LAND OF GLORY (P Trevor) was fractious while being stalled. In the concluding stages of the race, SOLITARY EAGLE (Shrikant Kamble) drifted ‘outwards’ under pressure.
ALMARADA (C Alford) was fractious while being stalled. SELF DIRECTED (Shailesh Shinde) which was fractious while being stalled was slow to begin. SNOW MOUNTAIN (Shrikant Kamble) and IRON LADY (P Trevor) were slow to begin losing approximately three lengths at the start.
Tote Favourite: RIVERDOWN EMPRESS Owner: Mr.Pradip Mondal & Mr. Debasish Roy
Club Dividends
SHP
Win
Place
Quinella
Trinalla
₹47
₹25
₹12,20,18
₹64
₹323 (192)
Racing Incidents
IMPRESSION (P Trevor, drawn 5) made contact with BOND GIRL (Shailesh Shinde, drawn 6 ) soon after the start. The surcingle of HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE (App Md. Javed) was observed to have got unfastened during the running of the race. Tr. Vikash Jaiswal was advised to be more careful in future regarding saddling of his charges.
RAZNANDAN (Md Imran) and GALLOP TO GLORY (App B Nikhil) were fractious while being stalled. SERGEANT MAJOR (Afzal Khan) was fractious in its sta ll. Jockey Shailesh Shinde, the rider of ALCANDER, reported that he found it difficult to control his mount in the early stages of the race due to his mount taking hold of its bit and was inclined to run erratically. Some distance after the start HOME AL ONE (B Mahesh, drawn 9) was momentarily inconvenienced by BENGAL KING (Sameer Khan, drawn 8). RAZNANDAN (Md Imran) and SEREGEANT MAJOR (Afzal Khan) finished the race detached from the field. Jockey B Mahesh, the rider of HOME ALONE, was reprimanded in t he presence of Tr. Patrick Quinn for the indifferent handling of his mount. Immediately after the running of the race the Stipendiary Stewards enquired into the start with particular reference to the slow beginning of ch g BENGAL KING (Sameer Khan, drawn 8) from the gates. Tr. Shafiq Khan stated that the gelding in its two previous outings was slow to begin and despite him taking corrective measures the gelding stood flat footed inside the gate as the start was effected. Jockey Sameer Khan corroborated t he explanations as expressed by the trainer. The Stipendiary Stewards after repeatedly viewing CCTV replay of the race and keeping in view the previous tardy starting record of the gelding, decided while giving the benefit of doubt to the jockey in this instance in that he showed no urgency to alert his mount to its task from the gate, informed the trainer not to accept with the gelding in future races until shown to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in two mock races .
Prior to the running of the race Tr. Ms. Arti Doctor informed the Stipendiary Stewards that she would be instructing App B Nik hil (COMMELINA) ‘to desist from going into the lead in the early and middle stages of the race but to settle her charge wherever comfortably possible’. The Stipendiary Stewards took note of her instructions. HILLS OF THE MOON (Pintu Das) was slow to begin. BILOO BADSHAH (Mohit Singh, drawn 9) stumbled soon after the start when bumped by SECRET BLAST (Gajender Singh, drawn 7) which shifted ‘outwards’. Jockey Sandeep Rajput, the rider of DANCE IN CHINA, reported loss of his whip pass ing the distance post. Jockey B Srinivas Rao, the rider of VAANI, was reprimanded for the tender handling of his mount throughout the race and further informed that should he ride in a similar fashion in future, he would be dealt with appropriately.