Results – Kolkata

For running his charge PROSPECTIVE QUEEN in shoes other than those declared, Tr. H S Bath was fined a sum of Rs. 250/-. ANDEANA (C Alford) was troublesome to load.

The Sr. Veterinary Officer examined b m SHARAPOVA declared to run in the above race on the morning of Friday, 10th April, 2009 and found it to be lame on left fore, hence, the mare was withdrawn on veterinary grounds. Tr. Vikash Jaiswal was informed not to accept with his charge again until certified fit to race by the Sr. Veterinary Officer.

For running his charge ITALIAN STAR (App Pradeep Kumar) in shoes other than those declared, Tr. J Stephens was fined a sum of Rs. 250/-.

At the request of Jockey D K Ashish, b m LIZZY ARDEN was checked by the Sr. Veterinary Officer at the start and found to be lame on her right fore, hence the mare was withdrawn on veterinary grounds with the permission of the Stewards before coming under Starter’s orders. Tr. Sarfaraz Khan was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit to race by the Sr. Veterinary Officer.

ANDRONICUS (App Mahesh) which was very fractious in its stall, was taken out and examined by the Sr. Veterinary Officer who declared it unfit to race. Therefore, with the permission of the Stewards it was withdrawn on veterinary grounds before coming under Starter’s orders. The Starting Stall Certificate of ANDRONICUS has been revoked by the Starter.

Jockey C Alford on being questioned regarding the poor performance of APYROUS, stated that the horse did not perform to expectations despite his continuous urgings. Trainer Mr. Vijay Singh was informed to keep his charge under observation and report any ailment if noticed.

ARISTOTLE (App B Mahesh) and NEWFOUNDLAND (N Akhtar) were slow to begin. Soon after jumping out of the starting gate, SPORTING MASTER (App Amandeep Singh, drawn 7) shifted ‘in’ towards the rails thereby causing severe interference to EXCLUSIVITY (Neeraj Rawal, drawn 6), who in turn passed it onto FIGHTING STAR (Md. Islam, drawn 4), MUSTANG ROYAL (App Arman Khan, drawn 3) and ARISTOTLE (App B Mahesh, drawn 1) on its inside. App Amandeep Singh was shown the CCTV replay of the race and fined a sum of Rs. 3,000/- for failing to exercise proper control over his mount. He was further informed that a repetition of a similar manner of riding would entail him being reported to the Stewards for disciplinary action.

SILVER FOX (C Alford) and AQUILO (App B Mahesh) were slow to begin losing approximately two lengths each.

OUR CHARMER (C P Manasseh) was fractious while being loaded into its stall. ITALIAN SPLENDOUR (Ashhad Asbar) was slow to begin.