ROYAL WESTERN INDIA TURF CLUB, LTD.

PUNE MEETING 2011 EIGHT DAY, SUNDAY, 4TH SEPTEMBER, 2011.

 (TRACK: MONSOON; PENETROMETER: 2; GOING: SOFT)

RACE DAY REPORTS

THERE WERE NO FALSE RAILS

 

On a request from Trainer D.J.Surti, permission was granted to Trainer Nana Raghunath to saddle his charges WELLS FARGO (1st race) and ALASKA (2nd race), at his (Trainer D.J.Surt’’s) risk and responsibility.

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CHANGE OF JOCKEY:

RACE NO

HORSE

JOCKEY

REPLACED BY

REASON

108

SLEUTH

B.Prakash

Suraj Narredu

Unavailable

108

ALMA MATER

Neeraj Rawal

S.Zervan

Unavailable

9 (119)

BLAU HIMMEL

D.S.Rathore

S.Sunil

Reported Sick

  

RACE NO.108 (P.Ex-1)– THE RADIO ONE TROPHY : (About) 1200 Metres. Run at 1.00 p.m. - Runners – 13

 

Owing to incessant rains,  the Stewards on 3rd September, 2011 had decided to cancel the races scheduled to be run on 3rd September, 2011, except The Radio One Trophy which was run at 1.00 p.m. on this day, Sunday, 04/09/2011.

 

PUMBA (C.S.Jodha) was slow in the stride, losing about 2 lengths at the start.

 

Relying on a report from the Sr.V.O. that PUMBA was declared to run with Aluminium plates but on examination was found to have Aluminium on Both Fore and Hind Bare,  Trainer Nina M.Lalvani has been fined Rs.2000/- for declaring incorrect Shoeing.

 

Jockey Dashrath Singh (VELOCITA) reported that his mount was standing awkwardly in the Stall and at jump out he lost his right stirrup which he regained after travelling 200 metres from the start. An enquiry has been initiated into the incident.

 

PUMBA (C.S.Jodha) shied and drifted out near 800 metres for a brief period.

 

Jockey S.Shinde (EQUIANO) and Jockey D.S.Rathore (RED SENSATION) have been cautioned for failing to ride out their respective mounts to complete advantage.

 

After the race, ALMA MATER was observed to have an abrasion at both hind pastern. SEA ROCK & VELOCITA were found to be sound.

 

RACE NO 1 (111) - THE AIR STRIKE PLATE (DIVII): (About) 1200 Metres.  Runners -  10

 

FINAL ATTACK (J.Chinoy) was slowly out, losing about 2 lengths at the start.

 

Approaching 1000 metres, ARABIAN POWER (M.A.Roushan) shifted out and carried LADY BLACK STAR (T.Atul) outwards, who in turn caused INSITE SOUL (S.Zervan) to travel wider. Jockey M.A.Roshan has been cautioned.

 

Jockey D.S.Rathore (MASTER CRAFT) has been cautioned for failing to ride out his mount past the Post.

 

The Sr.V.O. reported that after completion of the race, the Jockey on WELLS FARGO pulled up  his mount and dismounted and complained that the mare was uncomfortable. The mare was kept under observation in the saddling enclosure. On examination the mare was found to be sound.

 

After the race, MASTER CRAFT &  INSITE SOUL were found to be sound.

 

RACE NO 2 (112) – THE RAPIER PLATE (DIV.II) : (About) 1000 Metres.  Runners - 10

 

Prior to being stalled, RAIN FOREST (A.Sandesh) got loose and ran towards the 1200 metres chute. The gelding was caught and brought back to the start.

 

JUSTERINI (C.S.Jodha) stood awkwardly in the stall inconveniencing the Jockey and took an awkward jump on start. Trainer Magansingh P.Jodha has been asked to give the filly more gate practice and show her to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race.

 

After the race, JUSTERINI was found to be sore by the right fore leg. Also, the filly had a cut injury at the right coronet. The filly has to be passed fit by the Club’s VO before next accepting to race.

 

After the race, SEA DIAMOND was found to be sound.

 

RACE NO 3 (113) – THE LIVE LEGEND PLATE: (About) 1800 Metres. Runners - 9

 

Jockey C Rajendra (PERSIAN) has been fined Rs.3000/- for using the whip in excess of the prescribed limit on his mount.

 

After the race, PERSIAN was observed to have a cut injury at the left hind fetlock, TAANUSH had an abrasion at the right hind fetlock, URBAN WARRIOR had an abrasion at the right hind pastern and  MAGICAL MANTRA had an abrasion at the right hind fetlock and pastern.  LAURUS TIKATI &  NUMISMATIST were found to be sound.

