After being stalled, TEMERITY (Neeraj Rawal) tried to duck the front gates. The filly was taken out and examined by the Club’s Sr. V.O. who certified her fit to race. Trainer P. Shroff has been asked to give the filly more gate practice and show her to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race.
QUEEN CREDIBLE (C. S. Jodha) jumped out slow, losing about 2 lengths at the start.
At the start, IN MY DREAM (Suraj Narredu, dr.1) jumped outwards on to COURTSHIP (A. Imran Khan, dr. 2) who in turn shifted out thereby inconveniencing LA DONA (Y. S. Srinath, dr.3) who had to be steadied.
At the start, CATALEYA (Dashrath Singh, dr. 7) jumped outwards on to HALL OF FAMER (David Allan, dr. 8).
Soon after the start, IN MY DREAM (Suraj Narredu) shifted out and went across COURTSHIP (A. Imran Khan) taking his ground. Thereafter, IN MY DREAM further shifted out on to DEVOTED EYES (A. Sandesh) who had to be steadied. On questioning, Jockey Suraj Narredu stated that his mount had shifted out suddenly not giving him sufficient time to react.
Passing 1400 metres, LA DONA (Y. S. Srinath) shifted out and made contact with TEMERITY (Neeraj Rawal) forcing her out and at the same time MRS PATMORE (P. Trevor) shifted in thereby tightening ETERNAL SUNSHINE (P. S. Chouhan) who was racing between them. Jockey Y. S. Srinath has been cautioned.
Passing 600 metres, QUEEN CREDIBLE (C. S. Jodha) shifted out thereby inconveniencing ETERNAL SUNSHINE (P. S. Chouhan).
Passing 400 metres, HALL OF FAMER (David Allan) shifted in and tightened BOOK THIEF (Kishore Kadam) along the rails. Jockey David Allan has been cautioned.
Passing 400 metres, SILKEN EYES (J. Chinoy) shifted out on to SPARKLING EYES (S. Zervan) who had to be steadied.
Passing 300 metrs, COURTSHIP (A. Imran Khan) shifted out thereby inconveniencing ETERNAL SUNSHINE (P. S. Chouhan).
Jockey David Allan (HALL OF FAMER) and Jockey S. John (MEKONG DELTA) have been fined Rs.3,000/- each for having used the whip in excess of the prescribed limit on their respective mount.
After the race, IN MY DREAM was found to be sore by the right fore leg. The filly has to be passed fit by the Club’s V.O. before next accepting to race.
After the race, DEVOTED EYES, TEMERITY and COURTSHIP (examined on 12/12/2016) were examined in trot and found to be sound. TEMERITY had a cut injury on the right stifle.
IN MY DREAM (Suraj Narredu) was placed fifth and CATALEYA (Dashrath Singh) was placed sixth by the Judge, in this race.
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