Lahore Winter Meeting 2025–26 Sunday, 7th June 2026 · Five Races · All Class VII
Asher Butt
40th Day
— Lahore Winter Meeting 2025–26
Sunday,
7th June 2026 | 5 Races | All Class VII |
No Betting | First Race 7:00 PM
⚠ Races held strictly without betting and
wagering.
Race 1 ·
7:00 PM Class VII Div VI & VII (Maiden) — 900mMaiden
Field of
10
Book Fav Gondal's
Height
Book
Place True My Love
Book
Fluke Shera Choice
My Fav Prince
of Kashmir
My Place Gondal's
Height
My Fluke Hamdan
Prince
My
reasoning
Prince of
Kashmir and Gondal's Height share joint top weight at 9-0 in a ten-horse maiden
over 900m. The book nominates Gondal's Height as favourite — a horse that ran
third in the 38th day new entrants maiden carrying top weight. That previous
run gives it an experience edge over true debutants. However Prince of Kashmir
is equally weighted and entirely fresh — in a short sprint maiden, a
well-prepared debutant at 9-0 can be sharper than a horse carrying the memory
of a third-place finish. I split the joint top weights: Prince of Kashmir as my
favourite, Gondal's Height as my place. Hamdan Prince at 8-10, the third
highest weight and likely carrying more substance than the lightweights, is my
fluke over the book's Shera Choice (7-8) which concedes 16 pounds to the
leaders.
|
1 |
Prince
of Kashmir (9-0) |
My fav
— joint top wt |
|
2 |
Gondal's
Height (9-0) |
Book
fav / My place |
|
3 |
Hamdan
Prince (8-10) |
My
fluke — 3rd highest wt |
|
4 |
Bilal
Love (8-6) |
|
|
5 |
True My
Love (8-2) |
Book
place |
|
6 |
Hassan
Star (7-13) |
|
|
7 |
Mumraiz
The Great (7-12) |
|
|
8 |
Shera
Choice (7-8) |
Book
fluke |
|
9 |
Abdullah
Pasrur (7-8) |
|
|
10 |
Flokey
(7-8) |
Race 2 ·
7:35 PM Class VII Div VI & VII — 900m
Field of
7 (+10)
Book Fav Wake
Up
Book
Place Self Belief
Book
Fluke Latin Storm
My Fav Latin
Storm
My Place Wake
Up
My Fluke Gallop
In Glory
My
reasoning
Wake Up
and Latin Storm share the joint top weight at 9-0 — the book makes Wake Up its
favourite, but Latin Storm has a strong form profile in this division. Latin
Storm won Race 1 on the 33rd day outright and has been competitive across
subsequent meetings, finishing as my fluke selection in third on the 36th day.
A horse with a winning run at this level carrying joint top weight deserves
favourite status. My favourite is Latin Storm; Wake Up drops to my place — the
book's confidence is not unfounded and it will feature. Gallop In Glory at 8-10
carries the third highest weight alongside Self Belief and Bilal One, but in a
sprint over 900m the horse with the strongest recent winning form in the
division gets the fluke nod.
|
1 |
Wake Up
(9-0) |
Book
fav / My place · X Rashid Prince |
|
2 |
Latin
Storm (9-0) |
Book
fluke / My fav — joint top wt |
|
3 |
Bilal
One (8-10) |
|
|
4 |
Self
Belief (8-10) |
Book
place |
|
5 |
Gallop
In Glory (8-10) |
My
fluke |
|
6 |
Sosig
Go (8-8) |
|
|
7 |
Pride
of Chandrai (8-6) |
+10 |
Race 3 ·
8:10 PM Class VII Div V & VI — 900m
Field of
8
Book Fav Lucky
Macs
Book
Place Fayyum
Book
Fluke Fakhar-e-Sardar
My Fav Fakhar-e-Sardar
My Place Lex
Lugar
My
FlukeTrue Promise
My
reasoning
Fakhar-e-Sardar
carries 9-2 — the outright top weight in this eight-horse field, a full 6
pounds clear of the next horse. The book calls it the fluke. This is now the
third time in this meeting that Fakhar-e-Sardar has been given the fluke
designation while carrying top weight — it ran second on the 35th day as my
promoted favourite, third on the 38th day carrying 9-2 as my favourite again.
Each time the weight argument has been vindicated in terms of placing, if not
always winning. The time for Fakhar-e-Sardar to finally break through as an
outright winner feels imminent — my favourite with conviction. Lex Lugar at 8-8
is the second highest weight and entirely overlooked by the book — my place.
