Baychimo dark horse for SA Poonawalla Million (Gr 3)

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Baychimo, the three-year-old dark bay colt (French Navy - Lady Sergeant) who scored on debut at Bangalore despite not keeping a straight course, has last month run an eye-catching mock race at the Pune racetrack to acclimatize himself, and now takes on a formidable set of rivals in the SA Poonawalla Million (Gr 3), the feature event of Sunday's seven-race card. Though short on experience, I feel the Karanjawala ward will put up a bold show and, with little luck, may stun his more fancied rivals like Zacharias, Ice Of Fire and Gunsmoke.

First race at 1 pm.

Selections:

Excellent Sorrento Plate (For 5y&o, Class V; 1200m)
Ariyana Star 1, Arbitrage 2, Etoile 3.

Excellent Trophy (Class I; 1200m)
Dream Seller 1, Christophany 2, Divine Star 3.

Serum Institute of India Trophy (Class III; 2400m)
Bugatti 1, Black Thunder 2.

Villoo C Poonawalla Million (For 3y, Maidens; 1200m)
All For Love 1, Mutual Trust 2, Foxy 3.

SA Poonawalla Million - Gr 3 (For 3y; 1600m)
Baychimo 1, Zacharias 2, Ice Of Fire 3.

Suraiya & Masoom Master Trophy (Class III; 1200m)
Western Star 1, Social Butterfly 2, Zendaya 3.

Sultan Suleiman Plate (Class IV; 1600m)
King's Gambit 1, Giant Gold 2, Saseka 3.

Recommendations
Best bet: None
Upsets: Exuma (3-1), Divine Intuition (6-2) & Beyond Stars (7-4)

Today's pools
Super jackpot pool: 2,3,4,5,6,7
Jackpot pool: 3,4,5,6,7
Treble pool: 4,5,6
Tanala pool: All races