BANGALORE SUMMER MEETING 2018

BANGALORE SUMMER MEETING 2018

SECOND DAY, MONDAY, 21^ST MAY, 2018

POSTPONED FROM SUNDAY, 20^TH MAY, 2018

RACING INCIDENTS

(8-14)

Going: Good

Penetrometer Reading: 4.3 Cms

False Rails: Railing fixed at average width of 6 Meters from 1600 Meters to winning post from its original position.

1^st Race: 8. The Esquire Plate - (About) 1200 metres. Maiden Horses 3 years old only (Horses who have run at least thrice but not placed second, third or fourth even once ineligible). (8 Runners).

Trainer Mr. Prithviraj B. was fined Rs.1,000/- for declaring Jockey Sai Kiran.K who did not have a valid licence under BTC Rules of Racing for the year 2018-19. Subsequently, permission was granted to trainer to declare Jockey Nikhil Naidu to ride ANDRA KING in the above race.

As Jockey Yash Narredu was unable to fulfill his riding engagement and had prior commitment to ride at Singapore, as such permission was granted to trainer Mr. S. Narredu to declare Jockey Suraj Narredu to ride RADIANT TREASURE in the above race.

STUNNING GREY (A.Imran Khan) suddenly veered out and inconvenienced NEW CREATION (A. Sandesh) passing the 700 Metres.

Jockey Rayan Ahmed R., the rider of CASTAWAY reported that his mount was running green throughout the race.

Jockey Arshad Alam, the rider of CAMILA reported that his mount was running green throughout the race.

Jockey A.Ramu, the rider of IDO WHAT I DO was fined Rs.1,000/- for not exercising sufficient control under the use of whip, whereby he shifted out and caused interference to SUPERB SUCCESS (Kuldeep Singh) in the final 50 Metres of the race.

STUNNING GREY (A.Imran Khan) sustained superficial injury on right hind inside hock.

Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b f NEW CREATION.

2^nd Race : 9. The Udhagamandalam Plate - (About) 1200 metres. Horses rated 00 to 20 (12 Runners).

Jockey Akshay Kumar was unable to fulfill his riding engagement, as the races were postponed and he had scheduled himself to ride track work at Ooty. Subsequently, permission was granted to trainer Mr.Azhar Ali to declare Jockey Jan'dhan Paswan to ride SOUL CALIBRE in place of the declared rider in the above race.

SOUL CALIBRE (Jan'dhan Paswan) was slowly away and lost few lengths at the start. In view of its behaviour, Trainer Mr.Azhar Ali was informed that he must not accept with it again until its behaviour improved to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in a jump out on a starting gate practice day.

Jockey Md.Akram, the rider of FINAL DESTINY was fined Rs.1,000/- for coming ‘in’ sharply and causing interference to the horses on his inside viz; EPONA (Rayan Ahmed R.) and TRACK STRIKER (Akshay) before passing the red marker post.

It was observed that RIVER ANGEL (A.Imran Khan) burst its blood vessels during the race, whereby the rider had to dismount before passing the winning post and did not complete the course. Trainer Mr.S. Ganapathy was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certificate from the Club's Veterinary Officer before accepting with it again.

It was reported after the race that INTERNAL AFFAIR (R. Anand) burst its blood vessels. Trainer Mr. Narayana Gowda V. 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 FINAL DESTINY.

3^rd Race: 10. The Bourbon King Plate - Div. I - (About) 1400 metres. Horses rated 30 to 50, 4 years old and over (12 Runners).

ATHENA (A. Sandesh) planted and lost many lengths. In view of its behaviour, Trainer Mr.S.S. Attaollahi was informed that he must not accept with it again until its behaviour improved to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in at least one Mock Race.

Trainer Mr. S. Inayathulla was fined Rs.3,000/- for not presenting the horse with VISOR and for the late presentation of his charge QUICK ACTION (R Manjunath). Subsequently, VISOR was put on before the horse left the paddock.

