BANGALORE WINTER MEETING 2007-2008 THIRTYSECOND DAY, SATURDAY, 22ND MARCH 2008 RACING INCIDENTS GOING : GOOD (Race No.225 to 231) PENETROMETER READING : 3.7 Cms. (False Rails - Width of 4 Metres from 1600 Metres to 1000 Metres and 6.5 Metres from 1000 Metres to the winning post.) 1st Race: 225. The Sringeri Plate - (About) 1100 Metres. 8 Runners Maiden Indian horses 3 years old only (Terms). HOLLYOAKS (S. Babu) sustained an injury on right hind cannon. Jockey Suraj Narredu, the rider of MAN UNITED, was fined Rs.3,000/- for the excessive and improper use of the whip on his mount during the race (2nd infringe- ment). 2nd Race: 226. The Badravathi Plate - (About) 1400 Metres. 9 Runners Horses rated 00 to 30, 5 & 6 years old. Jockey A. Ashhad Asbar, the rider of THRILL OF HOPE, was fined Rs.2,000/- for shifting `in' and caus- ing interference to CONSORT KING (Md. Shafiq) on his inside approaching the 900 Metres. Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b m GIRL NEXT DOOR. 3rd Race: 227. The Chamarajanagar Plate - (About) 1200 9 Runners Metres. Horses rated 40 to 70. Trainer Mr. Sharat Kumar was fined Rs.500/- for not using tongue strap on his charge BILLY BLACKJACK for the use of which prior permission had been ob- tained. Subsequently tongue strap was put on BILLY BLACKJACK before the horse left the paddock. Jockey A. Imran Khan, the rider of CIBONEY was fined Rs.2,000/- for shifting `in' and causing inter- ference to EXCELLENT SPEED (S. Mubarak) on his inside approaching the 1000 Metres. ADORABELLA (D. Gnaneshwar) was drifted `out' under pressure during the final stages of the race. 4th Race: 228. The Stewards Trophy - (About) 1600 Metres. 11 Runners Horses rated 80 and above. OUR LITTLE SAVAGE (D. Gnaneshwar) sustained a cut injury on right hock. Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b g ROYAL AMBASSADOR. 5th Race: 229. The Magadi Plate - (About) 1200 Metres. Horses 8 Runners rated 20 to 50. Trainer Mr. Tharun Thimmaiah was fined Rs.500/- for failing to produce the declared colours at the scales in respect of his charge RETRO QUEEN(Melvyn Maseyk). Subsequently `all black' emergency colours were permitted to be used. Trainer Mr. Tharun Thimmaiah was fined Rs.500/- for not using pecifier blinkers on his charge RETRO QUEEN for the use of which prior permission had been obtained. Subsequently pecifier blinkers was put on RETRO QUEEN before the horse left the paddock. BRAVE ARJUN (A. Ashhad Asbar) refused to raise a fluent gallop after jumping out of the gates and ran detached. In view of its behaviour trainer Mr. Samar Singh was informed that he must not accept with it again until its behaviour improved to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in one Mock Race on a race day on the race track. SUPER SONIC (C. Krishnan) burst its blood vessels after the race. Trainer Mr. B. Puttanna was informed to produce a Fitness Certificate from the Club's Ve- terinary Officer before accepting with it again. ADAIR (Khurshad Alam) pulled up lame after the race on both fore. Trainer Mr. S. Britto was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certificate from the Club's Veterinary Officer before accepting with it again. Jockey Khurshad Alam, the rider of ADAIR, was fined Rs.1,000/- for shifting out and taking out CINDY GIRL (Vijay Kumar), CLAP AND RUN (Md. Shafiq) and SUPER SONIC (C. Krishnan) on his outside soon after the start. After the race, the Club's Veterinary Officer reported that on examination it was observed that the left fore shoe of BRAVE ARJUN (A. Ashhad Asbar) had apparently splayed during the race. 6th Race: 230. The Agumbe Trophy - (About) 1400 Metres. 11 Runners Indian horses 3 years old only (Terms). Trainer Mr. S. Narredu was fined Rs.500/- for not declaring the weight in respect of his charge SERENITY NOW. Trainer Mr. Warren Singh was fined Rs.500/- for not declaring the weight in respect of his charge FLY FREE. SERENITY NOW (S. Rajesh) refused to raise a fluent gallop after jumping out of the gates and ran detached. In view of its behaviour trainer Mr. S. Narredu was informed that he must not accept with it again until its behaviour improved to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in one Mock Race on a race day on the race track. Jockey B. Prakash, the rider of VALIANT BAY, was fined Rs.2,000/- for shifting `in' and causing inter- ference to ROYAL AMBER (A. Imran Khan) which in turn passed it on to MIND ME (Samuel Fargeat) on the inside before passing the red marker post. Jockey A. Imran Khan, the rider of ROYAL AMBER, was fined Rs.3,000/- for the excessive use of the whip on his mount during the race (2nd infringement). 7th Race: 231. The Makalidurga Plate - (About) 1400 Metres. 10 Runners Horse rated 20 to 50, 5 & 6 years old. Permission was granted to trainer Mr. Samar Singh to withdraw CHAILA BABU on veterinary grounds as it was suffering from colic. He was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certificate from the Club's Veteri- nary Officer before accepting with it again. As Jockey S. Chandrashekar was certified medically unfit after his ride in the 6th race, permission was granted to trainer Mr. Sharat Kumar to substitute Jockey S. Babu to ride RAIN MAN in place of Jockey S. Chandrashekar the declared rider. The right reins of Jockey Mohd. Soiab, the rider of ILLUSIVE GIRL momentarily slipped while jumping out of the starting gates whereby he could not exercise control and his mount went in and inconvenienced KIOKO (Samuel Fargeat) on the inside at the start. Trainer Mr. B. Puttanna was questioned regarding the relatively improved performance of his charge SUN ZONE, the winner of this race as compared to its previ- ous run in Race No.146 of Bangalore Winter Meeting 2008-09 i.e. The Brahmaputra Plate-(About) 1400 Metres, for horses 20 to 50, 5 & 6 years old run on 1st Febru- ary 2008 when ridden by the same rider it ran unplaced. The trainer stated that in its last run the horse having been drawn 11 had to be gradually improved and by about 1000 Metres the rider obtained a forward position and rode well and the horse was in contention with the front bunch till about the last 100 Metres whereafter it finished 7th within 6 lengths from the winner. With that run in view and running after a gap of nearly 50 days it came out and won the race. His explanations were noted. Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner gr g SUNZONE. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Permission was granted to trainer Mr. S. Dominic to deputise on behalf of trainer Mr. S. Britto who was unable to attend the races. ---------------------------------------------------------------- BREATHALYSER TEST No. of Riders tested : 5 Result : Negative ---------------------------------------------------------------- STARTING REMARKS : Issued by the Starters separately. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. of Races : : 7 No. of Runners : : 57 Average Runners per Race : : 8.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sd/- T. RAMAN, Sd/- M. JAGDISH, Sd/- T.S. MAHENDHER, STIPENDIARY STEWARDS, 23-3-2008 PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE STEWARDS.