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Consequent to Jockey Nakhat Singh having been declared medically unfit to ride, the Stewards permitted Jockey Kuldeep Singh to be substituted on CITY CRUISE.

Explanation of Jockey Kuldeep Singh (CITY CRUISE) that his instructions were to go to front but due to fast initial pace he was unable to follow the given instructions and was forced to ride out his mount until entering the straight to keep up with the field resulting in gelding tiring and did not raise a winning gallop in the straight inspite of his best efforts, was confirmed by Trainer K. Satheesh was noted for future reference.

Jockey P. Sai Kumar (SHAH OF IRAN) reported that his mount was hanging in, in the straight more so under pressure inspite of his best efforts, noted. Trainer S A Raza Shehzad was advised to take remedial measures before next accepting in a race.

Explanation of Jockey Dhanu S Deora (RAISINA HILL) that his mount did not raise a fluent gallop throughout the race inspite of his best efforts and finished the course distance behind noted for future reference.

Trainer L.D' Silva was questioned with regard to the inconsistent running of his charge WINNING STREAK (App. Afroz Khan) winner of this race as compared to previous race where his charge finished 5th to which the Trainer stated that his charge in the previous race, has run in a race of distance about 2000 mtrs, previous to that the gelding has won a mile race .i.e. Race No. 37 and the 400 mtrs extra to travel in Race No. 70 has been to his charges disadvantage where the gelding got tired in the straight and finished 5th and this race being a mile race, his charge has run to the potential and manage to win. The Trainer further stated that he has not fancied the gelding but given a chance because he has other fancied runner in the race SPEAKING OF LOVE (Akshay Kumar) which returned lame in the race, noted. The Trainer was however, cautioned to ensure that his charges race more consistently in future.

SPEAKING OF LOVE (Akshay Kumar) returned lame on left fore due to fetlock joint sprain.

WINNING STREAK (App. Afroz Khan) winner of the race is sampled.