Results – Kolkata

SERGEANT PEPPER (Vinay Jaiswal) was slow to begin. An enquiry has been opened into the running and riding of ROYAL HONOUR, ridden by App Md. Javed and trained by Mr. Patrick Quinn.

ASIAN ROCKET (App Jorawar Singh) and PIRATEER (Md Islam) were slow to begin.

HOT IRON (M Krishna) and PROMISSORY NOTE (Surjeet Singh) were fractious while being stalled. GONNA BE A ROKSTAR (Imran Chisty) fly jumped out of the gates thereby losing some ground. MYTHOS (B Mahesh) trailed the field home. On examination the Veterinary Officer reported that the gelding returned bleeding from both nostrils. Tr. Bharath Singh was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer.

As Mr. Jasbinder Singh Bhatla had failed to clear his name from the Unpaid Forfeit List (UFL), ch g FANKAAR, an acceptor in the above race, was withdrawn.

Jockey Imran Chisty, the rider of OCEAN AND BEYOND, was fined a sum of Rs. 5,000/- for the injudicious riding of his mount in that soon after jumping out of the starting gates he held his mount in restrain and failed to improve his position till approaching the middle stages of the race, thereby placing the gelding in a position of disadvantage which had a bearing on the eventual placing of his mount in the race. Jockey C Alford, the rider of DANDIFIED, was fined a sum of Rs. 5,000/- for the injudicious riding of his mount in that soon after jumping out of the starting gates he held his mount in restrain and failed to improve his position till approaching the middle stages of the race, thereby placing the horse in a position of disadvantage which had a bearing on the eventual placing of his mount in the race.

Approaching the 600 metres ANASSA (C Alford) was checked by its rider and lost some ground when attempting to make progress between LUCK LUCK LUCKY (Melvyn Maseyk) on the outside and MARINA BAY (Shailesh Shinde) on the inside. HELL ON HEELS (M F Ali Khan) trailed the field home. Tr. R Alford was advised to get the filly examined by the Sr. Veterinary Officer and not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a better performance. Jockey P Kamlesh, the rider of SMOOTH AS SILK, reported loss of his whip passing the distance post.

IN THE TWILIGHT (Imran Chisty) was inclined to hang ‘out’ in the final states of the race. VICTORIAN SECRET (M F Ali Khan) ran an erratic course throughout the race and finished off the race detached from the field. In view of its behaviour Tr. D M David was informed not to accept with his charge until shown to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in a mock race.