Lying near the wrong end of the field until the race took a serious turn Queen Credible, trained by Rehanullah Khan, suddenly flew like a winged horse in the final stages to post a sensational victory in the Rotarian M S Shah Million, the feature event of the opening day of the Mahalaxmi 2016-17 racing season. Ridden by C S Jodha, the China Visit - Brushed Aside three-year-old filly established her superiority in no uncertain terms as she swept past the field to win by half a length from the favourite Allora (S Zervan up) who managed to hold Abbey (Suraj Narredu up) by a head. This was Queen Credible's second career win from five starts.

Thrilling finish
The race turned out to be such a close one that only two-and-a-half lengths separated the first seven horses. As the starter flagged the 13 runners off, Queen Credible was slightly inconvenienced by horses on either side of her forcing jockey C S Jodha to grace the tail end initially as Minstrel Heights called the tune followed by Abbey, Greek Goddess and Lady Danehill, with favourite Allora racing fifth followed by the rest.