The R. L. Pereira Cup and the Morley Cup
Nicely Nicely (Woods up) winning the R. L. Pereira Cup from Rusty Bar at the Colombo races yesterday. Below: Mahbub al Alam (F. L. Smith), on the outside, just gets up to beat Bussing (Tyrrell) on the post in the Morley Cup.
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The Roberts' Cup
Fateen (Burkhardt up) winning the Roberts' Cup from Mas'ud al Khair and Neon Lights at the Colombo races on Saturday.
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The Stewards Cup
Deb's Delusion (Stevens up) winning the Stewards Cup very comfortably from Sports Summary and Windrose at the Colombo races on Saturday.
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The Stewards' Cup
La Mignonne (Foley) winning the Stewards' Cup (7 furs.) in Colombo on Saturday beating Fiery Goddess and Howdy Dowdy. Mullaley was fourth, Star of Hope (on the rails) fifth, and Naseeb, sixth.
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The Trincomalee Stakes
Za'eer (G. Samarawira up) winning the Trincomalee Stakes from Pancha Kalyan (partly hidden), Ibn Orient and Cheeko.
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The Warakapola Plate
Za'eer winning the Warakapola Plate (1 1/4 miles) from Adhid al Qassif (centre) and Mansur Qassim (fourth). Surety II placed third is on the rails hidden by Za'eer.
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The Wellawaya Plate
Sadiq al Muluk (Samarawira) on the outside wins the Wellawaya Plate (1 mile) from Hilal Khalil (centre) and Rawnaq (rails) at Saturday's races in Colombo.
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Tight Rein on Nicorango
That's Real Value winning from Nicorango on the first day of August. Note the tight rein on Nicorango. Why wasn't this next-time-out winner ridden out? Our racing correspondent felt he could have won, but even if he could not have, there was no re...
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View of Race Track
Buildings under construction and Buildings block view of track from the mile to the Five Furlong Post.
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