What Jacqueline managed to do an hour and a half later, Dancing Dynamite (Glory of Dancer – Double Wish) affirmed that he is class apart in his age group over the middle distance. The S. Padmanabhan trained property of the Hyderabad based owners V. N. Babu & V. Krishna Mohan was intending to race at Dubai but the trip didn’t materialise due to unavoidable reasons. But that hardly mattered as Dancing Dynamite was bound to get enough opportunities in Western India itself during the current season when the Indian Turf Invitation Cup too is being hosted.

After an easy outing earlier, Dancing Dynamite was asked to have a go at the R. N. Kanga Gold Trophy run over a mile. Carrying top billing and the corresponding weight on his back for having placed in the classics earlier, Dancing Dynamite was the obvious choice for the majority. The dark bay gelding didn’t disappoint and claimed the honours after David Allan timed challenge to perfection and brought him in contention as the field straightened for home. Dancing Dynamite did brook any opposition and tackled Beyond Belief and Priapus with relative ease. He romped home in style from Diego Rivera who ran a game second ahead of Aquilo and Priapus. Red Romeo finished down the track probably having burst his blood vessels.

Richard Hughes got a well tuned horse from Mansingh Jadhav in Hunter Bay (Brave Hunter – Temple Bay) and he guided him to a facile victory despite having to get off from the widest gate of all. Earlier Rising Glory showed the way to the field and retired gracefully allowing Tattenhoe and Fish Pilot to take the minor places. Breeze And I, who was running after a long lay off, ran fourth which was a good effort in itself. The filly, who is bred as full sister to Dancing Dynamite, was plagued with numerous problems but veteran Saeed Shah has brought her back on the track and she is likely to be heard of soon.

S. A. De Sousa excelled in the saddle by booting home a brace of winners back to back. He packed all his power while driving S. S. Shah’s candidate Dear Liza (Glory of Dancer – Inventive) to first seize the initiative from the pretenders and then warding off the spirited bid of El Tropico. Favourite Semper Eadem was in the hunt for a while but faded out without even a whimper. Rajasthan Royals appeared on the scene far too late for a sprint event and finished third ahead of Highland Vision, who could have done better with stronger assistance in the saddle.

De Sousa was also aggressive aboard Faisal Abbas trained Keringdingan (Diffident – Victory and Gold) who had evidently improved than her rivals. Keringdingan was always in a striking position behind the leaders till the heads turned for home and he sped away for a convincing win over Light My Way. The latter should to better after this experience. Ocean Admiral ran green but managed to be in the money ahead of Cavalry Charge.

Imtiaz Sait followed up his previous day’s double with an identical number of winners in Deep Purple and Silver Sands. Deep Purple (Mr Mellon – Scenic) proved far too superior for his opponents in the curtain raiser. The winner of this race was sighted long way from home when Niall McCullagh brought Deep Purple with a scintillating run opposite the stands. The bay gelding stretched for an effortless victory over Sacred Relic, who really couldn’t match strides with the winner. Joint favourite Sol failed to justify the overall expectations from him and ran a tame third while Kalinga Star finished fourth after raising some hopes.

Imtiaz waited patiently till the last race for his double when Neeraj Rawal, the substitute for C. Rajendra, provided able assistance to Silver Sands (Ontario – Extreme Contact) on being in a fierce battle by Feona and Highland Warrior in the final run-in. Silver Sands had the upper hand over Highland Warrior and Feona in a three-way finish. Il Tabarro made a dash for the post after entering the straight but was unable to contain the challenge of the trio name above and ended fourth.

Moon Star (Royal Kingdom – Au Revoir) made amends for his debut failure by accounting for Lionwoods over a mile trip. Michael Fenton gave a confident ride to C. D. Katrak’s trainee, who took charge of the running from no-hoper Grey Phantom in the straight, and won handsomely despite veering out under pressure. Lionwoods tried to challenge the winner in the last lap but in vain. Adams Prince made a late bid to finish a close third ahead of Rigel.

Samuel Fargeat ridden Moon Flower (Alnasr Alwasheek – Raptures) seems to have taken a liking for seven furlong trip for the chestnut filly nursed by Nina Lalwani treated her rivals with absolute contempt after Churchill had thrown in his towel. Favourite Scholar was not able to produce a meaningful run and was lucky to have earned a runner-up slot ahead of Irish Queen. Harmonica ran poorly.

Martin Dwyer contributed largely to the success of Mansoor Shah trained Fire Vault (Royal Gladiator – Backburn Rocket) but for which Lightning Cavalry and Francis of Assisi may have turned the tables on him. Vincero started his mission in the right earnest by going into the lead but flopped like a pricked balloon before the race could take a serious turn.