Calcutta: Sunday is the day of deliverance for the eight thoroughbreds, who after months of hard work and toil, have made a cut. They are out to contest the richest race of their career, the 2,400m Eveready Calcutta Derby Stakes. The winner takes home in excess of Rs 1 crore and the first runner-up about Rs half-a-crore. However, only two horses — the South India invader, Borsalino, and the local queen, Silverina, a runaway winner of the Oaks — fit in to the scheme of things as the rigours of the Derby demands much more than the blend of speed and stamina. Trainer S. Padmanabhan’s Borsalino (David Allan-up), already has two summer Derbies under his belt. He is out break the myth that the Choisir-Running Flame son is no mud larker.

5. The Telegraph Cup 1,200m Rt 20-65 2pm

1       2001       Silver Silver [Sait] Shezad K.       62.5       9

2       0031       Ocean Sunrise [Vikash] Afzal K.       62.0       10

3       2341       Stand Apart [Javed] Md Islam       60.5       14

4       0313       Highly Explosive [Vikash] S.John       60.5       11

5       3000       Grand Design [Daniel] N.S.Parmar       59.0       8

6       3020       Hurricane Star [Bharath] Suraj Narredu       58.0       5

7       0001       Flying Star [Quinn] Imran Chisty       57.0       1

8       1000       Irish Connection [Daniel] V.Jaiswal       56.0       4

9       - - 00       Skyscraper [Shafiq] G.Shekhawat       56.0       6

10       0004       Sky Glider [Karki] K.Kadam       55.0       7

11       4341       Snow Ball [Quinn] Surjeet S.       55.0       3

12       1430       Kwan Yin [Arti] P.Kamlesh       54.5       2

13        0000       Cee Four [Manvendra] Trevor P.       53.5       12

14       0000       Secret Whispers [Gleich] Melvyn M.       52.0       13

1. KWAN yIN (12) 2. sILVER sILVER (1) 3. HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE (4)

Kwan Yin: Ignore her last run. Has been thoroughly prepared. Silver Silver: heavily penalised for last win, yet may surprise. Highly Explosive: May upset.

7. Eveready Calcutta Derby Stakes 2,400m Terms, 4-y- only 3.05pm

1       1101       Bold Desire [R.Alford] S.John       57.0       2

2       2134       Borsalino [Padma] David Allan       57.0       7

3       - 411       Franenstein [Quinn] Imran Chisty       57.0       3

4       - - 01       Hamlet [Shroff] J.P. ’Brien       57.0       5

5       2311       Malpensa [Bharath] A.Sandesh       57.0       4

6       3431       Snowscape [Vijay] C.Alford       57.0       6

7       1130       Tintinnabulation [Vittal] P.Chauhan       57.0       1

8       1131       Silverina [Bharath] Suraj Narredu       55.5       8

1. BorsAlino (2) 2. silverina (8) 3. hamlet (4)

Borsalino: Yet to traverse beyond 2,000m but his Derby workouts since Guineas run are very encouraging. Silverina: An out and out stayer. Hamlet: Also bred to stay. However, the horse will be ridden by Epsom Derby-winning jockey Joseph ’Brien.

SELECTIONS

12noon: Haynestown 1. Ijlal 2. Passport 3. 12.30pm: Adelino 1. American Pie 2. Fire Angel 3. 1pm: Coppelia 1. Ardent N Graceful 2. Artemisia 3. 1.30pm: Monreale 1. Snow Mountain 2. Risky Business 3.

2pm: Kwan Yin 1. Silver Silver 2. Highly Explosive 3. 2.30pm: Adabella 1. In The Twilight 2. Smooth As Silk 3. 3.05pm: Borsalino 1. Silverina 2. Hamlet 3. 3.40pm: Batista 1. Arbroath 2. Oriental Diana 3. 4.10pm: Piaffe 1. Snow Princess 2. Isle Of Capri 3. Day’s Best: Adelino

Double: Haynestown & Borsalino.