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Trainer H A  Khan was fined Rs.1000/- for failing to produce the registered owner’s colours  at the scales and he was further permitted to use the emergency colours “ALL BLACK” on his charge I WANNA RUN.

Prior to ‘ALL CLEAR’ being declared App Jockey Md Asif Khan the rider of    TARANTINO requested to view the race video with a view to consider lodging an objection. After viewing the video App Jockey Md Asif Khan decided to proceed with an objection and accordingly an objection was lodged by App Jockey Md Asif Khan the rider of TARANTINO placed fourth by the Judge against Jockey  M. Shahid  the rider of  TERRIFIC placed second by the Judge for “ coming in sharply, bumping so badly before the red marker thereby his mount got totally unbalanced. After which he crossed me due to which I had to check my mount as it broken its strides and that cost me a certain place”.
The Stewards held an enquiry immediately after the race interviewed the Jockeys concerned and after deliberations, considering the opinion expressed by the Stipendiary Steward and based on the observation of the race the Stewards were satisfied that an alteration to the placings could  be justified. Therefore, they decided to uphold the objection. The revised order of placing as under:-
                                 GRACE KELLY     FIRST
                                 BACHELOR BOY  SECOND
                                 TARANTINO       THIRD
                                 TERRIFIC           FOURTH
 Jockey M I Qureshi the rider of  GALLOP AWAY was fined Rs.3000/- for not sufficiently persevering with his mount in the last 200 mts of the race.

Jockey M Shahid the rider of TERRIFIC was reported to the Stewards in relation to his riding. The Stewards held an enquiry after the last race and interviewed Jockey M Shahid. After hearing his statements, considering the opinion expressed by the Stipendiary Steward and after due deliberations they decided to suspend the Jockey’s licence granted to Jockey M Shahid w.e.f. 23 Dec 2017 to 16 Jan 2018 (both days inclusive) for careless riding thereby contravening Rule No.161 (i) of RWITC Rules of Racing. He was permitted to ride work during the period of his suspension. Advised of his Right of Appeal.

Urine sample was taken for analysis from the winner GRACE KELLY in the presence of Trainer Ajay Sharma   and was sent for analytical test.