Trainer Pesi Shroff’s Emperor Roderic (P.S. Chouhan astride) won the S.A. Poonawalla Million, the stellar attraction of Sunday’s (Sept. 18) races here. The winner is owned by Mr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Mr. Adar C. Poonawalla & Mrs. Natasha A. Poonawalla rep. Villoo Poonawalla Racing & Breeding Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Mukul Sonawala, Mr. D.R. Thacker rep. DT Racing & Breeders LLP & Mr. S.R. Sanas. Jockey A. Sandesh rode three winners.
1. INGLENOOK PLATE (1,200m), Cl. II, rated 60 to 86: ONE WISH (R. Ajinkya) 1, Menilly (Dashrath) 2, Sky Fall (Sandesh) 3 and Desert Fire (M. Alam) 4. 3/4, 2-3/4 and 1-1/4. 1m, 9.35s. ₹129 (w), 33 and 64, SHP: 119, FP: 1,887, Q: 1,112, Tanala: 3,530 and 1,362. Favourite: Sky Fall. Owners: M/s. Jatin L. Trivedi & Nitin H. Jain. Trainer: S.K. Sunderji.
2. JEFFERSON PLATE (2,400m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46: KAMARIA (Bhawani) 1, Brazos (Parmar) 2, Mount Sinai (Akshay Kumar) 3 and Royal Alamdaar (J. Chinoy) 4. 8-1/2, 3/4 and 4-1/2. 2m, 35.24s. ₹15 (w), 12 and 19 (p). SHP: 33, FP: 36, Q: 32, Tanala: 111 and 47. Favourite: Kamaria. Owners: M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Charitable Trust. Trainer: Karthik Ganapathy.
