Results – Mysore

Jockey M Naveen, the declared rider of GOLDEN STEPS, was fined Rs.2,000/- for failing to arrive to fulfil his riding engagements for the day. Under the circumstances, permission was granted to Trainer Mr. S Santosh Rao, to substitute Jockey S Antony Raj to ride his charge, GOLDEN STEPS, in place of the declared rider. LITTLE BROWN JUG (M Rajesh Kumar) was slowly away and lost a few lengths at the start; In view of its behaviour, Trainer Mr. Vikram Appachu was informed that he must not accept with it again until its behaviour improved to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in One Jump Out on a Starting Gate Practice Day. Jockey C Umesh, the rider of CACTUS CASH, was reprimanded for coming 'in', thereby, inconveniencing HIGH RESPONSE (J H Sunil Samson) on the inside, before passing the Red Marker Post. Jockey Mukesh Kumar, the rider of KING OF THE TURF, was reprimanded for coming 'in', thereby, inconveniencing LIGHTNING TOUCH (Arshad Alam) on the inside, passing the 1300 Metres. Jockey M Madhu Babu, the rider of SHOW ME WHAT U GOT, reported that he accidentally dropped his whip, in the last 100 Metres of the Race. It was reported after the Race that ITALIAN STALLION (L Prashant) had apparently lost its left fore shoe during the Race. Trainer, Mr. Rakesh was questioned regarding the performance of his Charge, SHOW ME WHAT U GOT, b g 5 (M Madhu Babu), the convincing winner of this race, as compared to its last run, where it planted at the gates. The Trainer stated as follows; a) The horse was fancied by him in its last outing and he summoned Jockey C Umesh to ride his Charge; b) But to his bad luck, the horse planted at the gates losing many lengths and lost its chance at the gate itself; c) Subsequently, he gave two Practice jump outs during the Starting Gate Practice Day and two Mock Races ie. on 13th June, 2018 and 22nd June, 2018, where it jumped well from the Gates and ran very well in the mock race; d) It had also worked well during the morning track work and the points referred above can as well be verified from the commercial Race Card, which has given the details; e) Even then, due to its behavior at the gates last time, he had not fancied this horse much in this race; f) Nevertheless, he instructed his Rider to do his best. The horse took a good jump, went to the front and won the race, at longer odds. His explanations were noted. Surprise Sample was taken for analysis from the winner, b g SHOW ME WHAT U GOT.