Results – Kolkata

SHAMROCK (Louis P Beuzelin) was fractious in its stall. IMPRESSIVE MOVE (M F Ali Khan) was slow to begin. Jockey Vinay Jaiswal, the rider of RIVERDOWN EMPRESS, reported that his saddle shifted forward over the whithers passing the 1200 metres of the race, as such, he was unable to ride his mount to complete advantage. Tr. Bharath Singh was fined a sum of Rs. 500/- for faulty saddling.

b g STAR OF ROSES (Afzal Khan) was examined by the Veterinary Officer at the start and found to be lame on right fore. Under the circumstances the gelding was withdrawn on veterinary grounds before coming under Starter’s orders. Tr. Shafiq Khan was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer. RITHAMBHRA (Janardhan Paswan) was fractious while being stalled. BUCHAREST (App Jorawar Singh) and SONGWRITER (B Sreekanth) were fractionally slow to begin.

As App Munna Alam was declared medically unfit to ride, Tr. Vijay Singh was permitted to substitute App Jorawar Singh to ride his charge ELUSIVE HURRICANE. REWARDING (B Sreekanth) making progress passing the distance post was momentarily inconvenienced when NOBLE DEFENDER (Sandeep Rajput) under pressure shifted ‘outwards’. Jockey Sandeep Rajput was shown the CCTV replay of the race and reprimanded for failing to exercise adequate control over his mount. Mr. Vijay Singh, the trainer of ch g ELUSIVE HURRICANE, when afforded an opportunity to explain the improved performance of his charge as compared to its previous outing in Race No 118 run on 4th January, 2014 stated that he was pleasantly surprised with the victory and could give no other plausible explanation other than that App Jorawar Singh gave the gelding a “very smooth and comfortable ride”. The Stipendiary Stewards while noting his explanation advised the trainer to ensure that his charges run with a degree of consistency in future. Jockey J Fortune when afforded an opportunity to explain the running of b g ESSENZA, stated that in spite of the gelding being fractionally slow to begin he was able to place his mount in a handy position during the early stages of the race. However, during the middle stages in spite of his urgings his mount dropped out of contention due to it not being able to” keep up” with the pace of the other runners, but in the concluding stages of the race the gelding was able to make progress on the field and in his opinion the gelding would best perform when placed in a race having a more ground to cover. Tr. Ms. Arti Doctor concurred with the views of the jockey. The Stipendiary Stewards made note of their explanation and ordered the gelding to be impounded for analytical examination. The Veterinary Officer reported that REWARDING returned with a cut injury on right hind.

IN THE TWILIGHT (App Md Javed) was fractious in its stall. ASSASSIN (Suraj Narredu) was slow to begin. Passing the distance post IN THE TWILIGHT (App Md Javed) drifted ‘outwards’ under pressure. Passing the distance post WAR GAMES (Sk Zaffar Riaz) drifted ‘outwards’ when placed under pressure with whip and on passing the winning post the rider was dislodged from its mount when losing his balance.

Passing the 600 metres GENTLE KNOWLEDGE (Shailesh Shinde) making progress along the rails was eased back by its rider due to the tightening of the field.

ROYAL HONOUR (Ramandeep S Bal) was fractious while being stalled. App Vikash Tamang, the rider of BATISTA who reported loss of his whip approaching the distance post, was severely reprimanded for the same and informed that should he contine to drop his whip during the running of a race he would be dealt with appropriately. Mr. Rodrigues Jr, the trainer of ROYAL HONOUR, reported that his charge returned with its left fore shoe missing.

AMORINO (C Alford) was fractious while being stalled. Some distance after the start RHINESTONE COWBOY (N S Parmar, drawn 8) was carried wide by IMPRESSION (Shailesh Shinde, drawn 7) which momentarily shifted ‘outwards’.