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REGAL BEARING (A M Tograllu) and MOUNTAIN ROSE (Aadesh Kumar) were fractious while being stalled thereby delaying the start of the race.  Their respective trainers have been advised to give their charges adequate gate practice before accepting with them again.

LEONIDAS (Afzal Khan) was slow to begin losing approximately two lengths at the start.

The Stewards held an enquiry immediately after the race with particular reference to the interference received by dk b f VICTORY VIBES (Shailesh Shinde) in the concluding stages of the race.  After due deliberations the Stewards  decided to order the hoisting of ‘all clear’ signal.  The Stewards continued with the enquiry after the last race into the reasons of the interference and charged  App Vikash Tamang, the rider of b g STALKER, under Rule 161(i) of the Rules of Racing i.e. careless riding in that when his mount was in clear running and was placed under pressure the apprentice made no attempt to prevent the gelding from shifting ‘inwards’ thereby causing VICTORY VIBES galloping along the rails to be checked by its jockey to avoid running into the heels of the former and loose some ground.   The apprentice pleaded guilty to the charge and the Stewards when deciding on penalty took into consideration the record of the rider, points of mitigation and decided to suspend App Vikash Tamang from riding in races on 31^st January and 2^nd February, 2012.  The apprentice was informed of his right to appeal.

The Veterinary Officer reported that ANDROMEDA (N S Parmar) returned bleeding from right nostril.  Tr.  Shyam S Habbu was informed not to accept with his charge until certified fit by the Veterinary Officer.