Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut (in blue) and mid-day Infomedia Ltd CEO Sandeep Khosla (right) present the mid-day Trophy to the owners of Windsor Forest while RWITC chairman Vivek Jain (third from left) and mid-day executive editor Tinaz Nooshian (third from right) look on at the Mahalaxmi racecourse yesterday. Pic/Rane Ashish, Sayyed Sameer Abedi, Bipin Kokate

Champion trainer Pesi Shroff, who has won every important race, both as jockey and trainer, had one trophy missing from his collection. He finally won that elusive prize — the mid-day Trophy — yesterday at the Mahalaxmi racecourse. He sent out Windsor Forest, a filly carrying the silks of Manjri stud’s Pallon Mistry, to an impressive victory in the coveted race. Jockey Suraj Narredu rode the winner, who clocked a 1 minute 24.30 seconds for the seven-furlong trip. Enjoying popular support, Windsor Forest received an avalanche of betting, driving her odds down from 14/10 to 11/10 even as the 12 runners and riders lined up under the starter's eyes.