Results – Mumbai

ASHWA YODHAA (P.S.Chouhan) was reluctant to be stalled. Trainer Sangramsinh N.Joshi has been asked to give the gelding more gate practice and show him to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race. SNOW KING (App.Sandeep Jadhav) stumbled at the start and was slow to begin. Soon after the start, DOUBLE DIAMOND (Dashrath Singh) commenced to shift-in before the red marker and continued to do so and in the process went across the entire field on his inside. Jockey Dashrath Singh has been fined Rs 2,000/-. Near 900 metres, RAMBUTAN (A.Sandesh) and TRAFFIC JAM (Kavraj Singh) were involved in a jostle on a couple of occasions. Trainer Narendra Lagad and Jockey V.Chandrakant were questioned regarding the running and riding of ROCK THE TURF and not being satisfied with the explanation tendered, the matter was reported to the Stewards as the Jockey was observed not to have ridden-out his mount during the race to its complete advantage and it was possible that the horse could have finished on board. The Stewards interviewed Trainer Narendra Lagad and Jockey V Chandrakant and having heard them and having viewed the video recording of the race, were not being satisfied with the explanation tendered by Jockey V.Chandrakant and held him guilty of not permitting his mount ROCK THE TURF to run on its merits. The Stewards noted that he had been punished recently at the end of the Pune Meeting 2013 for unsatisfactory riding on DARK KNIGHT in Race No.228 and this was his repeated offence. Taking an overall view and keeping in mind that the horse was a longer odds, the Stewards took a lenient view and decided to suspend his Jockey’s license w.e.f. 20thFebruary, 2014 till the end of the Mumbai Meeting 2013/14 (permitted to ride work); The Stewards were also not satisfied with the explanation tendered by Trainer Narendra Lagad and held the view that the Jockey would have not ridden in this manner unless he had the Trainer’s tacit approval. Therefore, they decided to fine him a sum of Rs.25,000/-. Jockey B.Nikhil (BLUSH) reported the loss of whip near 350 metres from the winning post. This being the second occasion of him losing the whip during the current Mumbai Meeting, he has fined Rs 1,000/-. After the race, SUN HOT, DOUBLE DIAMOND, ICE RINK and ROCK THE TURF were found to be sound.