Results – Kolkata

DAYLITE (Shrikant Kamble) was fractious in its stall. STILING VEIL (Sandeep Rajput) which was fractious while being stalled was slow to begin and thereafter refused to raise a fluent gallop for some distance. In view of its behaviour Tr. Vikash Jaiswal was informed not to accept with his charge until shown to the satisfaction of the Starter in a barrier trial during the hours of morning track work. Passing the distance post SARTAJ (App B Nikhil) and ALTESINO (Shailesh Shinde) drifted ‘outwards’ when placed under pressure.

WARRIOR (B Mahesh) was fractious in its stall. BAZUKA (Mohit Singh) was slow to begin. BIRTHDAY BOY (R Vaibhav) was inconvenienced passing the 1100 metres marker when DESI CREW (M Krishna) shifted ‘outwards’. Approaching the 900 metres DESI CREW (M Krishna) travelling on the outside was inconvenienced by WARRIOR (B Mahesh) which was carried ‘outwards’ by APTNESS (C Alford). Jockey B Mahesh, the rider of WARRIOR, was reprimanded for the use of the whip on his mount which was clearly not responding to its use.

SNOW WHITE (Md Islam) was fractious in its stall. TASVEER (B Srinivas Rao) was slow to begin. FIRE ANGEL (Shrikant Kamble, drawn 7) jumped out awkwardly ‘inwards’ from its stall thereby inconveniencing LUCK LUCK LUCKY (App Md Javed, drawn 6) and ELUSIVE LEGEND (Shailesh Shinde, drawn 5). Approaching the 800 metres SNOW WHITE (Md Islam) travelling between RICHEST TREASURE (R Vaibhav) on the rails and FIRE ANGEL (Shrikant Kamble) on the outside was eased by its rider and lost some ground when FIRE ANGEL shifted ‘inwards’. At a subsequent enquiry Jockey Shrikant Kamble was shown the CCTV replay of the race and reprimanded for failing to exercise greater control over his mount and cautioned that should be continue to ride in a similar fashion in future appropriate action would be taken against him. The Veterinary Officer reported that ELUSIVE LEGEND (Shailesh Shinde) sustained a cut injury on right hind.

MALPENSA (Shrikant Kamble) and ARTESIA (C Alford) were very fractious while being stalled and delayed the start of the race. In view of their behaviour Trs. Bharath Singh and Manvendra Singh were informed not to accept with their respective charges until passed in a barrier trial during the hours of morning track work. Jockey Shrikant Kamble, the rider of MALPENSA, was fined a sum of Rs. 1,000/- for the excessive use of the whip (1st offence) and a further sum of Rs. 2,000/- for the indiscriminate use of the whip on his mount.

BONGANI (App Rajinder Singh) was fractious while being stalled. ALTANZA (App Munna Alam) was slow to begin.

FIRE FALCON (Gajender Singh) and APICALA FINALA (Vinay Jaiswal) made contact with each other passing the distance post.

ACE OF FIRE (App Munna Alam) was fractious in its stall. NO REMORSE (Sk Zaffar Riaz) which was fractious while being stalled was slow to begin. ETERNAL INSTINCT (Vinay Jaiswal) was slow to begin. Passing the distance post PASSIONATE (Russell Xaviers) and WINNERTAKESITALL (Sameer Khan) were inconvenienced by SNOW FALL (App Zarar Alam) which drifted ‘outwards’ despite the best efforts of the apprentice to keep it on a straight course. The Veterinary Officer reported that SNOW FALL sustained a cut injury on both hind.