Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Elysium Stuns Favourite Kavya With Late Pune Stakes Surge
Elysium won an important horse race at Pune.
The race was called the Threptin Fillies’ & Mares’ Stakes.
Kavya was the favourite and led for much of the race.
Kavya looked likely to win after building a large lead.
Near the end, Elysium suddenly ran much faster.
Elysium passed Kavya during the final part of the race.
The winning horse was ridden by Akshay Kumar.
Elysium finished three-fourths of a length ahead of Kavya.
Elysium won the Grade III Threptin Fillies’ & Mares’ Stakes at Pune racecourse on Friday.
The outsider was ridden by Akshay Kumar and trained by S.S. Attaollahi.
Favourite Kavya led most of the seven-horse race and opened a lead of more than three lengths.
Elysium launched a powerful challenge inside the final furlong and passed Kavya in the last 25 metres.
Elysium won by three-fourths of a length, with Kavya finishing second.
- Who
- Elysium won, ridden by Akshay Kumar and trained by S.S. Attaollahi; Kavya finished second.
- What
- Elysium won the Grade III Threptin Fillies’ & Mares’ Stakes by three-fourths of a length.
- When
- Friday, October 2, 2026.
- Where
- Pune racecourse.
- Why
- Elysium produced a powerful late burst and overtook Kavya in the closing stages.
- Race
- Threptin Fillies’ & Mares’ Stakes
- Grade
- Grade III
- Winner
- Elysium
- Runner-up
- Kavya
- Winning margin
- Three-fourths of a length
- Field size
- Seven horses
- Race distance
- 1,800 metres
- Prize money
- ₹15,00,000