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LONG TERMS (B Nikhil) was very fractious in its stall . Under the circumstances the gelding was permitted to be withdrawn before coming under Starter’s orders. Tr. D Karki was advised to give his charge adequate gate practice before accepting with it again.

MAHARAANA (Kiran Naidu), YOKUMOKU (A Sandesh) and LEGENDE INDIEN N E (D K Ashish) were fractious while being stalled.

PARTY ON (Sandeep Rajput) was slow to begin.

Approaching the 800 metres WINNING FORTUNE (M F Ali Khan) travelling along the rails was checked by its rider and lost some ground when DUKE OF EARL (App Md. Azharuddin) was carried ‘inwards’ by LEGENDE INDIEN N E (D K Ashish). At a subsequent enquiry Jo ckey D K Ashish was shown the CCTV replay of the race and reprimanded for failing to exercise adequate control over his mount.

Jockey Shailesh Shinde, the rider of SANTERO, reported that his left leg slipped out from the stirrup iron thereby momentarily u nbalancing its rider in the concluding stages of the race.

App Munna Alam, the rider of ACE BID, reported loss of his whip passing the 400 metre marker.