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b g EROS (Vinay Jaiswal) which was very fractious while being led to the starting gates, injured itself and was withdrawn on Veterinary grounds.  Tr. D M David was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer.

LEONIDAS (Afzal Khan) was slow to begin.

On jumping out of the gates ROMAN CENTURION (I Khan) (drawn 14) swerved to the outer portion of the race track, thereby losing considerable ground.  In view of its performance Tr. D M David was informed not to accept with his charge until shown to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in a mock race.

Jockey Neeraj Rawal, the rider of b c NOBLE DEFENDER, reported that his mount was inclined to run out through out the race and on entering the straight despite his best efforts it drifted to the outer portion of the race track.  Tr. Vijay Singh was advised to take remedial measures before accepting with the colt again.

On entering the straight HADRIAN (A M Tograllu) under pressure drifted to the outer portion of the race track.

Approaching the distance post SILVER GUEST (App Shezad Khan) was checked by its rider and lost ground when attempting a passage between SANSKRITI (N S Parmar) and BEETHOVEN (Imran Khan).