The Narendra Lagad-trained Son Of A Gun, helped by a vigorous ride by jockey Mustakim Alam, won the Bangalore Turf Club Trophy, the feature event of Sunday's Mahalaxmi card. Mustakim was forced to play second fiddle to far superior winners in the two earlier races, but he managed to go one better in the feature race, winning in a start-to-finish fashion, courageously staving off a belligerent Amazonia who tried her best in the hands of jockey Neeraj Rawal to overtake in the last 300m. Mustakim ended the day with a double as he later drove the Imtiaz Sait ward, Big Red, to an easy victory in the Amazing Mauritius Cup for class IV horses.

In the opening race of the card, the Rajcoomar Gujadhur Memorial Trophy, jockey Neeraj Rawal astride Eaton Square ran away from his hapless rivals, finishing a street ahead of Leo The Lion (Mustakim Alam up), who, in turn, beat the other three runners out of sight. Eaton Square was trained by Malesh Narredu, who also bagged the Sportbet.io Sprinters Trophy with New Dimension (Haridas Gore up), and thus, emerged as the sole trainer to win more than once on the Sunday card.