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Tr. Vijay Singh when afforded an opportunity to explain the running of his charge  ch g HALL OF GLORY, stated that since the gelding was now running over a longer distance he had instructed the jockey to be positioned at the rear of the field during the early stages of the race and thereafter to gradually improve his position.  However, in spite of the jockey working hard on his mount passing the 800 metres his charge was unable to improve adequately and that there was no hard luck story in the defeat of his runner.   The Stipendiary Stewards while noting his explanations informed the trainer that it is his responsibility to notify the Stipendiary Stewards that his charge would be ridden in a manner different from the manner in which the horse was ridden at its most recent start or starts and should he fail to do so in future, he would be reported to the Stewards for appropriate action.

FLY BY WIRE (M F Ali Khan) ran detached from the field.  Tr. Rutherford Alford was informed not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a better performance.

App Shezad Khan, the rider of WORK FORCE, was fined a sum of Rs. 3.000/- for excessive use of the whip (2^nd offence) on his mount.