Christophany trained by Imtiaz Sait won the Mulraj Goculdas Trophy, the feature event of Sunday's seven-race Mahalaxmi card. Jockey Neeraj Rawal astride the winner took a smart jump, but decided to let Alpine Star (A Waydande up) take charge. Christophany was content to just amble along as the lead switched to Son Of A Gun (M Alam up), but when her main rival It's My Time (A Sandesh up) swooped on to the leader immediately after turning for home, Neeraj Rawal belligerently joined the issue and, after toying with It's My Time for a few strides, skipped away for an authoritative victory.

In the opener of the Sunday card, the Nawabzada Rashiduzzafar Khan Trophy (Class IV; 1600m), Chardikala (S Zervaan up) hit the front to lead all the way, and looked set to go away for a victory at the halfway stage in the homestretch. But soon jockey R Ajinkya on Mighty Sparrow tried to challenge her, and just when he seemed to be gaining an upper hand, A Sandesh on Substantial deftly maneuvered his way through a narrow gap between the two to steal a one-length verdict at the wire. Substantial was trained by Adhirajsingh.