 

RACE NO 4 (114) – FIELD MARSHALL SAM MANECKSHAW MEMORIAL TROPHY: ( About) 1200 Metres. Runners – 5

 

Soon after the start, DEAR HENRY (Y.S.Srinath) lugged out and went on to SCHNELL (S.P.Ranjane) on a couple of occasions. Travelling some distance further, SCHNELL (S.P.Ranjane) was inconvenienced while racing between DEAR HENRY (Y.S.Srinath) and CAPE FERRAT (Akshay) and lost position.

 

Near 200 metres, CAPE FERRAT (Akshay) shifted inwards due to which NATIONAL GLORY (Akash Agarwal) shifted in and was steadied and in doing so lost position due to which DEAR HENRY (Y.S.Srinath) who was following, was hampered for a run. Jockey Akshay has been cautioned.

 

After the race, SCHNELL was observed to have an abrasion at the right hind coronet.

 

RACE NO 5 (115) – THE CASINO ROYALE GOA WGF SEPTEMBER HANDICAP: (About) 1600 Metres.   Runners – 6

 

On the way to the start, BALACLAVA (C.Rajendra), dropped the rider and ran towards the winning post. After consultation with the Trainer, the colt was withdrawn from the race before coming under the Starter’s Order.

 

BLING (A.Sandesh) and SPOOK (Y.S.Srinath)  were reluctant to be stalled. Trainers Sanjay Kolse and Imtiaz A.Sait have been asked to give their respective charge more gate practice and show them to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race.

 

At the start, ROYAL CREST (Dashrath Singh) drifted out and carried BRAVE VISION (Vikram Jodha) and KATHELYNN (Akash Agarwal) outwards.

 

Approaching 800 metres, ROYAL CREST (Dashrath Singh) was hampered for a run and was steadied as BLING (A.Sandesh) shifted ground inwards. Jockey A.Sandesh has been cautioned.

 

After the race, ROYAL CREST was observed to have an abrasion at the right hind pastern. SPOOK was found to be sound.

 

RACE NO 6 (116) – THE SOUTHERN COMMAND GOLD TROPHY(GR.3): About) 1600 Metres. Runners – 7

                                                                                                                                                   

After the race, STAR FUTURE and SU CHALIYO were found to be sound. The right hind plate on STAR FUTURE was observed to be loose.

 

RACE NO 7 (117) – THE RAPIER PLATE (DIV.I): (About) 1000 Metres.   Runners – 11

 

Jockey C.Rajendra (REIN IN SPAIN, dr.11) has been fined Rs.2,000/-  for shifting in before the Red Marker wherein REIN IN SPAIN went across KERINGDINGAN (S.Sunil, dr.10) who in turn hampered the running of BLUE KNIGHT (S.P.Ranjane, dr.9). Shortly afterwards  REIN IN SPAIN went across HOTTIE (Dashrath Singh, dr.8) and then went on to BARTIMAEUS (P.Trevor) who was steadied.

 

At the start, BARTIMAEUS (P.Trevor, dr.5) jumped out awkwardly inwards and hampered the running of ASHWA BABHRI (Suraj Narredu, dr.4). BORN TO RACE (D.K.Ashish, dr.1) jumped out awkwardly outwards and made contact with FIREBACK (D.A.Naik, dr.2).

 

Near 800 metres, ASHWA BABHRI (Suraj Narredu) was checked as the filly was awkwardly placed behind the heels of WORD OF HONOUR (Amyn Merchant) who was steadied.  

 

Passing 600 metres, BLUE KNIGHT (S.P.Ranjane) shifted in and tightened ASHWA BABHRI (Suraj Narredu) who clipped the heels of the former and stumbled. Jockey S.P.Ranjane has been fined Rs.3000/- for failing to exercise proper control over his mount.

 

Near 300 metres, WORD OF HONOUR (Amyn Merchant) clipped the hind heels of BARTIMAEUS (P.Trevor) and stumbled.

 

Jockey Suraj Narredu (ASHWA BABHRI) reported that his mount hung in throughout the race. Trainer M. Narredu has been asked to take remedial measures before next accepting to race the filly.

 

Jockey S.Sunil (KERINGDINGAN) has been fined Rs.3000/- for using the whip in excess of the prescribed limit.

 

After the race, ASHWA BABHRI was found to be sound.

