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This Race Declared NULL & VOID

At the behest of the Stipendiary Stewards, a Stewards Enquiry was held into the running of this race. The reason being that it was felt that App Tushar Nemane (CELSIUS) had not permitted his mount to run on its merits thereby willfully losing the race. Mr.Vikram D.Shah, part-owner of CELSIUS and Trainer Imtiaz A.Sait also lodged complaints against Apprentice Tushar Nemane.

The Stewards interviewed Apprentice Tushar Nemane and Trainer Imtiaz A.Sait as also Mr.Vikram D.Shah and having carefully considered the submissions made by them, the Stewards were not satisfied with the explanation tendered by Apprentice Tushar Nemane.  The Stewards also felt that some other runners may not have been permitted to run on merits.

After deliberation, the Stewards decided to invoke Rule 31 (a) of the Rules of Racing and to declare the race null and void in the best interest of racing as the circumstances led to believe prima-facie that the race was not fairly run. The Stewards further decided to suspend Tushar Nemane’s Apprentice Jockey’s license with immediate effect pending enquiry.

The Stewards after the last race again interviewed Apprentice Tushar Nemane who was accompanied by his Master, Mr.P.Shroff and having recorded their preliminary statements, directed the Stipendiary Stewards to conduct a detailed enquiry into the running of the above race and to submit a report.