Results – Kolkata

MASTER CLASS (A Ashhad Asbar) was fractious in its stall.

SAM HOUSTON (Md Islam) was fractious while being stalled. XIMORE (Md Imran) and DESERT CAT (App N B Kuldeep) were fractious in their respective stalls. ANTONIUS MAXIMUS (App Nikhil Naidu), COLEY (P Trevor) and SECRET BUILDER (Nelson Maseyk) were slow to begin. During the concluding stages of the race ARTIFICIAL (App Ranidan Singh) kept an erratic course when placed under pressure with the stick thereby causing interference to EVERYBREAKINGWAVE (App Hindu Singh) travelling along the rails which had to be checked by its rider and lost some ground. At a subsequent enquiry App Ranidan Singh was shown the CCTV replay of the race and fined a sum of Rs. 5,000/- for failing to exercise adequate control over his mount and informed to report to Jockey Coach Mr. P Alford for guidance. Jockey Md Imran, the rider of XIMORE, travelling along the rails shifted ‘outwards’ passing the 1000 metres and ‘inwards’ passing the 600 metres for no apparent reason and further dropped his hands a 100 metres from home. At a subsequent enquiry the jockey was shown the CCTV replay of the race and fined a sum of Rs. 2,500/- for the indifferent handling of his mount and cautioned that should he ride in a similar manner in future he would be dealt with severely. Jockey Nelson Maseyk, the rider of SECRET BUILDER, reported loss of whip 20 metres before passing the winning post.

BLAZE TO GLORY was permitted to be withdrawn. Tr. Mr. Raunak Banerji was informed not to accept with the filly till he received approval from the Racing Dept. OPHION (App Munna Alam) which was fractious while being stalled was slow to begin.

HIMALAYAN QUEEN (Neeraj Rawal) arrived late to the start thereby delaying the proceedings of the race. Tr. H S Bath was advised to ensure that his charge arrives on time in future.

SQUASH (Nelson Maseyk) was slow to begin losing approximately two lengths at the start. KANYA KALYAN (Dashrath Singh) jumped awkwardly from the gates. Passing the 900 metres BENGAL TIGER (Sandeep Rajput) was tightened for room due to the crowding of the field. Passing the 900 metres FLANKER (Afzal Khan) was inconvenienced when CLAYMORE (App Hindu Singh) shifted ‘out’ to avoid running into the heels of the front runners. The Veterinary Officer reported that CLAYMORE returned with a bleeding cut injury on right hind.

WORDS (Gajender Singh) was slow to begin. MELLOW FELLOW (A Ashhad Asbar) was inconvenienced soon after the start due to the crowding of the field. Approaching the 900 metres DRAGON OF WAR (Dashrath Singh) travelling along the rails shifted ‘outwards’ and made contact with XIPEN (I Khan) which had to be checked momentarily by its rider.