38th Day —
Lahore Winter Meeting 2025–26 Sunday, 24th May 2026 · Five Races · All Class
VII ·
Asher Butt
Sunday, 24th
May 2026 | 5 Races | All Class VII | First
Race 7:00 PM
Race 1 ·
7:00 PM Class VII Div VI & VII (Maiden — New Entrants) — 1000mMaiden
Field of 11
No Book
Prediction all new entrants
My Fav Chahal
King
My Place Gondal's
Height
My Fluke Lex
Lugar
My reasoning
— purely on weights
A pure new
entrants maiden over 1000m — no form whatsoever to consult and no book
prediction provided. The weights are the only guide. Chahal King and Gondal's
Height both carry 9-0, the joint top weight in the field, and that allocation
in a new entrants race typically reflects the trainer's confidence and the
horse's physical development. Between the two, Chahal King gets the nod as my Fav
ourite on the draw and gate position. Gondal's Height is my Place — sharing top weight, it has equal claim to
feature. Lex Lugar at 8-12 sits just below the top pair and carries enough
weight to suggest substance without the full burden — a classic Fluke profile in a maiden. Roxy (8-11) and Quiz
(8-10) are also respected in a wide-open heat.
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1
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Chahal
King (9-0)
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My Fav — joint top wt
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2
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Gondal's
Height (9-0)
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My Place — joint top wt
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3
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Roxy
(8-11)
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4
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Quiz
(8-10)
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5
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Mohtarma
(8-7)
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6
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Barbaro
(8-10)
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7
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Mumraiz
The Great (8-2)
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8
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Hassan
Star (8-0)
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9
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Bilal One
(7-10)
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10
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Fateh One
(7-10)
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11
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Lex Lugar
(8-12)
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My Fluke — 3rd highest wt
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Race 2 ·
7:35 PM Class VII Div VI & VII (Maiden) — 1000mMaiden
Field of 8
Book Fav Sea
Of Class
Book Place Princess
Arooj
Book Fluke Power
Up
My Fav Mirza
Prince
My Place Dogar
Choice
My Fluke Sea
Of Class
My reasoning
Sea Of Class
has now been the book's Fav ourite across three consecutive meetings without
winning — it ran second on the 36th day but has yet to obligate as the market
leader. The book persists with it, and while that loyalty is not without logic,
the weight argument pulls against it here. Mirza Prince carries 9-0 — outright
top weight in an eight-horse maiden — and in a 1000m maiden that carries the
strongest signal available. My Fav ourite is Mirza Prince. Dogar Choice at 8-11
is the second highest weight and has the profile of a consistent Place r in
maiden company — my Place . Sea Of Class at 8-2 drops to my Fluke ; the book's
persistent faith means it cannot be ignored entirely, but three meetings as Fav
ourite without winning demands a demotion in assessment.
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1
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Mirza
Prince (9-0)
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My Fav — top weight
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2
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Dogar
Choice (8-11)
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My Place — 2nd highest wt
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3
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Power Up
(8-6)
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Book Fluke
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4
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Princess
Arooj (7-12)
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Book Place
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5
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Sea Of
Class (8-2)
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Book Fav / My Fluke
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6
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Good Boy
(7-10)
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7
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Shera
Choice (8-0)
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8
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Miller
(8-0)
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Race 3 ·
8:10 PM Class VII Div V, VI & VII — 1000m
Field of 13
Book Fav Construct
Craft
Book Place Piyari
Book Fluke Fakhar-e-Sardar
My Fav Fakhar-e-Sardar
My Place Construct
Craft
My Fluke Zindagi
My reasoning
Fakhar-e-Sardar
(9-2) carries the outright top weight in a thirteen-horse field — a very
emphatic allocation in a multi-division race over 1000m. The book lists it as Fluke
; personal analysis promotes it directly to Fav ourite. This is the same
argument applied successfully to Emerging Star (9-2) on the 36th day — that
race's top weight won from the book's Fluke position. History is repeating the pattern.
Construct Craft is a reliable performer and the book's Fav ourite; it drops to
my Place — it will compete but the
weight concession to Fakhar-e-Sardar is considerable. Zindagi (8-2) is a horse
that has appeared on multiple cards in this division; in a thirteen-runner
field it can sneak into the frame as my Fluke .
