Results – Kolkata

BEST BET (Md. Islam) was very fractious and refused to be stalled. Under the circumstances it was withdrawn with the permission of the Stewards. The Starting Stall Certificate of BEST BET has been revoked by the Starter. ARIZZANO (C Alford) injured itself on its way to the start. On arrival the gelding was examined by the Sr. Veterinary Officer and found to have sustained a cut injury on its right hind stifle fold, as such, it was withdrawn on veterinary grounds before coming under Starter’s orders. Tr. Vijay Singh was informed not to accept with his charge again until certified fit by the Sr. Veterinary Officer.

LIGHT MY FIRE (App B Mahesh), PURSUIT OF POWER (M Maseyk) & STARLITE (App Amandeep Singh) were difficult to load and then fractious in their respective stalls. TOP GEAR (Russell Xaviers) was slow to begin losing approximately two lengths.

APOSTROPHE (Neeraj Rawal) was fractious and was blind folded while loading. SOLID SUCCESS (Md. Islam) was slow to begin. Approaching the 300 metres, SOLID SUCCESS (Md. Islam) under pressure shifted ‘out’ and inconvenienced LYCIA FALCON (App B Srinivas Rao).

POWER PUNCH (Vivek) was slow to begin.

ZAFIR (Haroon Khan) was reluctant to proceed to the starting gates thereby delaying the proceedings. TIGANA (Russell Xaviers), EBONY PRINCESS (Md. Islam) and HOLD THE THOUGHT (J Gurung) were fractious in their respective stalls.