Ace jockey P Trevor reached an important milestone in his career at the Mahalaxmi race course on Sunday when he drove Inishmore to a smashing debut victory in the J Rustomji Sopariwala Trophy. The Planetaire – Ice Cube Baby three-year-old was trained by Ms Nazzak Chinoy, who owns him in partnership with Balam Mohla and breeder Sultan Singh of the Sohna stud farm.
“Every winner is important; but yes, this is special because this is my 1,500th win,” Trevor said after the race, “he (Inishmore) raced with maturity despite this being his debut.” “Trevor rode a fabulous race as usual,” trainer Ms Nazzak Chinoy said, “and Inishmore did exactly what was asked of him.”
Champion colt and filly
In the grade 3, Shapoorji Pallonji Breeders` Juvenile Colts` Championship, one of the two feature races of the Sunday card, Imperial Power turned the tables on Dexa to whom he had played second fiddle in the Poonawalla Breeders` Multi-Million (Gr 1) three weeks ago on the same track. Suraj Narredu rode a confident race on the Multidimensional – Majestic Opinion colt trained by his father Satish Narredu.
In the Forbes Breeders` Juvenile Fillies` Championship (Gr 3), the Adhirajsingh Jodha-trained Dangerous (Speaking Of Which – Transformation), freely available at 12-to-1 in the bookmakers` ring, managed to upset the shortest-priced favourite of the day, the Pesi Shroff-schooled King`s Ransom (P S Chouhan up), by the shortest margin of 1/100th of a second. Dangerous received a vigorous ride from jockey C S Jodha.
Interestingly, both Dangerous and Imperial Power were bred at the Usha stud of Ms Ameeta Mehra. Trainer Pesi Shroff scored a double; and in the riding department his feat was matched by three jockeys: P Trevor, C S Jodha and P S Chouhan.
