The Eveready Calcutta Derby Stakes Gr.1

The first derby of the winter season in our country sees 9 horses taking part in this race 

There are 9 horses in the field,five of them Acrider,Romantic Flow (Both carrying the dominating silks of Deepak Khaitan) Parushram (The lone Hyderabd challenger) TRIUMPHUS (The proverbial joker in the pack) and Confidence (Who ran a good race last time but has to improve notches to win here) 

Thus the winner in my opinion should come from this quartert of FLY LIKE THE WIND (Winner of the 1000 guineas and the best progeny of the freshmen sire WINLEGEND) who happens to be the best local hope,this horse is now partnered by P.S.Chouhan for the first time,it has to show either enormous improvement or change in tactics vis-a-vis its last run to come trumps here. The local challenger unlike others may have the tactical advantage in this race with two horses running in the same colors out of which one will be setting what would be an optimum pace for her more than anybody else..... 

Then we have the three outstation challengers in TorchBearer,Quasar and Tiger Tops 

Torch Bearer is coming out from a trainer who has succesfully raided classics at every major centre in India,bred Burden Of Proof*Running Flame,this horses dam was a stellar performer in India being the winner of the Indian Invitation Cup in the late 90's...... Two horses out of Runnimh Flame have thrown Graded/Classic winners,with an affinity for longer races. Thus on those likes there is scope for improvement and also a master tactician this trainer's horse will be the best horse to upset the most fancied duo in this race.... 

Then there is the famous duo of (Pesi and Mallesh) who have been locking horns quite too often in classics so far. Pesi however had the better of Mallesh at Calcutta during the running of the Calcutta Monsoon Derby 

Speaking of which Tiger Tops becomes the strongest contender of this race,she definitely stays,her run in the Calcutta OAKS displayed her class and with Zervan in the saddle again is the main contender in this race 

But Quasar who has been a very good horse in his own right,the winner of the Nanoli Stud Pune Derby is the main challenger,having won his last four races,all of which are graded races in their own right this horse just cannot be overlooked. 

If I go back to the Bangalore Racing Season and take a line through Maisha and compare it with the running of the Pune Derby 

On pure arithmetic logic,Quasar seems like having an advantage,however Tiger Tops has improved leaps after that run against Maisha at Bangalore Fillies championship 

Thus barring a crude upset,there is very much a duel on the cards,It all boils down to the ability of Quasar to genieunely stay over today's trip. The equation is pretty simple for me,if he stays out the distance he will definitely triumph today and its the million dollar question.... 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed,may the best horse win :) 

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