Alcazaba proved she is still the Queen of the Nuwara Eliya racecourse as she won the RTC Magic Million Cup 2021 last week.
The overall outcome was far from what was witnessed on April 15 at the Governor’s Cup.
Alcazaba was an easy pick out of the five winners, so were Another Ace and Vigorous while Stormont and Krabi were surprises.
Alcazaba lived up to her potential to outclass Spirited Touch and Western Wind to win the RTC Magic Million Cup, for horses of Class 1 in a race of 1600 metres.
Owned by the Edwards Stable, trained by SD Mahesh and ridden by jockey J. Chinoy, Alcazaba proved that she is the Queen of Nuwara Eliya, beating two of the top contenders in Class 1, who had outsmarted her earlier. They were Spirited Touch, the 2019 Governor’s Cup winner and Western Wind, who claimed the Governor’s Cup nine days ago.
The Jayaratne Stable, which had a brilliant outing at the RTC Governor’s Cup on April 15, won the Sporting Star Cup, the Class 2 race of 1600 meters and placed second in two races. Their main win came through Another Ace, who made a brilliant gallop in the final furlong to claim a thrilling win by half a length. Ridden by jockey Vivek and owned by Hasanga Jayaratne, Another Ace took away a possible win from Silver Streak, who looked well set for a deserving victory, as Santos finished close behind at third by another quarter length.
Results:
RTC Magic Million Cup (Class 1 – Group 1 – 1600m)
1: Alcazaba (J. Chinoy/S.D. Mahesh/Edwards Stables)
2: Spirited Touch (Aneel/S.V. Mathialagan/Fearless Stables and Stud Farms)
3: Western Wind (Vivek/Sridher Selvaratnam/Gamini Jayaratne)
Sporting Star Cup (Class 2 – Group 2 – 1600m)
1: Another Ace (Vivek/Sridher Selvratnam/Hasanga Jayaratne)
2: Silver Streak (L. Dayalan/S.D. Mahesh/Ramsis Peter Fernando)
3: Santos (J. Chinoy/S.D. Mahesh/Edwards Stables)
SLIC MotorPlus Cup (Class 3 – 1600m)
1: Vigorous (S. Dineshraj/Jayantha Wijesinghe/Ajantha de Soyza)
2: Olive (K. Sanjeewan/S.V. Mathialagan/Fearless Stables and Stud Farm)
3: Honorious (Aneel/S.V. Mathialagan/Fearless Stables and Stud Farm)
Sri Lanka Insurance Cup (Class 4 – 1400m)
1: Stormont (J. Chinoy/S.D. Mahesh/Edwards Stables)
2: Night King (V. Yogaraj/Sridher Selvaratnam/Nishara Jayaratne)
3: Torpedo (K. Sanjeewan/S.V. Mathialagan/Fearless Stables and Stud Farm)
Daily Mirror Cup (Class 5 – 1400m)
1: Krabi (K. Naidu/S.D. Mahesh/Dhanawardene Guruge)
2: Waiting for Glory (R. Vaibhav/Sridher Selvaratnam/Hasanga Jayaratne)
3: Goldie Girl (J. Chinoy/S.D. Mahesh/Edwards Stables)