BANGALORE WINTER MEETING 2008-09 TWENTYFOURTH DAY, FRIDAY, 20TH FEBRUARY 2009 RACING INCIDENTS (167 - 174) Going : Good Penetrometer Reading: 3.6 Cms. (False Rails: Average width of 3 Metres from 1600 Metres to the winning post.) 1st Race: 167. The Jayanagar Plate - (About) 1100 Metres. Horses rated 00 to 25 (9 Runners). Trainer Mr. B. Prithviraj was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the starting declaration in respect of his charge THE COOL ONE. COMMAND PERFORMANCE (Shobhan Babu - drawn 5) jumped awkwardly outwards and inconvenienced CHAR CHAND (S. Shiva Kumar - drawn 6) on the outside which in turn passed it on to FANTASY KNOT (A. Ashok Kumar - drawn 7). SUN DEVICE (Suraj Narredu - drawn 2) bumped THE ROLLS (S. Chan- drashekar - drawn 1) soon after the start. FANTASY KNOT (A. Ashok Kumar) was tightened by SANFRANCISCO GIRL (Harish) approaching the 900 Metres. Jockey Harish, the rider of SANFRANCISCO GIRL, reported that his mount was lugging `in' in the straight. TOUCH OF PARADISE (M. Madhu Babu) pulled up lame on right fore. Trainer Mr. G. Nityanand was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certificate from the Club's Veterinary Officer before accepting with it again. THE ROLLS (S. Chandrashekar) sustained gum injury. 2nd Race: 168. The Bandipur Trophy - (About) 1400 Metres. Horses rated 20 to 45, 5, 6 & 7 years old (8 Runners). Trainer Mr. B. Prithviraj was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the starting declaration in respect of his charge LIVE IT UP Trainer Mr. S. Inayathulla was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the scratching form in respect of his charge ZANGI. IMMORTAL (C. Krishnan - drawn 7) jumped awkwardly inwards and inconvenienced TACTICAL GAME (S.R. Santosh Kumar- drawn 6) soon after the start. IMMORTAL (C. Krishnan) shifted `in' and inconvenienced LAGO VISTA (Harish) approaching the 900 Metres. 3rd Race: 169. The Talakaveri Plate - (About) 1100 Metres Maiden Indian Horses 3 years old only (Terms) (12 Runners). Trainer Mr. B. Prithviraj was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the starting declaration in respect of his charge YES I CAN. LOWNDES SQUARE (Saleem Golam drawn 8) jumped awkwardly outwards and inconvenienced BLACK BEAUTY (F.K. Shahbuddin - drawn 9) soon after the start. Jockey Shobhan Babu, the rider of HURRICANE BOLT, was fined Rs.1,000/- for jumping awkwardly outwards and inconveniencing MEGA JOY (C.D. Hayes) on his outside and then for bumping YES I CAN (Harish) soon after the start. Jockey Vinod Shinde, the rider of GRAND TOPAZ (drawn 11), was fined Rs.1,000/- for shifting `in' and causing interference to LOWNDES SQUARE (Saleem Golam - drawn 8) on his inside approaching the 900 Metres. BLACK BEAUTY (F.K.Shahbuddin) veered out approaching the 800 Metres. In view of its behaviour trainer Mr. Samar Singh was informed that he must not accept with it again until its be- haviour improved to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards in one Mock Race on a race day on the race track. Jockey Suraj Narredu, the rider of SUPER SPECTACLE reported that his mount was running green throughout the race. Jockey C.D. Hayes, the rider of MEGA JOY reported that his mount ran green throughout the race. SUPER SPECTACLE (Suraj Narredu) sustained bleeding injury on left hind coronet. Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b f DREAM PARK. 4th Race: 170. The Shravanabelagola Plate-Div.I-(About) 1200 Metres. Horses rated 40 to 65. (11 Runners) Jockey S.A. De Sousa, the rider of SPICY STAR, was fined Rs.1,000/- for shifting `in' and causing interference to LITTLE SPLENDOUR (S. Shiva Kumar) on his inside approaching the 200 Metres. Jockey Harish, the rider of RARE AND PRECIOUS, was reprimanded for not maintaining a straight course in the last 200 Metres. 