m), rated STARRY WIND (I. Chisty) Double’ — Indian Turf Invitation 40 to 65: 1, Grey Channel (P.S. Chouhan) 2, Cup and Major P.K. Mehra Me­ Electra (S. John) 3 and Mighty Red morial Super Mile — on Sunday. (Nicky Mackay) 4. Not run: As­ Five­year­old Adjudicate, ridden cendency. 1, Nk and 2­1/2. 1m, by Y.S. Srinath, became the first 35.08s. ₹173 (w), 35, 10 and 21 (p), horse above the Classic age to win SHP: 34, THP: 65, FP: 895, Q: 401, the Invitation. She is also the first Trinella: 4,390 and 2,080. Favour­ since the terms of the race ite: Grey Channel. Owners: Mr. changed in 2013 to win in success­ R.C. Puri, Mr. Manohar Duggal & ive years and with a record timing Mr. Darius R. Byramji. Trainer: in both essays. Darius. Calcutta Derby winner Trafalgar, ridden superbly by David Allan, VILLOO C. POONAWALLA MIL- Champion team: Adjudicate (Y.S. Srinath up) being led in by, from left, breeders Gajendra Singh LION won the Super Mile in an em­ 3 (1,200m), rated 40 to 65: and Sultan Singh, representing Shona Stud Farm, along with owner Amitabh Nanda and trainer phatic fashion to vindicate his AACHEN (C.S. Jodha) 1, Harbour owners’ decision to target him for Sunrise (Trevor) 2, Majestic War­ James Mckeown, after her victory in the Indian Turf Invitation Cup on Sunday.* M.A. SRIRAM that race, given the poor run in rior (P.S. Kaviraj) 3 and Dandi March (Nicky Mackay) 4. Not run: MAJ P.K. MEHRA MEMORIAL sugar) A. Sandesh 2, DESERT GOD 12 (p), SHP: 37, THP: 37, FP: 315, Q: the Indian Derby, instead of going Ultimate Accolade: N. Nityanand Rao (chairman, Mysore Race Club) presenting the Indian Turf for the Invitation. Donna Rossa. 2­1/4, 3/4 and 1/2. 5 SUPER MILE CUP (1,600m), 4­ (Burden Of Proof­Running Flame) 72, Trinella: 273 and 126. Favour­ TRAFALGAR The last time two Kolkata­based Invitation Trophy to Amitabh Nanda, owner of Adjudicate, in the presence of, from left, Zavaray 1m, 10.14s. ₹157 (w), 23, 14 and 20 y­o & over, (Terms): David Allan 3 and ANJEZE (Win ite: General Patton. Owners: Mrs. (David Allan) 1, Gift Of Grace (A. horses won the Invitation and the Poonawalla (chairman, Royal Western India Turf Club), M.A.M.R. Muthiah (chairman, Madras (p), SHP: 25, THP: 53, FP: 1,372, Q: Legend­Angelique) Trevor 4. 1­3/4, Namrataa Rakesh & Mr. Ujash Ma­ Sandesh) 2, Prevalent Force Super Mile was back in 1996 in 758, Trinella: 6,186 and 4,418. Fa­ 3/4 and 1­1/4. 2m, 26.97s (record hendra Patel. Trainer: Rakesh. Race Club), Sudipto Sarkar (chairman, Royal Calcutta Turf Club), R. Surender Reddy (chairman, (Suraj) 3 and Watchmyscript (C.S. . vourite: Harbour Sunrise. Owner: time). ₹58 (w), 19, 16 and 23 (p), Race Club), D.Vinod Shivappa (chairman, Turf Club) and J.S. Bedi Mr. Arun Alagappan. Trainer: Ir­ Jodha) 4. Not run: Tenno Sho. 1, 1­ SHP: 43, THP: 71, FP: 604, Q: 279, MALAYAN RACING ASSOCI- ATION GOODWILL TROPHY * M.A. SRIRAM fan Ghatala. 1/4 and 1­3/4. 1m, 34.19s. ₹73 (w), Trinella: 2,539 and 1,010. Favour­ 8 (chairman, Delhi Race Club). STRIK- Aachen takes honours SURESH MAHINDRA MULTI- 18, 16 and 13 (p), SHP: 47, THP: 56, ite: Star Superior. Owners: Mrs. D. (1,400m), rated 20 to 45: FP: 381, Q: 129, Trinella: 714 and ING MEMORY (Darshan) 1, Divine Arun Alagappan­owned Aachen Martand Singh Mahindra, Shoury­ of the Invitation Cup here, but the Suresh Mahindra Multi 4 MILLION TROPHY (1,400m), 4­ Khaitan, Mr. & Mrs. A. Khaitan, (Tazahum­Mink Mitten), bred at MULTIFA- 311. Favourite: Prevalent Force. Mrs. D. Jalan rep. Soom Stud Farm Hunt (David Egan) 2, Star Cavalry abrtata Mandal And Sigma Scan also became the first to win the Million. y­o & over, (Terms): (Bhawani Singh) 3 and Jameson the Sans Craintes Stud Farm, CETED (Suraj) 1, Tutankhamun Owners: Mr. J.D. Gupta, Mr. J. Pvt. Ltd., Mr. D.A. Nanda, Mrs. Systems Pvt. Ltd., set the double pièce de résistance of the Indian THE RESULTS: (Trevor) 4. 