Results – Kolkata

ASCEND (Sk Zaffar Riaz) and GO AGATTA (Dashrath Singh) were fractious while being stalled.

THE TALISMAN (Md Imran) was very fractious while being stalled. In view of its behaviour Tr. DM David 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. DANCEHALL DAYS (Arman Khan) and CACHAREL (Sk Israil) were fractious in their respective stalls. I ME N MYSELF (Amandeep Singh) was slow to begin. Passing the distance post THE TALISMAN (Md Imran) under pressure with the whip drifted ‘outwards’ violently and in the process SREEYANTRA (Shezad Khan) and ADANNA (C Alford) received various degrees of inconvenience. At a subsequent enquiry Jockey Md. Imran was shown the CCTV replay of the race and was fined a sum of Rs. 2,000/- for careless riding. Jockey Sk Zaffar Riaz (KRISHNA) and Jockey Sk Israil (CACHAREL) were shown the CCTV replay of the race and severely reprimanded for the indifferent handling of their respective mounts in the final 400 metres of the race.

MURLOUGH BAY (A Ashhad Asbar) arrived late to the start thereby delaying the proceedings of the race. Tr. R W Alford was advised to ensure that his charge arrives on time in future. ANAROSA (B Mahesh) and ANTONIUS MAXIMUS (Vinay Jaiswal) were slow to begin. Tr. R W Alford when afforded an opportunity to explain the improved performance of his charge MURLOUGH BAY as compared to its previous run in Race No. 35 on 24th November, 2015 stated that :- a) Requested the Stipendiary Stewards to refer to his recorded statements for Race No. 35. b) After its run in Race No. 35 on 24th November, the filly was scoped by the Club’s consultant Veterinarian Dr. Hasnain Mirza who diagnosed a palate displacement in the filly and advised the use of a tongue strap and to increase the exercise of the filly. The Doctor further advised that should the filly not perform well in today’s race he would then operate on the palate of the filly. c) He increased the work load of the filly as suggested by the Doctor. The use of the tongue strap had been done in its earlier run. d) Today’s race was after a gap of 24 days and he had instructed the jockey to place his mount wherever possible and to do his best. e) Considering its previous poor run the filly was not fancied by the Stable unlike in race No. 35 wherein it was very much fancied by the stable. He was pleasantly surprised with the victory. On questioning Jockey A Ashhad Asbar corroborated the trainer’s instructions. The Stipendiary Stewards noted their explanations.

ADALICIA (P S Chouhan) and ADRESTIA (Shailesh Shinde) were fractious while being stalled. An enquiry was held immediately after running of the race with particular reference to the fall of BOLD AS BRASS (D K Ashish) approaching the distance post. At the conclusion of the enquiry it was established that the fall was accidental and no blame could be attached to any rider. The ‘All Clear’ signal for the 5th race was ordered to be hoisted. Jockey D K Ashish was given immediate medical attention and sent to the hospital for further clinical management. The Veterinary Officer reported that BOLD AS BRASS returned lame on right fore. Tr. Bharath Singh was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer.

COHIBA (P Trevor), COPERNICUS (P S Chouhan), ANDREUS (Sk Zaffar Riaz) and SCUDERIA (Yash Narredu) were slow to begin. GENTLE KNOWLEDGE (App Ranidan Singh) and CONFIDENCE (P Kamlesh) made contact with each other during the concluding stages of the race.

ORIENTAL ROCKY (Vikash Tamang), SIGNIFICANT (App P Tejeshwar) and ATHEIST (Dashrath Singh) were fractious while being stalled. MIDNIGHT MAGIC (P Trevor) was slow to begin. ATHEIST (Dashrath Singh, drawn 6) was bumped and lost some ground when SIGNIFICANT (App P Tejeshwar) jumped awkwardly ‘inwards’ from the gates. Jockey Vikash Tamang, the rider of ORIENTAL ROCKY, was fined a sum of Rs. 2,500/- for the indifferent handling of his mount throughout the race, especially during the early stages of the race, in that he made no attempt to improve his position when he had every opportunity to do so.