Bangalore: Trainers Karthik Ganapathy’s Juliette (C.S. Jodha-up) and Pesi Shroff’s King’s Ransom (P.S. Chauhan) are expected to fight out the issue in the 2,400m Royal Arion Club Indian Turf Invitation Cup here on Sunday. The seven-year-old mare Juliette is an easy winner of the year 2022 edition of the Invitation Cup.
  Juliette is also likely to be the public rage in the betting. She is also targeting Adjudicate’s record of back-to-back ‘Invitation Cup’ wins. However, the Musketier-Gimmesumsugar daughter is not growing any younger as King’s Ransom, a four-year-old, is also a very promising filly. She narrowly lost the Indian Derby, to Mirra, early last month, after almost trailing the 18-horse field; until 800m from the winning post.     The Multidimensional daughter also took the final turn about 11 horses wide and yet placed a length behind the winner, Mirra. It may come as a surprise if King’s Ransom lets down again.
SELECTIONS
1.15pm: Polished Girl 1. Isnt She Beautiful 2. Queen Spirit 3. 
1.50pm: Synthesis 1. Art Gallery 2. Blackstone 3. 
2.25pm: Silver Canyon 1. Castaneda 2. King Of War 3. 
3pm: Invincible 1. Knotty Charmer 2. Del Pico 3.
3.35pm: Son Of A Gun 1. Ashwa Bravo 2. Moon’s Blessing 3.
4.10pm: Ahead Of My Time 1. Ravishing Form 2. Once You Go Black 3.
4.45pm: King’s Ransom 1. Juliette 2. Supernatural 3.
5.25pm: Amreli 1. Artemis Ignacia 2. Crown Consort 3. 
Day’s Best: Ahead Of My Time Double: Polished Girl & Invincible.

‘Goddess’ wins

Bangalore: Trainer Pesi Shroff’s 6/1 shot Hunting Goddess (P.S. Chauhan-up) had an easy measure of Iron Age (Trevor Patel) in the 1,200m Zavaray S Poonawalla  Sprinters’ Cup here on Saturday. The 3,000m Dr MAM Ramaswamy Chettiar of Chettinad Memorial Stayers’ Cup was claimed by the B. Suresh-trained My Opinion (Y.S. Srinath) who incidentally sported the famed ‘Gold and Brown’ silks of the late racing baron, MAM.