Results – Kolkata

KEFIRA (Mohit Singh) was extremely fractious and refused to be stalled. Under the circumstances the filly was withdrawn before coming under Starter’s orders. The Starting Stall Certificate has been revoked by the Starter. DANCING PRINCE (Md Imran) was fractious while being stalled. BAGLIONI (Hindu Singh) was extremely fractious in its stall. In view of behaviour Tr. J E Mckeown 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. JORELL (Jugnu Gurung) and MIDNIGHT MAGIC (Ranidan Singh) were slow to begin.

SHY BELLE (App R S Bhati) was fractious while being stalled. COCOANUT (Sarvan Kumar) was fractious in its stall. RUSTLER (App P Vikram) was slow to begin. An enquiry was held immediately after the running of the race into the fall of Jockey Jugnu Gurung (BORN TO WIN, drawn 2) and Jockey Dashrath Singh (BOJANGLES drawn 13) and also into the varying degrees of inconvenience received by some of the runners drawn on the outside, which occurred some distance after the start. At the conclusion of the enquiry it was established that Jockey Gurung in his endeavour to set correct his leg in the right stirrup iron, lost control over his mount and swerved ‘outwards’ causing the horses drawn on his outside to take evasive action before bumping into PRAISE HER GAZE (Hindu Singh) which went on to BOJANGLES. In this incident Jockey Jugnu Gurung and Jockey Dashrath Singh were dislodged from their respective mounts. On immediate medical examination of the two Jockeys, Mr. Dashrath Singh who sustained no injuries was declared fit to continue with his remaining engagements for the day and Jockey Jugnu Gurung who had no further engagement for the day was sent to hospital wherein he was found to have sustained a minor hair line fracture of the wrist. The ‘ALL CLEAR’ signal was ordered to be hoisted.

QUEEN’S COMMAND (Rajendra Singh) and ARDENT WISH (Hindu Singh) were slow to begin. Jockey Y S Srinath, the rider of KANTAI, reported that his mount was lacking early speed and on entering the straight when making quick progress the filly had to be checked as there was a wall of horses in front of him but for which the filly would have performed much better. Jockey Rajendra Singh, the rider of QUEEN’S COMMAND, was reprimanded for the indifferent handling of his mount during the early and middle stages of the race. Jockey P S Chouhan, the rider of HAIL THE QUEEN, reported that he had to check his mount when momentarily inconvenienced by KANTAI (Y S Srinath) during the final 200 metres of the race.

AIRLIFT (App R S Bhati) stood flat footed as the start was given.

SIMRAN’S CHOICE (P S Chouhan) which was fractious while being stalled was slow to begin. JESTER (App Hasib Alam) was slow to begin. The Veterinary Officer reported that KRAMER returned without its right fore shoe.

POWER OF FREEDOM (Sarvan Kumar) and GRAMERCY PARK (Hindu Singh) were slow to begin. The Veterinary Officer reported that PORAS (Mohit Singh) returned lame on right fore. Tr. Jasbir Singh was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer.