Results – Kolkata

ZURVAN (Rajinder Singh) was fractious in its stall. BREACH CANDY (Md Islam) and LEANDRO (Sk Zaffar Riaz) which were fractious in their respective stalls, were slow to begin. HELICONIA (App R S Bhati) was slow to begin. LAND OF GLORY (Shailesh Shinde) making progress on the outside was momentarily checked by its rider approaching the distance post when STUDIOFIFTYFOUR (Mohit Singh) under pressure shifted ‘outwards’. Jockey Russell Xaviers, the rider of ACE AMANDUS, was fined a sum of Rs. 2,500/- for travelling 2-3 horses wide off the running rails for no apparent reason while negotiating the bend and when on entering the straight for shifting ‘outwards’ causing TAYGETUS (S Zervaan) improving on his outside to be inconvenienced.

ch g ABERFAN, an acceptor in this race, was examined by the Veterinary Officer on the morning of Monday, 15th August, 2016 and found to be lame on left hind. Under the circumstances the gelding was permitted to be withdrawn on veterinary grounds. Tr. Vijay Singh was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer. MR FOGG’S (S Zervaan) was fractious while being stalled. STARFIRE (S John), TIMELESS MAGIC (B L Paswan) and MCCARTNEY (Shailesh Shinde) were fractious in their respective stalls. Approaching the 800 metres ZENA (C Alford) making progress towards rails from the outside inconvenienced STARFIRE (S John) which then made contact with ch c AUXILIUM (A Ashhad Asbar) on its inside causing the colt to be momentarily unbalanced. Approaching the distance post MR FOGG’S (S Zervaan) running an erratic course shifted ‘in’ causing STARFIRE (S John) to shift ‘inwards’ and be checked by its rider to avoid clipping the heels of TIMELESS MAGIC (B L Paswan) travelling along the rails.

NO POLITICS PLEASE (Arshad Alam) was fractious while being stalled. TREASURE ISLAND (Mudassar Nazar) was very fractious in its stall. In view of its behaviour Tr. D M 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. Jockey Arshad Alam, the rider of NO POLITICS PLEASE, was fined a sum of Rs. 3,000/- for the excessive use of the whip (1st offence).

HEIRLOOM (Mudassar Nazar) arrived late to the start thereby delaying the proceedings of the race. Tr. James Mckeown was advised to ensure that his charge arrives on time in future. CRONOS (A Ashhad Asbar) was fractious while being stalled. CADMAN (S Zervaan) was extremely fractious while being stalled. In view of its behaviour Tr. Vijay Singh was advised 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. AZZRAQ (Shezad Khan) was slow to begin. Jockey Dashrath Singh, the rider of STEVALENA, reported that his mount was inclined to hang ‘out’ throughout the race. Tr. Bharath Singh was advised to take appropriate remedial measures before accepting with his charge again. The Veterinary Officer reported that INTERSTELLAR returned without its left hind shoe.

KNIGHTHOOD (Arshad Alam) was slow to begin. HUDSON HAWK (Nelson Maseyk) jumped out awkwardly from the gates thereby losing some ground at the start.

CACHAREL (Arman Khan) arrived late to the start thereby delaying the proceedings of the race. Tr. Rutherford Alford was strongly advised to ensure that his charges arrive on time to the start in future as this was the third occasion (Race No. 7 & Race No. 33 of the current season) that the proceedings of the races were unduly delayed due to the late arrival of his charges to the starting gates. RANI THEA (Mohit Singh) was fractious while being stalled. SAM HOUSTON (Md Islam) and LHOTSE (Afzal Khan) were fractious in their respective stalls. CACHAREL (Arman Khan) which was fractious in its stall was slow to begin. COLOURFUL DREAMS (App P Tejeshwar) which was fractious in its stall jumped out awkwardly from the gates. When Jockey Mohit Singh and Trainer Jasbir Singh were afforded an opportunity to explain the running and riding of ch f RANI THEA, Mr. Mohit Singh stated that the filly took a tardy start and failed to accelerate and improve its position in spite of his best efforts throughout the race and that he was disappointed with the filly’s performance as it had finished 2nd in its previous run. Tr. Mr. Jasbir Singh also expressed his disappointment with the filly’s performance and stated that as she was a very “light made” filly, he was of the opinion that it may have affected her performance as there was a gap of only 13 days between her previous run and today. Further her record indicates that she performs very well in her first run of the season. He continued by stating that the wet conditions i.e., rain during the running of the race may also have had some effect on her running. The Stipendiary Stewards while noting their explanations informed them they would be enquiring further into the running of the filly in this race. The filly was impounded for analytical examination.

For accepting with his charge b m FLASH while under medication, Tr. Jasbir Singh was fined a sum of Rs. 2,000/-. Subsequently the mare was permitted to be withdrawn from the race. JORELL (Arshad Alam) was very fractious while being stalled and in the process the bridle broke. As there was insufficient time to replace the equipment, the gelding was permitted to be withdrawn before coming under Starter’s orders. HONDO MONTEREY (Afzal Khan) and SIGNIFICANT (A Ashhad Asbar) were extremely fractious while being stalled. In view of their behaviour Trs Mr. Shafiq Khan and Rutherford Alford were advised not to accept with their respective charges until shown to the satisfaction of the Starter in a barrier trial during the hours of morning track work.