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After being stalled, HEADLINES (A. Imran Khan) played up in the stall. The filly was taken out and examined by the Club’s Sr. V.O. who certified her unfit to race, as such, she was withdrawn before coming under the Starter’s order.
 
The Sr. V.O. reported that after being loaded, HEADLINES played up awkwardly in the gates and kept its head pressed against the front gates and continued playing up, as such the filly was recommended to be withdrawn. The next morning i.e. 20/08/2017 the filly was observed to have an injury on the poll.
 
ALFONSO (P. Trevor) was fractious and refused to be stalled in spite of substantial efforts, as such, the gelding was withdrawn before coming under the Starter’s order.
 
APPLE BETTY (A. M. Tograllu) planted and lost considerable ground at the start.
 
In view of above, Trainers Altaf Hussain, Narendra Lagad and Karthik Ganapathy have been asked to give their respective charge more gate practice and show them to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race.
 
After the race, SHIVALIK SKIES was trotted and found to be sound.