True Promise at 8-4 has a consistent placing profile and is my fluke over the
book's Fayyum (7-12), which concedes 14 pounds to the top weight.
|
1 |
Fakhar-e-Sardar
(9-2) |
Book
fluke / My fav — top wt |
|
2 |
Lex
Lugar (8-8) |
My
place — 2nd highest wt |
|
3 |
True
Promise (8-4) |
My
fluke |
|
4 |
Sher
Dil (8-4) |
|
|
5 |
Babbar
Sher (8-4) |
|
|
6 |
Power
Up (8-0) |
|
|
7 |
Lucky
Macs (8-0) |
Book
fav |
|
8 |
Fayyum
(7-12) |
Book
place |
Race 4 ·
8:45 PM Class VII Div III & IV — 900m
Field of
10
Book Fav Construct
Craft
Book
Place Dawood Prince
Book
Fluke Bellatrix
My Fav Dawood
Prince
My Place Construct
Craft
My Fluke Zaman
Sahib
My
reasoning
Dawood
Prince carries 9-0 — the outright top weight in a ten-horse field, a clear 4
pounds above Paddington and 8 pounds above Construct Craft. The book makes
Construct Craft (8-0) its favourite despite it conceding 8 pounds to the top
weight. Dawood Prince has been a consistent performer in this division across
the season and the weight allocation here is unambiguous — my favourite.
Construct Craft won on the 38th day and remains quality; it drops to my place.
Zaman Sahib (7-12) is my fluke — a horse with two consecutive wins earlier in
the season, now carrying a reduced weight after a quieter run. That winning
pedigree at a workable weight in a competitive Division III & IV field
deserves recognition as the each-way outsider.
|
1 |
Dawood
Prince (9-0) |
My fav
— outright top wt |
|
2 |
Paddington
(8-4) |
|
|
3 |
Little
Master (8-0) |
|
|
4 |
Construct
Craft (8-0) |
Book
fav / My place |
|
5 |
Fatteh
Prince (8-0) |
|
|
6 |
Taj
Mahal (8-0) |
|
|
7 |
Hero
(8-0) |
|
|
8 |
Bellatrix
(7-12) |
Book
fluke |
|
9 |
Zaman
Sahib (7-12) |
My
fluke — 2× winner |
|
10 |
Largess
(7-12) |
Race 5 ·
9:20 PM Class VII Div I & II — 800m
Field of
7
Book Fav Golden
Heart
Book
Place Wynx
Book
Fluke Pakiza
My Fav Golden
Heart
My Place Wynx
My
FlukeSamore City
My
reasoning
Full
agreement with the book on the top two selections. Golden Heart won Race 3 on
the 36th day as the book's fluke — a horse that wins from outside the market
and now returns as favourite deserves that status. Carrying 8-12, the outright
top weight in a seven-horse Division I & II race over 800m — the shortest
trip on the card — Golden Heart's pace at this distance is unquestioned. Wynx
(8-8) has been a model of consistency across the meeting, finishing in the
frame repeatedly; it is a sound place selection. The divergence comes in the
fluke: I prefer Samore City (7-10) over the book's Pakiza (8-6). Samore City
placed in the Summer Cup and ran third on the 38th day — a horse with cup
credentials running in Division I & II at a reduced weight on the fastest
trip of the day (800m) has every chance of producing a surprise. Pakiza won on
the 38th day but now faces a stiffer Division I & II field.
|
1 |
Golden
Heart (8-12) |
Book
& My fav — top wt |
|
2 |
Wynx
(8-8) |
Book
& My place |
|
3 |
Pakiza
(8-6) |
Book
fluke |
|
4 |
Vindication
(8-0) |
X
Brigadier |
|
5 |
Jalsa
(7-12) |
|
|
6 |
Kalabi's
Queen (7-11) |
|
|
7 |
Samore
City (7-10) |
My
fluke — cup form |
Full
Race-by-Race Analysis — 40th Day
Race 1 —
Class VII Div VI & VII Maiden, 900m, Field of 10 · 7:00 PM
A third
consecutive maiden opener as the meeting continues to introduce new horses. The
joint top weights of 9-0 — Prince of Kashmir and Gondal's Height — dominate the
weight structure. Gondal's Height is the book's pick precisely because it has
previous race experience, having run third in the 38th day new entrants maiden.
