Be Safe, owned by Dr MAM Ramaswamy and trained by Malesh Narredu, kept his date with destiny to emerge as the champion four-year-old horse by winning the McDowell Signaure Indian Derby (Gr 1) at the Mahalaxmi racetrack yesterday.


Jockey Suraj Nareddu (left), who rode Be Safe to the Indian Derby title, receives his trophy from UB Group chaiman Vijay Mallya while actor and chief guest Kangana Ranaut (right) looks on 

Be Safe trashed the earlier course record of 2:28.05 set by Alaindair last year when he stopped the clock at 2:27.71 to the delight of the mammoth crowd that accorded a thundering applause and standing ovation to jockey Suraj Narredu, who partnered Be Safe.