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Consequent to Jockey Kiran Naidu having been declared medically unfit to ride, the Stewards of the Club permitted Jockey Mohit Singh to be substituted on MASTER TOUCH.

Explanation of Jockey Khurshad Alam (SWEET TALK) that his mount suddenly ducked in whilst travelling on the center of the track on to inner railings at about the 300 mtrs catching him unaware, noted. Trainer N. Rawal deputizing for Trainer K.S.V. Prasad Raju was advised to take remedial measures before next accepting in a race.

Explanation of App. Gaurav Singh (MY MASTER) that his mount was tending to run out in the straight more so under pressure, in the process shifted out from about 300 mtrs and forced out WIND SPRITE (App. R S Jodha) inspite of his best efforts was not accepted and the App. was fined Rs.2000/- for failing to maintain a straight course in the straight.

Explanation of Jockey P. Ajeeth Kumar (ACROBAT) that his saddle slipped back in the initial stages of the race as such he could not ride out his mount to complete advantage thereafter. As this confirmed our observation,. Asst. Trainer Karthik Menon deputizing for Trainer LVR Deshmukh was fined a sum of Rs.5000/- for failing to exercise greater care in saddling of his charge whose saddle slipped during running of the race.

MASTER TOUCH (Mohit Singh), MY GRANDEUR (B. Nikhil), CITY OF HUSTLE (G. Naresh) and GOOD DAY (Kuldeep Singh) did not raise a fluent gallop throughout the race inspite of respective Jockeys efforts. Respective Trainers SSF Hassan, A. Vatsalya, G. Shashikanth and K. Satheesh were advised for better performance in future.

DESERT SULTAN (Akshay Kumar) winner of the race is sampled.