That experience edge at 900 metres in a sprint is meaningful — a horse that has
broken from the gate before and settled into a racing rhythm holds a natural
advantage over pure debutants. However the counter-argument is equally valid:
Prince of Kashmir arrives fresh, and a well-prepared 9-0 debutant in the right
physical condition can be sharper than a horse carrying the memory of a
third-place effort.
Hamdan
Prince at 8-10 is the clear third choice on weights and my fluke — in a maiden
where the top two are closely matched, the horse immediately below them on the
scale often runs into the frame when the leaders cancel each other out. The
book's fluke of Shera Choice at 7-8 concedes 16 pounds to the top weights — a
concession that is extremely difficult to bridge in a sprint maiden without
exceptional natural ability.
Race 2 —
Class VII Div VI & VII, 900m, Field of 7 (+10) · 7:35 PM
Race 2
features the season's most interesting rematch. Wake Up and Latin Storm share
9-0 — the joint top weight — and the book separates them by making Wake Up the
favourite and Latin Storm the fluke. That assessment is worth challenging
directly. Latin Storm has a winning run at this level from the 33rd day, has
subsequently placed in multiple meetings, and arrives here in the best form of
the two. A horse with a previous win carrying joint top weight in a sprint
should be the favourite, not the fluke. My inversion — Latin Storm as
favourite, Wake Up as place — follows the logic of rewarding proven form at
this level over an unknown quantity. Gallop In Glory at 8-10 has been a
consistent presences in the midfield of these Division VI & VII sprints and
makes a natural fluke in what is essentially a match between the two top
weights.
Race 3 —
Class VII Div V & VI, 900m, Field of 8 · 8:10 PM
This is the
race of the day analytically, and the argument has been building across six
consecutive meetings. Fakhar-e-Sardar carries 9-2 for the third time at this
level — each previous time it has carried this weight, the book has called it a
fluke, and each time it has run into the placed positions. Second on the 35th
day, third on the 38th day, and now appearing again at 9-2 in a slightly
smaller field. The pattern is clear: this horse is the class act of Division V
& VI and the handicapper consistently rates it as such. The book's
continued designation of it as a fluke is one of the analytical curiosities of
the entire meeting. My favourite is Fakhar-e-Sardar — the conviction here is
stronger than at any previous point. Lucky Macs carries only 8-0, conceding 14
pounds to the top weight — the book's decision to make it favourite is based
purely on form, but that 14-pound concession over 900 metres is a very
difficult ask.
Race 4 —
Class VII Div III & IV, 900m, Field of 10 · 8:45 PM
The widest
field of the day at ten runners with an interesting weight structure. Dawood
Prince stands alone at 9-0, eight pounds clear of Construct Craft and the rest
of the field sitting on 8-0. The book's choice of Construct Craft as favourite
— despite that 8-pound concession — is based on its winning form from the 38th
day. That win is recent and real, but Construct Craft won carrying 8-0 against
a different field. Here it faces Dawood Prince at 9-0, a horse that has been
carrying top weight consistently and running in the placed positions. My
inversion puts Dawood Prince as favourite and Construct Craft as place. Zaman
Sahib is the most sentimental selection of the day as my fluke — a horse with
two consecutive wins earlier in the season, now carrying a reduced weight of
7-12 in a ten-horse field. Form horses have a habit of reminding the field of
their quality at precisely the moment everyone has stopped expecting it.
Race 5 —
Class VII Div I & II, 800m, Field of 7 · 9:20 PM
The evening
finale at the shortest trip of the day — 800 metres for the highest division on
the card. Golden Heart winning Race 3 on the 36th day from the fluke position
is the form line that defines this race. Now elevated to favourite at 8-12, top
weight, it deserves that market position and both book and personal analysis
agree without reservation. Wynx has been the model of consistent placing across
this entire meeting — it has appeared in the frame on the 34th, 35th, 36th, and
37th days. At 8-8 in a seven-horse sprint, the place is its natural home and
both book and analysis converge on that assessment.
The
divergence is in the fluke. Pakiza won on the 38th day but now steps up into
Division I & II company — a class jump for a horse that won in Division II
& III. Samore City, by contrast, ran in the Summer Cup and placed in the
38th day at this level. Cup-race credentials and divisional experience at this
class makes Samore City the more credible fluke than a horse stepping up in
class for the first time. The 800-metre trip suits pace-reliant horses, and
Samore City's profile fits that description at a generous weight of 7-10.
