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Permission was granted to Trainer Mr. M Pratap Kamath to substitute Jockey K Raghu to ride AZURE FIRE in place of Jockey R Manish, the declared rider.
 
Jockey Nazar Alam, the rider of HALOWEEN'S WAY, reported that he accidentally lost both his stirrups, soon after the Start, which he regained, passing the 1100 Metres.
 
Jockey S R Santosh Kumar, the rider of DARE THE DON, was fined Rs.2,000/- for shifting 'in' and causing interference to UNBELIEVABLE (Arshad Alam) on his inside, passing the 1000 Metres.
 
Jockey Arshad Alam, the rider of UNBELIEABLE, was fined Rs.2,000/- for shifting 'out' and causing interference to ABDERUS (J Paswan) on his outside, passing the 150 Metres.
 
Jockey J Paswan, the rider of ABDERUS, was fined Rs.3,000/- for the excessive use of the whip on his mount during the Race [first infringement].
 
Jockey S Antony Raj, the rider of DANCING BLUES, placed Second by the Judge, lodged an objection against Jockey J Paswan, the rider of ABDERUS, placed First by the Judge, for 'in the last 100 Metres, the winner took my ground and drifted 'out' badly, which cost me a certain Race'; The Stewards held an enquiry immediately after the Race and examined Jockeys S Antony Raj, J Paswan and K Raghu [the rider of AZURE FIRE, placed Third by the Judge]; After deliberations, they decided to overrule the objection.
 
Jockey J Paswan, the rider of ABDERUS, was fined Rs.3,000/- for shifting out sharply and causing interference to AZURE FIRE (K Raghu) and DANCING BLUES (S Antony Raj), on his outside in the closing stages of the Race.
 
Trainer Mr. J Sharavanan was questioned as to the relative performance of his charge ABDERUS (J Paswan), the winner of this Race as compared to its previous run in Race No. 38 of the Mysore Winter Races 2018-19, i.e., The Brig. C.C.Mohan Memorial Plate Div – II, (About) 1200 Metres, for horses rated 40 to 65, run on 6th Day, Tuesday, 25th December, 2018, when ridden by Jockey B Harish, it ran unplaced. The Trainer stated as follows; a) This horse ran on the Mysore Derby day (21st October, 2018) and it had got hurt; b) He had given it considerable rest and then started giving it work and the horse came on; c) Its first run in the Mysore Winter Races 2018-19 was in Race no. 32 and over six furlongs, for horses 5 years old and over, where it had finished a close 7th, about 4 lengths behind the winner; d) In its next run in open class, the rider had accidentally dropped the whip and had travelled and entered the Straight wide, but despite assistance from the saddle, it had finished about 4 ½ lengths behind the winner; e) As it was a 9 year old horse and as there were not many races for such horses, he chose to run it in the above Race; f) In this run, even though he had not fancied its chances, he had told the rider to go all out and his charge just about won the Race despite drifting out in the closing stages of the above Race. His explanations were noted.
 
It was reported after the Race that CASTLEBAR (Irvan Singh) burst its blood vessels; Trainer Mr. Bipin V Salvi was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certificate from the Club's Veterinary Officer before accepting with it again.
 
Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner, b g ABDERUS.