Results – Kolkata

SO REGAL (A Imran Khan) arrived late to the start thereby delaying the proceedings of the start. Tr. Patrick Quinn was advised to ensure that his charges arrive on time in future. ARTISTE ROYAL (Afzal Khan) was fractious while being stalled. ABABEEL (Mohit Singh) which was fractious while being stalled was slow to begin. AZZRAQ (Surjeet Singh) and THUNDER ON (Sameer Khan) were slow to begin. An objection was lodged by Jorawar Singh, the rider of BOURNVILLE, placed 2nd by the Judge against Jockey A Imran Khan, the rider of SO REGAL, placed 1st on the grounds of “interference in the last 100 metres whereby the winner came onto me and bumped me at a crucial stage and this cost me the race”. The Stewards after interviewing App Jorawar Singh and Jockey A Imran Khan and viewing the CCTV replay of the race decided to over rule the objection. The Judge’s placings remained unaltered. The “All Clear” signal was hoisted. The objection fee deposited by App Jorawar Singh was forfeited. Trainer Mr. Patrick Quinn when queried into the running of his charge b f ABABEEL (Mohit Singh) and the expanding odds on the filly prior to the start of the race, stated that :- a) He was surprised at the initial short “odds” on the filly as the stable did not fancy its chances as it had not run for a long period of time. b) The stable had fancied the other runner in the yard i.e., dk b g SO REGAL to win the race as the gelding had placed a very good 2nd a fortnight earlier. Consequently he declared the number 1 jockey of the stable to ride the gelding. The Stipendiary Stewards noted his explanation.