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After all the horses were stalled, TELL ME MORE (Shrikant Kamble) got keen and prematurely charged the gates which opened and the gelding came out. Since the Jockey was injured and unable to ride, TELL ME MORE was withdrawn before coming under the Starter’s Order.  Meanwhile, the other horses were taken out due to the delay and subsequently re-stalled. Trainer Narendra Lagad has been asked to give his charge more gate practice and show him to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race.

At the start, GLOWING STAR (S.Sunil) jumped awkwardly outwards and went on to SONEEYO (Akshay), who in turn went on to TALK OF THE TOWN (P.Kamlesh), who was steadied. 

Approaching 800 metres, SONEEYO (Akshay) shifted in, due to which DEFINING MOMENT (A.Sandesh) was forced to shift out in order to avoid clipping the former and in doing so, caused TALK OF THE TOWN (P.Kamlesh) to shift out who was awkwardly placed behind the heels of DISTANT PROMISE (Vikram Jodha) and was checked. Jockey Akshay has been fined Rs.1000/- for failing to exercise proper control over his mount.  

After the race, DISTANT PROMISE was found to be sound, but having a cut injury at the right hock. TALK OF THE TOWN and ZAKYNTHOS were found to be sound.