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Trainer S. S. Shah has been fined Rs.1,000/- for having declared Jockey T. S. Jodha on his charge HOPE SPRINGS without confirming the ride with him.

ROYAL SAPPHIRE (Bhawani Singh) jumped out slow losing about 5 lengths at the start. Trainer Narendra Lagad has been asked to give the mare more gate practice and show her to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race.

At the start, NEW ENGLAND (J. E. Pereira, dr. 5) was slow to begin and jumped outwards.

At the start, DESERT RAGE (R. Ajinkya, dr.17) jumped inwards due to which RIOT OF COLOURS (D. S. Daman, dr.16) shifted inwards and bumped ETERNAL DANCER (Kishore Kadam, dr.15), who in turn shifted in forcing BEE QUIRKY (Neeraj Rawal, dr.14) HOPE SPRINGS (T. S. Jodha, dr.13) and LADY COACHMAN (G. Amit, dr.12) inwards. As a consequence of this, LADY COACHMAN (G. Amit) brushed the haunches of MT TIANMEN (App. S. A. Amit) thereby unbalancing the latter. 

Passing 800 metres, RIOT OF COLOURS (D. S. Daman) shifted in and bumped AME (P. Trevor).

Passing 700 metres, LADY COACHMAN (G. Amit) shifted in and brushed the haunches of MIZILLA GOLD (Akshay Gaikwad) who was unbalanced and thereafter further shifted in and bumped NEW ENGLAND (J. E. Pereira) who was racing along the rails and had to be checked. Jockey G. Amit has been suspended for. 1^st January 2017 for careless riding (permitted to ride work/mock race).

The Sr. V.O. reported that during the race, DANCING MAJESTY had a fall on the track at about 700 metres. On examination, fracture at right shoulder was observed, with painful swelling. First Aid treatment was given and subsequently the gelding was euthanized on humane grounds after obtaining consent of the Trainer.

In the final stages of the race, ROYAL SAPPHIRE (Bhawani Singh) shifted out thereby inconveniencing ARC OF PASSION (S. Joseph). Jockey Bhawani Singh has been cautioned After the race, App. Vishal N. Bunde (ZADORA) reported that the saddle on his mount had shifted forward passing the 200 metres. Trainer Nosher Cama has been fined Rs.2,000/- for faulty saddling of his charge.

After the race, HOPE SPRINGS was observed to have broken a blood vessel and is not to race for the stipulated ban period of four weeks. The gelding has to be passed fit by the Club’s V.O. before next accepting to race.

An enquiry has been initiated into the poor performance of LADY COACHMAN and a report will be submitted shortly.

After the race, NEW ENGLAND, LADY COACHMAN (examined on 16/12/2016) and RIOT OF COLOURS (examined on 16/12/2016), were examined in trot and found to be sound.