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Permission was granted to Trainer Mr. Aditya K to withdraw CAPPADOCIA on veterinary grounds as it was reported to have suffered from EIPH during morning track work; He was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certificate from the Club's Veterinary Officer before accepting with it again.

ECO SYSTEM (Hemant Chandragiri) jumped awkwardly inwards thereby inconveniencing FIFTY GRAND (R Shiva Kumar), on its inside, at the Start.

RAPTOR (Shreyas Singh) jumped awkwardly inwards, thereby inconveniencing FIFTY GRAND (R Shiva Kumar) soon after the Start.

LUCKY SUN (Koshi Kumar) was observed to have dropped back in the last 100 Metres of the race.  The horse was impounded for veterinary examination, but no abnormality was revealed.

SWEETER THAN HONEY (Sameer Qureshi) ran detached from the field in the straight. Trainer Mr. Ashwin Rao S was informed to ensure better performance of his charge in future.

Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner ch m  WAR SONG.

The Stewards of the Mysore Race Club Ltd., considered the analytical report received from QuantiLab, Mauritius pertaining to the analysis of the urine sample taken from ch m WAR SONG (Trained by Mr. Girinath C and Owned by M/s Swiss Stud and Live Stock Pvt. Ltd.) which had shown the presence of the drugs Phentermine [Class II] and Mephentermine [Class I] – prohibited substances – the sample of which was taken after the said horse won the above race.

The Stewards noted the following:

The Trainer was informed of this and was given the option of sending the split sample of the urine of the said horse for confirmatory analysis.

The Trainer vide his dated 13th October, 2023 had informed the Club that he would like the split sample of the horse to be sent to LGC, New Market, United Kingdom.  Accordingly, the split sample was sent to the said laboratory and the said laboratory confirmed the presence of the drugs Phentermine [Class II] and Mephentermine [Class I] – prohibited substances, vide its report dated 1st November, 2023, which has also been informed to the Trainer concerned.

Therefore the Stewards decided to disqualify the horse ch m WAR SONG, from the above race and revised the order of the placing as under:

D GOLDEN CUP        I
TOP RANK            II
CITY OF HUSTLE    III
DESERT ROMANCE    IV
FIFTY GRAND        V

The Stewards authorised the Stipendiary Stewards to publish the above Order and forward a copy of the same to Trainer Mr. Girinath C.