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CALCUTTA RACES/ ANTEQUERA SCRAPES THROUGH 

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BY STAR RACER Published 09.12.01, 12:00 AM
Calcutta, Dec. 9 :    Calcutta, Dec. 9:  Asserting his better class, the Green Forest-Silver Reflet son Antequera defied his poor looks to score a narrow victory over The Archer in the Calcutta 2,000 Guineas today. Aslam Kader partnered the winner. With a shade over two lengths lead in the last furlong of the race, the 55-100 favourite appeared to be handsomely placed for a fluent win until The Archer, a big-made colt, walked on to the scene after taking the home-turn seven-wide.The winner was trained by Darius Byramji and not Vijay Singh as was mentioned in these columns yesterday. Since Antequera travelled to the city from Bangalore last month with some of Vijay-trained horses and remained with him till recently before Darius took charge, there was a mix-up. RESULTS 1. Red Chieftan Handicap 1,100m: (7-2-5-1)Calabash (C. Alford) 1; Common Spirit (Abraham) 2; Freedom Warrior (Rajesh) 3; Discomatic (Locke) 4. Won by: Nk; 3-1/4; 2-1/2; (1-7.2). Tote: Win Rs 15; Place: 10; 13; 13; Quinella: 19; Tanala: 46. Fav: Calabash (7). Winner trained by Mujeeb R. 2. Time Machine Cup 1,600m: (2-3-10-6) Acceptor (C. Alford) 1; Estocade (Rutherford) 2; Aflicker (Rabani) 3; No Regrets (Shanker) 4. Won by: 2-1/2; Nk; 1-1/2; (1-38.2). Tote: Win Rs 31; Place: 15; 16; 30; Quinella: 101; Tanala: 1,251. Fav: Amber Dancer (1). Winner trained by D. Byramji. 3. Flaming Orb Handicap 1,400m: (9-4-7-6) Calculate (Shanker) 1; Peace Envoy (Abraham) 2; As A Rule (Gowli) 3; Accrete (C. Alford) 4. Won by: 1-1/4; SH; Nk; (1-28.3). Tote: Win Rs 51; Place: 17; 26; 33; Quinella: 207; Tanala: 3,688. Fav: Accrete (6). Winner trained by Vijay S. 4. Nanoli Stud Juvenile Stakes 1,100m: (3-2-6-1) Callisto (C. Alford) 1; Anatolia (Kader) 2; Star Selection (Connorton) 3; Royal City (Abraham) 4. Won by: 1-1/4; 1-3/4; 4-3/4; (1-7.8). Tote: Win Rs 16; Place: 14; 17; Quinella: 20; Tanala: 35. Fav: Callisto (3). Winner trained by Vijay S. 5. Sunbird Cup 1,600m:(8-3-11-12) Set Aside (Norton) 1; Si Senora (Lemaire) 2; Rescue Act (Rabani) 3; Arbello (Rajesh) 4. Won by: 3/4; 2-3/4; 1/2; (1-39). Tote: Win Rs 238; Place: 40; 26; 28; Quinella: 839; Tanala: 10,833. Fav: Attune (7). Winner trained by Asfand. 6. Calcutta 2000 Guineas 1,600m: (2-6-3-4) Antequera (Kader) 1; The Archer (Lemaire) 2; Arterial (Norton) 3; Mack The Knife (Rutherford) 4. Not run: Angeles (7). Won by: 1/2; 1-3/4; 3/4; (1-38.6). Tote: Win Rs 15; Place: 10; 12; 31; Quinella: 18; Tanala: 115. Fav: Antequera (2). Winner trained by D. Byramji. 7. Viscol Handicap 1,400m; (13-9-2-6) Rich Dominion (Abraham) 1; Archery (C. Alford) 2; Lucifer (Upadhya) 3; Tsaynen Blue (E. Smith) 4. Won by: 5; 2-1/4; 3/4; (1-28.7). Tote: Win Rs 58; Place: 18; 14; 30; Quinella: 37; Tanala: 1,992. Fav: Archery (9). Winner trained by Daniel D. Jackpot: Rs 8,846; (C) Rs 680. Treble: (i) Rs 215; (ii) Rs 1,509.    
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