Jockey A. Imran Khan, the rider of AMBER CROWN was reprimanded for dropping hands before passing the winning post.

POWERSCOURT (Antony Raj S.) sustained heel clipped injury on right hind inner bulb and also superficial injury on back of pastern.

Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b f ATHENA.

4^th Race: 11. The Karnataka Juvenile Million (Grade II) - (About) 1400 metres. 3-year-old horses (foaled in 2015). (5 Runners).

Compulsory samples were taken for analysis from the following I,II & III placed horses viz:

gr c SIR CECIL I

dk b f CATALONIA II

b f EAU CLAIRE III

5^th Race: 12. The Dr.T.Thimmaiah Memorial Cup - (About) 1400 metres. Horses rated 45 to 65 (12 Runners).

Jockey Nikhil Naidu, the rider of RARE RHYTHM was reprimanded for coming ‘in’ and inconveniencing PERFECT LEGACY (M. Prabhakaran) on his inside approaching 1000 Metres.

Trainer Mr. Azhar Ali was questioned regarding the poor performance of his ward HARLEY QUINN (Jan’ dhan Paswan). The trainer stated that his ward did not like the going and also added that a shorter trip i.e, 1200 Metres would be better for his ward. His explanations were noted for future reference.

Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b g DANCING DRAGON.

6^th Race: 13. The Lady Gibraltar Plate - (About) 1400 metres. Horses rated 15 to 35, 5 years old and over (12 Runners).

MIDNIGHT SKY (Arshad Alam) jumped awkwardly inwards and inconvenienced FIORENZO (Ahsan Qureshi) at the start.

Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b m MIDNIGHT SKY.

7^th Race: 14. The Bourbon King Plate - Div. II - (About) 1400 metres. Horses rated 30 to 50, 4 years old and over (12 Runners).

Jockey Akshay Kumar was unable to fulfill his riding engagement, as the races were postponed and he had scheduled himself to ride track work at Ooty. Subsequently, permission was granted to trainer Mr. Azhar Ali to declare Jockey Arshad Alam to ride STANLEY in place of the declared rider in the above race.

As Jockey Yash Narredu was unable to fulfill his riding engagement and had prior commitment to ride at Singapore. Permission was granted to trainer Mr. S. Narredu to declare Jockey N. Rawal to ride AMAZING SKILL in the above race.

Jockey Md Akram, the rider of BIRCHWOOD was fined Rs.2,000/- for coming ‘in’ and causing interference to SOVIET UNION (R. Praveen Shinde), which in turn passed it onto AS TIME GOES BY (Suraj Narredu) before passing the red marker post.

Jockey Sunil Samson, the rider of ALVAREZ was fined Rs.1,000/- for coming ‘in’ and causing interference to CAMPARI GIRL (Nazerul Alam) approaching 300 Metres.

Trainer Mr. Azhar Ali and Jockey Arshad Alam were questioned regarding the running and riding of STANLEY. The trainer stated that his instructions were to go to the front and do his best. But his ward missed the jump and the rider had to push to obtain forward position and in the process had used up the horse whereby it stopped galloping in the final 150 Metres. The Jockey corroborated the statement of the trainer. However, Jockey Arshad Alam was cautioned to be more judicious in his judgment in future.

Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b g STANDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Permission was granted to trainer Mr. S.Dominic to deputise on behalf of trainer Mr. S. Britto who was unable to attend the races.

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BREATHALYSER TEST

No. of Riders Tested : 10

Results : Negative

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STARTING REMARKS : Issued by the Starters separately

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No. of Races : 7

No. of Runners : 73

Average Runners per race : 10.3

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Sd/- T.S. MAHENDHER,

Sd/- G. RAVI SHANKAR,

STIPENDIARY STEWARDS,

22-5-2018 PUBLISHED BY THE ORDER OF THE STEWARDS.