Results – Kolkata

ZARA GO ZARA (App Sujit Kr Paswan) and SUPER CHIC (App Rupal Singh) were fract ious while being stalled. QUEEN’S COMMAND (Pintu Das) was slow to begin. Jockey Nikhil Naidu, the rider of DIAMOND HARBOUR, reported that the surcingle of his mount snapped during the running of the race. Subsequent examination revealed that the equipment was in serviceable condition , as such no further action was taken beyond noting the incident. The Veterinary Officer reported that SPEED FORCE returned bleeding from both nostrils. Tr. Ms. Arti Doctor was informed not to accept with the gelding until cer tified fit by the Veterinary Officer.

For failing to produce the registered colours at the scale in respect of his charge YUTAKA, Tr. Jasb ir Singh was fined a sum of Rs. 500/ - . Subsequently the emergency colour ‘ALL BLACK’ was permitted to be used. YUTAKA (Mohit Singh) was fractious in its stall. MY LADY LUCK (App Hasib Alam) was slow to begin. The Veterinary Officer reported that MODIFICATION returned bleeding from both nostrils. Tr. Jasbir Singh was informed not to accept with the mare until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer. b g Y UTAKA finish the race detached from the field. The gelding was impounded for veterinary examination after the race and on examination no ailment was noticed. Tr. Jasbir Singh was advised not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a better perf ormance.

MALANA (Shezad Khan) was fractious while being stalled. COCOANUT (Sarvan Kumar) and CELERINO (App Hasib Alam) were fractious in their respective stalls. SPARKLING EYES (App P Tejeshwar) was slow to begin. CARRALIS A (App Rupal Singh, drawn 2) jumped awkwardly ‘outwards’ from th e gates and inconvenienced PRAISE HER GAZE (App R S Bhati, drawn 3) which shift ed on to DANGAL (Vinay Jaiswal, drawn 4).

SHIV ANSH (Neeraj Rawal) was fractious while being stalled. Passing the 800 metres POTHUS (Md Islam) was denied galloping space when tightened for room by NO MORE POLITICS (P S Chouhan) on its outside. At a subsequent enquiry Jockey Chouhan was informed that while competitive riding is appreciated, he must ensure that no rule of racing is breached. PUGNACIOUS (Vinay Jaiswal) finished the race detached from the field. Tr. Vikash Jaiswal was advised not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a better performance.

SHEER FORCE (App R S Bhati) was fractious while being stalled. RUSTLER (Dashrath Singh) was slow to begin. RISING FROM ASHES (App P Vikram) which was fractious while being stalled swerved ‘outwards’ some distance after the start causing inconvenience to PRINCE OF HEART (Sk Israil) and th ereafter for a major p art of the race ran on the outer portion of the race track. In view of its behaviour Tr. J E Mckeown was advised not to accept with his charge until shown to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in a mock race. PRINCE OF HEART (Sk Israil) finished the race detached from the field. Tr. D M David was advised not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a better performance. Jocke y Y S Srinath, the rider of LUMENAC, reported loss of whip passing the 300 metres.

CASTLEBRIDGE (Y S Srinath) was fractious while being stalled. SHIVALIK SHOWERS (Hindu Singh) and BRAHMACHARI (Ranidan Singh) made contact with each other passing the distance post.

AL TO VI TO (App P Vikram) ran loose for some distance from the starting gates prior to the stalling of horses and on being re - captured was examined by the Veterinary Officer and found fit to race. DANCERESS (App Sujit Kr Paswan), STELVIO PASS (A Sandesh), EXPENSIVE AFFAIR (Neeraj Rawal), PRINCESS ELENA (Md Islam) and AL TO VI TO (App P Vikram) were fractious while being stalled. CHELMSFORD (Dashrath Singh) which was slow to begin finished the race detach ed from the field. Tr. Bharath Singh was advised not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a better performance. AL TO VI TO (App P Vikram) finished the race detached from the field. Tr. Patrick Quinn was advised not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a better performance. ARTISTE ROYAL (Afzal Khan) was inclined to h a ng ‘out wards ’ when placed under pressure during the final stages of the race. When afforded an opportunity to explain the performance of his charge ARTISTE ROYAL as compared to its previous run in Race No. 7 held on 4 th November, 2018, Tr. Jasbir Singh Stated that : - a) He had instructed the Jockey to place his mount in 2 nd /3 rd position and to do his best thereafter. b) Race No. 7 was for the horses Rated 1 - 26 unlike this race which was for horses Rated 21 - 46. c) T he gelding had received a 7.5 kgs penalty after its win in Race No. 7. d) In Race No. 7 its winning performance appeared to be very impressive as the 2 nd placed horse “ MOVES LIKE JAGGER ” has an extremely unimpressive record and in its subsequent performance in Race No. 15 run earlier to day had finished 8 th out of 12 in a race for horses Rated 1 - 26. e) C onsidering that the gelding now ran in a much more competitive field than in Race No. 7, he was of the opinion that his charge had run a very good race finishing 7 th out of 14 runners and had been ridden competently by the Jockey. The Stipendiary Stewards noted his explanations.