1­1/2, 2­1/4 and Hd. 1m, claimed the honours in Villoo C. (Trevor) 2, Snowdon (David Allan) Mukhopadhyay, Mr. S. Datta Esha Nanda Bhojwani & Mr. Amit­ rolling. He looked outstanding in Turf two years in succession. 23.31s. ₹54 (w), 20, 19 and 16 (p), Poonawalla Million, while Darius HIS HIGHNESS MAHARAJA SRI 3 and Shesmyscript (C.S. Jodha) 4. Gupta, Mr. J. Banerjee, Mr. A. abh Nanda rep. Arion Horse Co. the Parade Ring and ran true to SHP: 58, THP: 73, FP: 541, Q: 314, Byramji­trained Multifaceted JAYACHAMARAJA WADIYAR Not run: Corfe Castle, Cavallo Ve­ Siddharth, Mr. Marthand Singh Pvt. Ltd. Trainer: J.E. Mckeown. his looks to give his connections 1 Trinella: 2,010 and 862. Favourite: (Multidimensional­Dhaawiah) Multifaceted triumphs BIRTH CENTENARY CELEBRATION loce and Set To Win. 1, 2­1/4 and Mahindra, Mr. Shouryabrata Man­ its first Super Mile victory. Divine Hunt. Owner: Mr. H.K. Lak­ took the Suresh Mahindra Multi Multifaceted, owned by the Ed­ MILLION (2,000m), rated 60 & Lnk. 1m, 21.05s (record time). ₹39 dal & M/s. Sigma Scan Systems KUNIGAL STUD MILLION shman Gowda. Trainer: Lokanath. Million Trophy (Gr. 3) in a record Adjudicate, owned jointly by wards family from Sri Lanka and above: THE GREAT GATSBY (David (w), 18, 20 and 13 (p), SHP: 56, Pvt. Ltd. Trainer: J.E. Mckeown. 7 (1,200m), 3­y­o only, (Terms): time. the Khaitan family from Kolkata ridden by Suraj Narredu, made Egan) 1, Roma Victor (Trevor) 2, THP: 59, FP: 236, Q: 107, Trinella: INDIAN TURF INVITATION CUP VACHAN (Trevor) 1, Ashwa Brooni Jackpot: ₹4,02,440 (three Trafalgar, owned by Messrs Joy­ and the Nanda family from Mum­ amends for his lacklustre per­ Rustic Sunrise (A. Baandal) 3 and 424 and 125. Favourite: Snowdon. 6 (2,400m), 4­y­o & over, (A. Imran) 2, Lacrosse (David tkts.); Runner­up: 4,348 (119 tkts.); deep Datta Gupta, Jayanta Mukho­ bai, inscribed her name into the formance in the Bangalore Turf Velocidad (Srinath) 4. Nose, 2­1/2 Owners: Mr. Rienzie M.K. Ed­ (Terms): ADJUDICATE (MULTIDI- Egan) 3 and General Patton (Suraj) Treble (i): 10,857 (one tkts.) (ii): padhay, Sanjay Datta Gupta, Jeet annals of racing history. Not only Club Sprinters Cup on Saturday and Shd. 2m, 2.50s.₹48 (w), 16, 13 wards & Mrs. P.P.M. Edwards. MENSIONAL-ALVARITA) SRINATH 1, 4. Not run: Yaadein. Snk, Lnk and 6,522 (carried over); (iii): 4,037 Banerjee, Achuthan Siddharth, did she win the first­ever running with a great run over the 1400m in and 70 (p), SHP: 36, THP: 167, FP: Trainer: Darius. JULIETTE (Musketier­Gimmesum­ 2­1/2. 1m, 11.51s. ₹46 (w), 14, 13 and (six tkts.). MAM Ramaswamy Trust Brown delivers for The Blues chosen champion owner His 31st­minute strike proves decisive for BFC in the first leg against ATK ISL TAI AWARDS ment on the Indian turf bet­ Ace, who recently completed ween November 1, 2018 2000 winners, has a huge fan N. Sudarshan and October 31, 2019. following and the award is BENGALURU Cyrus J. Madan well­deserved. MYSURU The awardees: There was finally some cheer CHAMPION OWNER: Dr. CHAMPION STUD FARM: Poo- in the Bengaluru FC camp as If one thought that the ex­ M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar nawalla Group Of Farms. Cyrus it battled past ATK 1­0 in the citement, euphoria and en­ Of Chettinad Charitable Trust. S. Poonawalla and Zavaray first