Double Eagle wins Governor’s Cup

Double Eagle ridden by S. Vijayanath brought the Governor’s Cup for Monaro Group from India at the Nuwara Eliya Horse Race Meet on Saturday. Double Eagle defeated Aerobee ridden by S. D. Janaka which was owned by I Dassanayake.

Though Janaka failed to win this major event for Dassanayake stable he had two winners for the stable. All in all Dassanayake stable was the best on the day winning four out of seven races run on this Festive day. The other stables to record wins were Serendib Racing Syndicate ( Action Zone) and Ruwan Jayasekera (Nangi Girl).

The results:

Lemonade Trophy Half-bred Horses: 1. Crimson Rose (B. C. Kumara), 2. Keep Looking (S. D. Janaka), 3. Re-Birth (P. Dusianthan).

Sporting Times Cup Thorough-bred Bred Horses Class V: 1. Sun Lord (M. Punidaraj), 2. Chaitanya Jyothi (S. Jayakumar), 3. Moneymantra (P Dinesh Kumar).

Mobitel Cup Thorough-bred Horses Class II: 1.Eulexite (S. D. Janaka), 2.African Beat (Mohanraj), 3. Star Class (L. Ravikumar).

Governor’s Cup Thorough-bred Horses Class I: 1. Double Eagle (S. Vijayanath), 2. Aerobee (S. D. Janaka), 3. Hi – Gorgeous (R. Jagadeswaran).

Stewards’ Trophy Thorough-bred Class IV: 1. Action Zone (L. Ravi Kumar), 2. Viking Victor (S. D. Janaka), 3. Nuclear Power (S. Jayakumar).

Grand Hotel Trophy Threequarter-bred: 1. Shinning Moon (S. D. Janaka), 2. Prince of South (S. Vijayanath), 3. Monica (L. Logendran).

Lemonade Trophy Half-bred Horses: 1. Nangi Girl (R. Parthiban), 2. Silver Right (S. Vijayanath), 3. Express Power (S. Kumar).