Results – Kolkata

EBONY PRINCESS (M F Ali Khan) was fractious while being stalled thereby delaying the start of the race. Approaching the 900 metres REQUITE (Melvyn Maseyk) travelling along the rails was eased by its rider due to the crowding of the field and some distance later EVENING MIST (Md Islam) lost some ground when running into the heels of VENCE (Shailesh Shinde). At a subsequent enquiry the following jockeys were interviewed, namely Shailesh Shinde (VENCE), M F Ali Khan (EBONY PRINCESS) and Md. Islam (EVENING MIST). At the conclusion of the enquiry it was established that EVENING MIST ran into the heels of VENCE (Shailesh Shinde) when the latter had shifted ‘in’ due to the inward movement of EBONY PRINCESS which was making progress on the outside. Jockey M F Ali Khan, the rider of EBONY PRINCESS was fined a sum of Rs. 2,000/- for careless riding and cautioned to be more careful in future. SUCCESSFUL (App B Srinivas Rao) shifted ‘outwards’ during the concluding stages of the race. EVENING MIST (Md. Islam) drifted to the outer portion of the race track approaching the distance post.