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BLACK LEON (Nazim) was slowly away from the Starting gates thereby losing sufficient grounds at the start, in view of its behavior Trainer I S Parmar was advised to give sufficient gate practice to his charge before accepting in a race.

Jockey Sameer Khan the rider of LITTLE DUKE was called in and questioned regarding his riding. He stated that he was instructed to sit 5th/6th and do his best and ride out his mount with hands and heels on entering the straight. He further stated that his mount was running for the first time in this season after bursting its blood vessel on the last day of the previous racing season and trainer specially told not to make use of the whip too much on his charge. Trainer Richpal Singh corroborating the instructions and statements of the Jockey stated that under the circumstances of the race, he was quite  satisfied with the running and riding of his charge. The matter was reported to the Stewards and after viewing the CCTV replay of the race, the Stewards directed the Stipendiary Steward to severely warn the trainer and the Jockey.

Jockey Bhiv Singh the rider of AMAZING BOLT was reprimanded for coming in sharply thereby inconveniencing DEVIL CUB (Akash Rajput) on his inside which had to be checked by its rider.

Urine sample was taken for analysis from the winner MISS JULIA in the presence of Trainer S Nawab and sent for Analytical test.