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When afforded an opportunity to explain the running of his mount BEYOND EXPECTATION, Jockey Shailesh Shinde stated that he was instructed to place his mount in 3rd/4th position and to do his best thereafter. However, as the pace of the race was not adequately fast enough in the early stages he decided to make his own running and, therefore, set his own pace from the front. In retrospect he should not have allowed his mount to run too freely as he is now aware that he had taken an unduly long lead. The Stipendiary Stewards advised him to be more circumspect in future.