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1
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Fakhar-e-Sardar
(9-2)
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Book Fluke
/ My Fav — top wt
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2
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Sher Dil
(8-12)
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3
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Fayyum
(7-8)
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4
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Construct
Craft (8-2)
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Book Fav / My Place
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5
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Piyari
(8-2)
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Book Place
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6
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Lucky Macs
(8-2)
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7
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Zindagi
(8-2)
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My Fluke
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8
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Construct
Craft (7-12)
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9
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Zindagi
(8-10)
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10
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Silent
Melody (7-8)
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11
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Gallop In
Glory (7-8)
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12
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Gallop In
Glory (7-8)
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13
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King Asia
(8-10)
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Race 4 ·
8:45 PM Class VII Div II & III — 1000m
Field of 7
(+4)
Book Fav Sarkar
Raj
Book Place Pakiza
Book Fluke Samore
City
My Fav Samore
City
My Place Sarkar
Raj
My Fluke Ustrana
Love
My reasoning
Samore City
(8-6) is the book's Fluke but it Place d
in the Summer Cup last time — a horse that competed in the cup race and ran
into a placing has class to spare over Division II & III company. The book Place
d it as Fluke after a cup run; I elevate
it to Fav ourite. Sarkar Raj won in the Summer Cup from a complete outsider
position and now returns to its natural division — a cup winner dropping back
into class races is always a strong force, making it my Place . Pakiza (8-4) is
the book's Place and a consistent
runner; Ustrana Love (8-2) has been running in this company and is my Fluke — in a seven-horse field the unexpected can
always emerge.
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1
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Samore
City (8-6)
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Book Fluke
/ My Fav
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2
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Sarkar Raj
(8-4)
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Book Fav / My Place
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3
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Pakiza
(8-4)
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Book Place
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4
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Falco
(8-6)
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5
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Ustrana
Love (8-2)
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My Fluke
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6
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Metro
Queen (8-0)
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7
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Little
Master (8-0)
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+4
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Race 5 ·
9:20 PM Class VII Div IV & V — 1000m
Field of 8
Book Fav Absolutely
Not
Book Place Raja
The Great
Book Fluke Haseeb
Warrior
My Fav Taj
Mahal
My Place Absolutely
Not
My Fluke Zaman
Sahib
My reasoning
Taj Mahal
(9-0) carries the outright top weight in this eight-horse Division IV & V
field. The book makes Absolutely Not (8-6) its Fav ourite — a 6-pound
concession to the top weight over 1000m. Taj Mahal has not featured prominently
in the book's selections but the weight allocation is unambiguous. My Fav ourite
is Taj Mahal. Absolutely Not has been a consistent performer and narrowly
missed in the 37th day as my own Fav ourite — it drops to my Place rather than being abandoned. Zaman Sahib (8-6)
is the three-time recent winner of this meeting — consecutive victories on the
36th and 37th days — and the book now Place s it as an afterthought in Fluke territory. That winning momentum over 1000m
cannot be ignored, making it my Fluke . A horse that has won back-to-back
rarely stops at two.
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1
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Taj Mahal
(9-0)
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My Fav — outright top wt
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2
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Absolutely
Not (8-6)
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Book Fav / My Place
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3
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Zaman
Sahib (8-6)
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My Fluke — 2× winner
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4
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Raja The
Great (8-2)
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Book Place
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5
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Zaid
Prince (8-2)
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6
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Bellatrix
(8-4)
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7
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Haseeb
Warrior (7-10)
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Book Fluke
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8
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Absolutely
Not (7-10)
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Race 1 —
Class VII Div VI & VII New Entrants Maiden, 1000m, Field of 11 · 7:00 PM
A pure new
entrants maiden is the most speculative race on any card — no horse has run
before, no form exists, and the weights alone must carry the entire analytical
burden. With no book prediction provided for this race, the exercise becomes a
clean weight-reading exercise. Chahal King and Gondal's Height share the joint
top weight of 9-0 in an eleven-horse field. In a first-career race over 1000
metres, the trainer's decision to present a horse at maximum weight typically
reflects physical maturity and readiness — these are the two horses that
connections and the handicapper believe are most developed. Chahal King gets
the slight nod as my Fav ourite based on gate position; Gondal's Height is the Place
. Lex Lugar at 8-12 sits just below the joint top pair and is the natural Fluke
selection — third highest weight,
sufficient bulk to compete, but carrying enough of a concession to be the
overlooked candidate. The danger zone in any new entrants race is the
mid-weight horses between 8-4 and 8-7, which can outrun both the heavily
burdened leaders and the lightweights — Roxy (8-11) and Barbaro (8-10) both
merit watching.