5th Race: 171. The Bull Temple Trophy - (About) 1400 Metres. Horses rated 60 to 85 (12 Runners). Trainer Mr. B. Prithviraj was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the starting declaration in respect of his charge MADAM RICH. Jockey Suraj Narredu, the rider of DISTINCTLY AHEAD, was severely reprimanded for unnecessarily calling out during the race result- ing in Jockey S. Chandrashekar, the rider of RAIDER'S SUN to travel wide passing the 900 Metres thereby taking SALSERA (C.D. Hayes). Jockey S. Chandrashekar, the rider of RAIDER'S SUN was reprimand- ed for bumping SALSERA (C.D. Hayes) approaching the 600 Metres. RAIDER'S SUN (S. Chandrashekar) was observed to have lost right fore shoe after the race. DISTINCTLY AHEAD (Suraj Narredu) sustained an injury on right hind cannon. Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b f SAL- SERA. 6th Race: 172. The Siddaganga Plate - (About) 1600 Metres. Horses rated 40 to 65, 5, 6 & 7 years old (9 Runners). Permission was granted to Trainer Mr. M.B. Mangalorkar to with- draw ALGIERS on veterinary grounds as it was examined at 8.05 a.m. on 19th February 2009 and was found to be trotting lame on right fore due to injury on pastern. He was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certificate form the Club's Veterinary Officer before accepting with it again. Trainer Mr. Irfan Ghatala was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the starting declaration in respect of his charge FREEMASON . Trainer Mr. B. Prithviraj was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the starting declaration in respect of his charge CASINO ROYAL. Jockey A. Ashok Kumar, the rider of SUPERIOR SURPRISE was fined Rs.1,000/- for shifting `in' and causing interference to AMAZING FLORA (M.J. Gautam Raj Urs) on the inside approaching the 300 Metres. WAR HEAD (D.Gnaneshwar) sustained an injury on left hind cannon. GIFT A DIAMOND (Saleem Golam) sustained a bleeding injury on left hind cannon. Routine Sample was taken for analysis from the winner b g SUPERI- OR SURPRISE. 7th Race: 173. The Longchamp Plate - (About) 2200 Metres. Horses rated 20 to 45 (12 Runners). Trainer Mr. M. Eshwer was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the starting declaration in respect of his charge JERSEY ROCK. Jockey Saleem Golam, the rider of GIRL NEXT DOOR, pulled up his mount and dismounted approaching the 1100 Metres since he felt that the horse was not striding out in a normal manner. The horse was impounded for veterinary examination soon after the race and kept under observation. After the last race it was examined (endoscopy) and was found to have suffered from EIPH. Trainer R.R. Byramji was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certifi- cate from the Club's Veterinary Officer before accepting with it again. ROCAMORA (Afsar Khan) pulled up lame on right fore due to sprained fetlock. Trainer Mr. Sharat Kumar was informed that he must produce a Fitness Certificate from the Club's Veterinary Officer before accepting with it again. Trainer Mr. V. Lokanath was questioned regarding the poor perfor- mance of his charge REDSHIFT ridden by Jockey Suraj Narredu. The trainer stated that he had instructed the Jockey to ride from the front making his own pace and to do his best in the straight. When questioned, the Jockey corroborated the statement of the trainer and further added that approaching the 1000 Metres his mount was tending to run out and he had difficulty in keeping it on an even course inspite of his best effort and after entering the straight the horse had nothing left in it thereon. Their explanations were noted for future reference. 8th Race: 174. The Shravanabelagola Plate-Div.II-(About) 1200 Metres. Horses rated 40 to 65. (11 Runners) Trainer Mr. B. Prithviraj was fined Rs.500/- for making an error in the starting declaration in respect of his charge PERFECT ANALYSIS. Jockey Mohammed Shoaib, the rider of MUDEER POWER, reported that he lost his whip approaching the 300 Metres. REPIQUE (Suraj Narredu) sustained an injury on right hind cannon. ---------------------------------------------------------------- BREATHALYSER TEST No. of Riders Tested : 10 Results : Negative ---------------------------------------------------------------- STARTING REMARKS : Issued by the Starters separately ---------------------------------------------------------------- No. of Races : 8 No. of Runners : 84 Average runners per race : 10.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE STEWARDS Sd/- B. Shivaprasad, Sd/- T.S. Mahendher, 26-2-2009. Stipendiary Stewards.