Results – Bangalore

VEDA (R. Anand) walked out of the gates, did not raise a fluent gallop for the first 25 Metres. Trainer Mr. B. Puttanna was informed that he must not accept with it again until its behaviour improved to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in one Mock Race on a race day on the race track. LOZEN (Irvan Singh) jumped out awkwardly and bumped TOP SMILES (Afsar Khan) soon after jumping out of the starting gates. Jockey Arshad Alam, the rider of TIME SQUARE, was fined Rs.2,000/- for coming in and causing interference to ASPASIA (M. Rajesh Kumar) on his inside passing the 250 Metres. Jockey P. Mani, the rider of HIGH PROFILE, was reprimanded for dropping hands before passing the winning post. Trainer Mr. Faraz Arshad was questioned as regards the performance of FREESTYLE. The trainer stated that (a) it was the first run of the horse and he had asked the Jockey to take a good position and do his best in the straight; (b) His charge was working well during the morning track work; (c) It had also performed well in the Mock Race; and (d) He had observed during the race and after viewing the CCTV replay that his charge was not passing horses in the last 200 Metres. His explanations were noted and he was further advised to run his charge after a sufficient gap. FREESTYLE (A. Imran Khan) was impounded for veterinary examination and no abnormality was reported. Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner dk b f LOZEN.