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PURE ELATION (Neeraj Rawal) shifted in before the Red Marker and caused interference to OCEAN WISH (Kavraj Singh) who shifted in bumping the hind quarters of INCOGNITO (B.Prakash), who in turn made contact with AMARETTO (Akshay).  Further, in the concluding stages of the race, PURE ELATION shifted in under the use of the whip on to INCOGNITO who in turn bored CLASS APART (P.Trevor) for a few strides. Jockey Neeraj Rawal was reported to the Stewards for Careless Riding.

The Stewards interviewed Jockey Neeraj Rawal and having heard him and having viewed the video recording of the race, were not satisfied with the explanation tendered by him and held him guilty of careless riding on his mount PURE ELATION. The Stewards noted that Mr.Neeraj Rawal’s Jockey’s license already stood suspended for 8^th March, 2012 for an earlier offence on BESPOKE. Therefore, the Stewards decided to further suspend his Jockey’s license w.e.f. 9^th March, 2012 to 15^th March, 2012 (both days inclusive) for careless riding on his mount  PURE ELATION(Permitted to ride work/mock race).

Jockey S.Zervan (MARTINIQUE) reported loss of his whip approaching the 200 metres marker. The explanation of Jockey S.Zervan that the whip of Jockey Neeraj Rawal hit his whip and thereby he lost his whip was noted.