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BILOO BADSHAH (Kiran Naidu) was fractious while being stalled.

AUBERON (P Trevor) was fractious in its stall.

COMEDIAN (Sk Israil) was slow to begin.

FRUIT ‘N’ NUT (App Munna Alam) on jumping out of the gat es momentarily veered ‘outwards’ thereby losing some ground. Tr. D Karki was informed 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.

Jockey Sk Israil, the rider of COMEDIAN, when afforded an opportunity to explain his riding on his mount stated that he was instructed to ride the gelding in a similar manner as ridden by him in its previous run i.e., Race No. 191 as it performed well when coming from far off the early pace. The Stipendiary Stewards noted his explanation