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An objection was lodged by Jockey Dashrath Singh, rider of HAMMERHEAD (placed third), against WALKING TALL (J.Chinoy, placed first). The reason being, in the last 75 metres, WALKING TALL (J.Chinoy) shifted in and bumped his horse whereby the horse got unbalanced and stumbled and he too was unbalanced at that stage and could not ride out just when the horse was getting into stride.

At the behest of the Stipendiary Stewards, a Stewards’ Enquiry was also held in  this race. The reason being, WALKING TALL (J.Chinoy, placed first) shifted in under use of the whip near 100 metres, causing ARABIAN CHAMP (Kavraj Singh, placed 3^rd)  to shift in, who in turn caused HAMMERHEAD (Dashrath Singh, placed 4th) to shift in and make contact with TOWERING HIGH (C.S.Jodha) who was severely interfered with, due to which HAMMERHEAD ricocheted back on to WALKING TALL. As TOWERING HIGH was steadied and squeezed out, DISTINGUISHED (A.M.Tograllu) who was following, collided with TOWERING HIGH and became unbalanced, nearly dislodging its Rider.

After considering the submissions made by the Jockeys concerned in conjunction with that of the Stipendiary Stewards and viewing the video recording of the race, the Stewards decided to disqualify WALKING TALL (placed first) and to revise the Order of Placing as under :-

MACHO UNO   -  First
ARABIAN CHAMP  -   Second
HAMMERHEAD   -     Third
MOMENT TO REMEMBER - Fourth

The Stewards after the last race, interviewed Jockey J Chinoy for Dangerous Riding in the above race and having heard the submissions made by him and viewing the video recording of the race, were not satisfied with the explanation tendered by him and decided to suspend his Jockey’s license w.e.f. 4^th December 2011 to 1^st January 2012 (both days inclusive) for dangerous riding on his mount WALKING TALL in the above race. (Permitted to work/ Mock race).

After the race, DISTINGUISHED was found to be sore by the right fore leg. The gelding has to be passed fit by the Club’s VO before next accepting to race.

After the race, WALKING TALL was found to be sound.