leg of the ISL semifinal thusiasm would have Poonawalla dedicated the A.C. Muthiah accepted the at the Sree Kanteerava Stadi­ waned at the Mysore Race award to the Poonawalla team award on behalf of the trust. um on Sunday. Club after an incredible af­ The famous gold with the which had worked tirelessly to ternoon on Saturday, one brown belt silks, which domi­ ensure that the farm retained Deshorn Brown’s first­half would have been wrong nated racing throughout the their No. 1 status. strike secured the reigning and by a long way at that. country, remains at the fore­ CHAMPION HORSE OF THE champion a morale­boosting front and is still a force to reck­ YEAR (based on a point sys- win that puts it in the ascen­ The thunder of hooves on with. tem): Adjudicate. Trained by dancy going into the second made way for sound of CHAMPION TRAINER: Vijay James Mckeown at the Sohna leg in Kolkata next Sunday. music and celebrations as Singh (Kolkata). This is the first Stud, the mare made headlines the Mysore Race Club put time he has won the award and by winning the Invitation Cup Nishu sees red on a glittering affair on Sa­ it would give his already illus­ last year and repeated the feat turday night as it show­ trious career a tremendous on Sunday here. The home side played the last five odd minutes with 10 cased the Turf Authorities boost. She is owned by the Khaitan Of India awards to honour CHAMPION JOCKEY: Suraj Nar- family from Kolkata and the men after Nishu Kumar was excellence and achieve­ redu. The Bengaluru­based Nandas from . sent off for denying Roy Krishna a scoring opportuni­ ty near the edge of the area.

ATK pinned its hopes on the Over the moon: BFC’s Deshorn Brown is gung­ho after getting past ATK goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharja.* K. MURALI KUMAR resulting free kick for the Sri Lanka pips West Indies crucial away goal. But des­ the pressing. corners. While not much and the Jamaican proved the restricted to the left side of pite a retake, ATK couldn’t Just after the quarter­hour came off them, BFC stuck im­ liveliest of the lot. the midfield, but Michael score as BFC’s excellent de­ mark, ATK thought it had mediately after, when Brown Soosairaj had a largely for­ in a thriller, sweeps series fensive co­ordination came gone ahead when David Wil­ bundled the ball in from Brilliant save gettable outing there. to the fore. liams, after collecting the close range after ATK goal­ On 75 minutes, he unleashed ATK’s hopes rose when Earlier in the evening, the ball from Krishna on the keeper Arindam Bhattachar­ a superb left­footer from 30 Williams went on a maraud­ Mathews’ final over does the trick for the Islanders first chance of the match fell right flank, drove it into the ja made a mess of a weak yards out which was bril­ ing box­to­box run that to BFC in the seventh minute net, only to be called for a shot from central defender liantly saved by Arindam. He brought the free­kick from a when Rahul Bheke rose to handball. Juanan. then released Paartalu on dangerous position. But BFC meet Dimas Delgado’s cor­ The hosts’ first phase of At the break, in an attack­ the right wing but the latter’s ensured it wouldn’t be de­ ner but headed it over the sustained pressure came ing move, Cuadrat brought cut­back wasn’t capitalised nied the victory. bar. But for that, BFC pegged around 30 minutes and it on striker Kevaughn Frater on by Chhetri. The result: Bengaluru FC 1 itself deep with ATK doing all brought three consecutive for defender Albert Serran Much of ATK’s attack was (Brown 31) bt ATK 0.

