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Tr. Deepak Karki was fined a sum of Rs. 1,000/- for  parading his charge VICTORESS with a cross nose band for which permission had not been sought for.  Subsequently the equipment was removed before the start of the race.

b g SUPREME CONQUEROR (Vinay Jaiswal) which was very fractious in its stall injured itself, under the circumstances it was permitted to be withdrawn with the permission of the Stewards before coming under Starter’s orders.    Subsequently, the gelding was found to have sustained a fracture on hind quarter and was put down on humanitarian grounds.

REQUITE (M Maseyk) was fractious in its stall.

TIGANA (Russell Xaviers), VICTORESS (A M Tograllu) and ROMAN CENTURION (B Sreekanth) were slow to begin.

Approaching the 1000 metres RAGING BULL (App Shezad Khan) was squeezed for room due to a tightly packed field.

App Ankit Kumar, the rider of FLAMING LOVE, was severely reprimanded in the presence of master Tr. R Alford for negotiating the final bend wide for no apparent reason and was advised to report to Mr. N Bird, the Jockey Coach for appropriate corrective measures.

Jockey Aadesh Kumar, the rider of CLASSICAL ROMANCE, reported the loss of his whip approaching the final 50 metres of the race.

The Veterinary Officer reported that INCANTATION (Gajender Singh) returned bleeding from both nostrils.  Tr. Vikash Jaiswal was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer.

The Veterinary Officer reported that FLAMING LOVE returned with a cut injury on left fore.

At the conclusion of an enquiry held after the last race into the running and riding of b h TIGANA, trained by Mr. C Glich and ridden by Jockey Russell Xaviers, the jockey was found guilty to the charge of unsatisfactory riding (Rule 161(ii) in that during the final 400 metres of the race when in clear running he failed to infuse adequate vigour to his riding thereby failing to do justice to his mount.  The Stewards when deciding on the penalty took into consideration the record of the jockey, mitigating circumstances and decided to :-

a)  Suspend Jockey Russell Xaviers from riding in races from 30^th December 2011 to 30^th April, 2012 for unsatisfactory riding.  The jockey was informed of his right to appeal and  permitted to ride work.

b)  Fine Tr. C Gleich a sum of Rs. 20,000/-  for unsatisfactory running of his charge TIGANA and cautioned him to be more circumspect in the choice of his riders.