Race 2 —
Class VII Div VI & VII Maiden, 1000m, Field of 8 · 7:35 PM
Sea Of Class
has now been the book's maiden Fav ourite across the 35th, 36th, and 37th days
consecutively. It ran second on the 36th day — the closest it has come — but
has yet to win from the top market position. Three successive meetings as Fav ourite
without a win is a meaningful data point, and the weight argument here makes
the demotion straightforward. Mirza Prince carries 9-0, the outright top weight
in an eight-horse maiden, and must be the Fav ourite on that basis alone. Dogar
Choice at 8-11 is a clear second, carrying enough weight to suggest the
handicapper rates it highly for a maiden. Sea Of Class at 8-2 concedes seven
pounds to Mirza Prince over 1000 metres — that is a substantial ask without a
previous winning run to prove it can overcome such a deficit. It becomes my Fluke
— the book's persistent faith across
three meetings cannot be entirely dismissed, but as Fav ourite it has had its
chances. Power Up, the book's Fluke at
8-6, is also live in what remains a genuinely competitive eight-horse maiden.
Race 3 —
Class VII Div V, VI & VII, 1000m, Field of 13 · 8:10 PM
The biggest
field of the day at thirteen runners across three divisions, and the standout
analytical call of the card. Fakhar-e-Sardar carries 9-2 — the outright top
weight in the field, a full 10 pounds clear of most of the mid-field. The book
calls it the Fluke . This is precisely the same scenario that played out on the
36th day when Emerging Star carried 9-2 as the book's Fluke and personal analysis elevated it to Fav ourite
— it won outright. The pattern across this entire meeting has been consistent:
when a horse carries significantly more weight than its market position
suggests, the handicapper is right and the book is wrong. Fakhar-e-Sardar has
also been finishing in the Place d positions across multiple meetings — second
in Race 2 on the 35th day as my promoted Fav ourite, third on the 33rd day —
and the consistent near-miss form combined with top weight now makes it the
strongest selection on the card. Construct Craft is a reliable Division VI
performer and becomes my Place . Zindagi in a thirteen-horse field at 8-2 is
the natural Fluke — enough weight to
compete, overlooked enough to surprise.
Race 4 —
Class VII Div II & III, 1000m, Field of 7 (+4) · 8:45 PM
Race 4
features two horses with strong recent form credentials. Sarkar Raj won the
Summer Cup from a completely unexpected position last week — a horse that wins
a cup race from outside all predictions then drops back into its natural
division is a formidable proposition. However the book installs it as Fav ourite,
and when the market has already fully recognised a horse's recent cup win, the
price and expectation may not match the reality of returning to class company.
Samore City Place d in that same Summer Cup and brings cup-race fitness into a
Division II & III field — the book calls it the Fluke , but a horse with
cup credibility in this company is far more than a Fluke . My Fav ourite is
Samore City; Sarkar Raj becomes my Place . Ustrana Love is my Fluke — consistent enough at this level to
gate-crash the frame in a relatively small field.
Race 5 —
Class VII Div IV & V, 1000m, Field of 8 · 9:20 PM
The evening
finale features the most compelling weight case on the entire card. Taj Mahal
carries 9-0 — the outright top weight in an eight-horse Division IV & V
race over 1000 metres. The book makes Absolutely Not (8-6) its Fav ourite,
conceding six pounds to the top weight. That concession over a full kilometre
in this division is the book's most questionable call of the day. Taj Mahal is
my Fav ourite without reservation.
The subplot
here is Zaman Sahib, which has won back-to-back races on the 36th and 37th days
— a remarkable consecutive winning streak. The book now quietly lists it as a Fluke
, almost as if embarrassed by its own underestimation. A horse that has won two
races in succession over the same trip deserves more than Fluke status, and it becomes my Fluke with the full expectation that it will feature
in the frame. Absolutely Not, which was my own promoted Fav ourite on the 37th
day and ran second behind Zaman Sahib, drops neatly to my Place — it is the consistent second force in this
division and should Place again. The
race between Taj Mahal, Absolutely Not, and Zaman Sahib should produce the most
competitive finish of the day.
