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At the start, ORALIE (Dhanu S Deora) ducked under the gates and bolted away towards the winning post, as such was withdrawn before coming under the starters order.TrainerMohsin Khan deputizing for V.S. Parmar was asked to give sufficient gate practice before next accepting to race.

At the start, LADY SANTANA (Ishwar Singh)was extremely fractious inside the gateshence was withdrawn before coming under starters order. Trainer IshwarSinghwas asked to give sufficient gate practiceto his chargebefore next accepting to race.

An enquiry has been initiated into the comparitiveperformance of EASTERN CROWNridden by jockey MB Qureshi and trained by Imdad Ali Khan.

On being questionedregarding dismal performance of QUEEN OF THE SKY (Jai Parkash) wherein the filly finished 10thas compared to her previous two runs where she performed well and was placed 2nd, trainer Rajinder stated that he had instructed the jockey to sit close 6th/7thand to do his best in the straight, but sincethe race was very fast paced the jockeycould not keep up with the field. Previous race had a smaller field as compared to the race in question.His statement was noted for future reference and he was informed that running of his charge will be closely monitored.