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This clever move ensured Treat gained a crucial two-length lead, and was never seriously threatened in the homestretch despite Rush (SG Prasad up) and Black Thunder (TS Jodha up) making desperate attempts to get level with Treat. The daughter of Moonlight Magic out of Plum Sugar thus won her second race from three career starts.

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“She [Treat] had surprised me at Mumbai by beating a good horse [Knight Crusader] from my own stable,” trainer Sait told mid-day in a post-race chat, “she also put up a good show in her first run here (at Pune), and then she worked very well on the trial track leading up to this race —so I was very confident Treat would win the mid-day Trophy.”