Manchester Ganguly not to attend Humpy climbs to No. 2 City beats She displaces World champion Villa, retains ACC meeting Wenjun; Hou on top Carabao Cup RANKINGS Coronavirus scare scuttles plans ninth while R. Vaishali moved up a spot to ninth in Agence France-Presse PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the junior girls’ category. London CHENNAI Interestingly, no Indian Manchester City claimed GM Koneru Humpy has men’s player figures in the the League Cup for the moved up to No. 2 in the lat­ top 10 of the World rankings fourth time in five seasons, est World rankings, displac­ in the open section. beating Aston Villa 2­1 at ing reigning World cham­ Wembley on Sunday, pion Ju Wenjun. Anand 16th thanks to goals from Sergio Humpy, the World rapid Hooray! Angelo Mathews gives vent to his feelings after he kept his nerve in the last over to Former World champion * Aguero and Rodrigo. champion who recently help Sri Lanka defeat the West Indies by six runs. AP Viswanathan Anand is Mbwana Samatta pulled won the prestigious Cairns ranked 16th, followed by Vi­ pite being hit for a four off to the opposition. The in­ a goal back for Villa, but its Cup in the United States in a WI IN LANKA dit Gujarati at 22nd. Gujarati the first delivery. Off the form Mendis, who hit a cen­ wait for the club’s first sil­ strong field that included is now the second highest next, he had Fabian Allen tury in his team's thrashing verware since 1996 goes on Wenjun, is ranked behind AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ranked Indian player, jump­ PALLEKELE caught at deep midwicket. of West Indies on Wednes­ as Pep Guardiola’s men Plans scuttled: Sourav Ganguly will not attend the Asian China’s Yifan Hou as per the ing four places from the Allen’s cameo had threa­ day, completed his 17th ODI have now won six of the Council meeting in Dubai * PTI March FIDE ratings. Angelo Mathews’ experience 26th spot last month. tened to take the game away fifty before falling to Joseph. last seven major trophies Humpy, who won or tied came to the fore as Sri Lanka from the hosts. in English football. Press Trust of India coronavirus were reported for the first spot in three World champion Magnus kept its nerve to beat West Fast bowler Sheldon Cot­ Kolkata Earlier, Kusal Mendis and in the UAE, creating panic elite tournaments in a row, Carlsen tops the rankings. Indies by six runs in the trell bowled former Guardiola made eight Dhananjaya de Silva among travellers and is now on 2586, trailing only In the juniors’ section, third and final ODI on Sun­ Angelo Mathews for 12, but changes from the side that The BCCI president Sourav smashed half­centuries for locals. Yifan (2658). GM Nihal Sarin was ranked day. The win helped the Is­ the rest of the batsmen kept won 2­1 at Real Madrid in Ganguly will not attend the Sri Lanka after it opted to Ganguly last Friday said GM D. Harika is ranked 10th in the world. landers clinch the series 3­0. up the charge. the Champions League on upcoming Asian Cricket bat. Mendis top­scored with Wednesday, with Kevin De Council (ACC) meeting in that the next Asia Cup will Chasing the hosts’ 307, 55 (48b, 6x4, 1x6) while Dha­ Dhanajaya, who complet­ Bruyne among those left Dubai, scheduled for be held in Dubai, paving openers (72, 88b, nanjaya hit 51 (47b, 5x4). ed his fifty in just 45 balls on the bench. March 3, due to the the way for both India and 6x4) and (60, Avishka Fernando and with a boundary off Jason However, it mattered lit­ coronavirus threat. Pakistan to participate in 60b, 6x4, 1x6) gave the visi­ the continental skipper Dimuth Karuna­ Holder, and Thisara Perera tle as City had the luxury of “Ganguly was supposed tors a flying start, adding 111. tournament. ratne gave the hosts a brisk put on 64 for the sixth recalling Aguero, Raheem to leave tonight but the (50, 61b, Pakistan was the start with a 60­run opening . Sterling and David Silva to coronavirus scare in the 3x4, 1x6) and stand before the West Indies designated host for the The scores: the starting XI, and the gulf UAE has led to the (49, 50b, 6x4, 1x6) then sus­ tournament scheduled for struck. in class showed. postponement of the tained the momentum and it Sri Lanka 307 in 50 overs September, but with the Joseph got Fernando Guardiola’s raft of meeting,” a BCCI source looked like the Caribbeans (Dimuth Karunaratne 44, Kusal BCCI making it clear that caught behind for 28, and changes also handed a rare told PTI here. were on course to chase spinner Perera 44, Kusal Mendis 55, the Indian team would not Dhananjaya de Silva 51, Thisara start to Phil Foden and the down the big total. caught and bowled Karuna­ BCCI chief Ganguly and be able to travel to the Perera 38, 4/65) 19­year­old more than justi­ secretary Jay Shah were to neighbouring country ratne for 44. bt West Indies 301/9 in 50 ov­ fied his selection. Keeping his cool attend the ACC meeting. Kusal Perera, who made ers (Shai Hope 72, Sunil Ambris The result: Aston Villa 1 (Sa­ owing to security With West Indies needing 13 44, and Mendis then rebuilt 60, Nicholas Pooran 50, Kieron matta 41) lost to Manchester But, over the last few concerns, the event has off the final over, the ice­cool the innings during their 89­ Pollard 49, Fabian Allen 37, An­ City 2 (Aguero 20, Rodrigo days, around 730 cases of been moved to Dubai. Moving up: GM Koneru Humpy rose to second in the Mathews was on the ball des­ run stand to take the attack gelo Mathews 4/59). 30). latest World rankings. * FILE PHOTO CM A ND-NDE YK