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At the request of Trainer P.Quinn, ANCIENT WONDER was examined at 0815 hours on 28/09/2013 and found to be sore by the left hind leg, as such, the gelding was certified unfit to race and was withdrawn on Veterinary grounds. The gelding has to be passed fit to race by the Club’s VO before next accepting to race. 

ORITO (Dashrath Singh) was restless in the stall and not allowing the rider to settle.   Trainer Faisal A.Abbas has been asked to give the gelding more gate practice and show him to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race.

At the start, DÉJÀ VU (P.S.Chouhan, dr.9) jumped awkwardly inwards and went on to WINDS OF FORTUNE (A.Ashhad Asbar, dr.8) who in turn went on to STAR OF GIBRALTAR (A.Sandesh). 

Jockey D.K.Ashish (SUPREME STAR) was observed to have used his whip in excess of the prescribed limit on his mount. This being his fourth offence with regard to the Use of the Whip, the matter was reported to the Stewards. 

The Stewards interviewed Jockey D.K.Ashish and having heard him and viewing the video recording of the race, were not satisfied with the explanation tendered by him and held him guilty of using the whip in excess of the prescribed limit on his mount SUPREME STAR. Therefore, the Stewards decided to deprive him of the use of the whip in races with effect from 6^th October, 2013 till the end of the Pune Meeting 2013 and for the first three race days of the Mumbai Meeting 2013/14 i.e. from 17^th November, 2013 to 24^th November, 2013.

In the last 100 metres, the whip of Jockey D.K.Ashish (SUPREME STAR) got stuck in the saddle of STAR TRAINER (C.S.Jodha) as both the horses were in proximity of each other.

After the race, ORITO was found to be sound.