Results – Kolkata

For running his charge FASHION ICON in shoes other than those declared, Tr. Shafiq Khan was fined a sum of Rs. 500/ - . ROMANCER (Sandeep Rajput) was slow to begin. The Veterinary Officer reported that SNOW BALL (Md. Imran) returned lame on left fore. Tr. Vikash Jaiswal was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer.

Approaching the 300 metres TEMPLE RUN (M F Ali Khan) making a run between CITY HEIGHTS (Kiran Naidu) and SECRET TALENT (App Munna Alam) was squeezed for room and lost some ground when CITY HEIGHTS and SECRET TALENT shifted ‘out’ and ‘in’ respectrively. App Jorawar Singh, the rider of LEG ENDS ORDER, was fined a sum of Rs. 1,000/ - for the excessive use of the whip (1 st offence) and a further sum of Rs. 2,000/ - for the indiscriminate use of the whip on his mount . The Veterinary Officer reported that SADDLE CHIEF returned lame on its right f ore. Tr. D Karki was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer.

LONG TERMS (B Nikhil) was very fractious in its stall . Under the circumstances the gelding was permitted to be withdrawn before coming under Starter’s orders. Tr. D Karki was advised to give his charge adequate gate practice before accepting with it again. MAHARAANA (Kiran Naidu), YOKUMOKU (A Sandesh) and LEGENDE INDIEN N E (D K Ashish) were fractious while being stalled. PARTY ON (Sandeep Rajput) was slow to begin. Approaching the 800 metres WINNING FORTUNE (M F Ali Khan) travelling along the rails was checked by its rider and lost some ground when DUKE OF EARL (App Md. Azharuddin) was carried ‘inwards’ by LEGENDE INDIEN N E (D K Ashish). At a subsequent enquiry Jo ckey D K Ashish was shown the CCTV replay of the race and reprimanded for failing to exercise adequate control over his mount. Jockey Shailesh Shinde, the rider of SANTERO, reported that his left leg slipped out from the stirrup iron thereby momentarily u nbalancing its rider in the concluding stages of the race. App Munna Alam, the rider of ACE BID, reported loss of his whip passing the 400 metre marker.

HOME ALONE (Sandeep Rajput) was fractious while being stalled. ASTAIRE (A Sandesh) was slow to begin.

BIZARRO (Shailesh Shinde) and EL CID (Kiran Naidu) were slow to begin. Jockey Shailesh Shinde, the rider of BIZARRO, was fined a sum of Rs. 1,000/ - for the excessive use of the whip (1 st offence). App Jorawar Singh, the rider of STAND APART, reported loss of whip passing the 300 metre marker. The Veterinary Officer reported that AZIENDA returned bleeding from both nostrils. Tr. Vijay Singh was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer .

AASHIQUI (Md. Shabbani) and SIGNIFICANT (Sk Israil) were fractious while being stalled. FLYING STAR (App Sarvan Kumar) was fractious in its stall. Mr. F A Rodrigues, the trainer of ADORA, when afforded an opportunity to explain the running of his charge, stated that he had instructed Jokey D K Ashish to take a good start and place the mare in the best possible position during the early stages and to do his best thereafter . To a question as to why he had removed the blinkers from the mare in this race , esp ecially since it had performed well in its previous outing with the blinker s ‘ON’ , the trainer stated that in its prevous outing w ith blinkers ‘ON ’ the mare behaved unruly while being loaded in its stall and at one stage he was afraid of it being declared a “non starter”. In this current race he was pleased that the mare had not behaved unruly while being stalled but was disappointed with its perfo rmance during the race . On questioning Jockey D K Ashish corroborated the trainer’s riding instructions and stated that he was unable to ride his mount to advantage in the early stages as he was squeezed for room between ROYAL SCOTS (Md Islam) and BUCHARE ST (Afzal Khan) some distance after the start . Thereafter the mare did not race as expected. The Stipendiary Stewards noted their explanations.