Results – Kolkata

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TITUS ANDRONICUS (B Mahesh) and ARCHERFIELD (Shezad Khan) were fractious while being stalled. SELF DIRECTED (C Alford) fly jumped from the gates. TITUS ANDRONICUS (B Mahesh) ran detached from the field in the early and middle stages of the race. Tr. Manvendra Singh was advised to ensure that his charge is capable of a better performance before accepting with it again. The Sr. Veterinary Officer reported that ch g ARCHERFIELD collapsed and died due to a cardiac respiratory failure while returning to the unsaddling enclosure after the race.

OCEAN SUNRISE (Sandeep Rajput) was slow to begin losing approximate two lengths at the start. IRISH CONNECTION (App Rajesh Ujgare) planted thereby losing considerable ground at the start. In view of its behaviour the Starting Stall Certificate has been revoked by the Starter. Approaching the 900 metres SECRET BLAST (Md Islam) brushed against the false rails. Approaching the distance APICAL FINALA (Ranjeet Singh) and DADDY COOL (App Abhijeet Sawant) made contact with each other. Passing the distance post APICAL FINALA (Ranjeet Singh) under pressure shifted ‘outwards’.

ARES (C Alford) was fractious while being stalled. MESMERIZER (Md Shabbani) was slow to begin. Jockey Shailesh Shinde, the rider of SOKUDO, reported that during the concluding stages of the race his left leg momentarily slipped out of the stirrup iron. The Veterinary Officer reported that SUPER HERO returned bleeding from both nostrils. Tr. Javed Khan was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Sr. Veterinary Officer.

DEAR HENRY (Md Islam) arrived late to the start thereby delaying the proceedings. Tr. Patrick Quinn was advised to ensure that his charge arrives to the start on time in future. FIREBACK (Surjeet Singh) which was running prominently till the final 300 metres finished off the race detached from the field. Tr. Patrick Quinn was informed not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a better performance. Tr. Vijay Singh when afforded an opportunity to explain the poor performance of his charge gr c SNOWSCAPE stated that he was disappointed with the performance of his charge as it had performed well during the morning trials. However, the colt is well known to be dry coated and that during the race time the humidity levels were extremely high, this may have been the reason why the colt had performed disappointingly. He further stated that he would not be running his charge for some period of time. His explanation was noted.

ABARTH (Afzal Khan) was slow to begin.