 

RACE NO 8 (118) – THE ACROBAT PLATE: (About) 1600 Metres.   Runners – 15

 

Trainer P.Shroff has been fined Rs.1000/- for failing to produce the registered colours in respect of his charge SKYWAY (Dashrath Singh). The Jockey wore the emergency colours “All Black”

 

CHINGARI (S.N.Chavan) was reluctant to be stalled. Trainer Narendra Lagad has been asked to give the mare more gate practice and show her to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race.

 

INVICTUS (Suraj Narredu) stumbled at the start due to which the rider momentarily lost composure which he regained shortly.

 

At the start, CHINGARI (S.N.Chavan) and ASHWA PRAYAG (Nirmal Jodha) jumped out awkwardly outwards and inwards and made contact with each other and due to the impact CHINGARI ricocheted on to CELESTIAL CALL (Aadesh Kumar) and was steadied and in doing so lost position.

At the start, ZEKI (Shrikant Kamble) jumped out awkwardly. OCEAN STORM (Sunny Chinoy) and SKYWAY (Dashrath Singh) jumped out awkwardly outwards and inwards respectively and made contact with each other. INVICTUS (Suraj Narredu) stumbled at the start.

 

Near 500 metres, INVICTUS (Suraj Narredu) was inconvenienced while racing on the inside of XANADU (Ladjadj Stephane).

 

After the race, OCEAN STORM was found to be sore by the left fore leg. The filly has to be passed fit by the Club’s VO before next accepting to race.

 

After the race, SKYWAY, INVICTUS, ENCHANTED & XANADU were found to be sound. ENCHANTED had a cut injury at the left hind bulb of heel.

 

RACE NO 9 (119) – THE  AIR STRIKE PLATE (DIV.I): (About) 1200 Metres.   Runners – 11

 

UPROAR (A.Sandesh) was reluctant  to be stalled. Trainer Rehanullah Khan has been asked to give the gelding more gate practice and show him to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials, before next accepting to race again.

BLUSH (Akash Agarwal) and THE RIGHT MAN (Ishwar Pardeshi) were slowly out losing about 3 lengths each, at the start.

 

At the start, TZIGANE (Aadesh Kumar) jumped out awkwardly.

 

In the final stages of the race, BLAU HIMMEL (S.Sunil) was eased up as the gelding lugged in while being ridden between TAG ALONG TOMMY (Kavraj Singh) and VICTOR IVANOV (Akshay). Trainer Dallas Todywalla has been asked to take remedial measures before accepting race the gelding.

 

After the race, THE RIGHT MAN and VICTOR IVANOV were found to be sore by the right fore leg. Both the horses have to be passed fit by the Club’s VO before next accepting to race.

 

After the race, BLUSH & TZIGANE were found to be sound.

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The post race urine sample of the winner of 3rd, 4th & 6th race viz. PERSIAN, ELIZABETH and NATIVE KNIGHT, as also that of STAR FUTURE & MR GREEDY (6th race) and the special sample of ALMA MATER, EQUIANO & BE COOL (Race No.108), SCINTILLATING STAR (1st race), BRAVE VISION & SMART HUNTER (5th race) and SKYWAY, STARRY GLOW & CAPRIOLE (8th race), were collected for detection of prohibited substance.

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TOTAL NUMBER OF RACES   - 10    TOTAL NUMBER OF RUNNERS                     -                       97

TOTAL STAKES    -  Rs.34,60,750/-   AVE. NUMBER OF RUNNERS PER RACE      -                     9.7                          

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SUMMARY:

SUSPENSION/ FINE (S)

R.108

Trainer Nina M. Lalvani - fined Rs.2000/-.

R.3(113)

Jockey C.Rajendra - fined Rs.3000/- (whip offence)

R.7(117)

Jockey C.Rajendra - fined – Rs.2000/-

Jockey S.P.Ranjane - fined Rs.3000/-.

Jockey S.Sunil - fined Rs.3000/-. (whip offence)

R.8(118)

Trainer P.Shroff - fined Rs.1000/-.

R.2(112)

JUSTERINI (Sore) – to be passed fit (VO). Also to be shown to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials

R.5(115)

BLING & SPOOK – to be shown to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials

R.7(117)

ASHWA BABHRI – remedial measures

R.8(118)

CHINGARI – to be shown to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials

OCEN STORM (Sore) – to be passed fit (VO)

R.9(119)

THE RIGHT MAN & VICTOR IVANOV (Sore) – to be passed fit (VO)

UPROAR – to be shown to the satisfaction of the Starter at morning starting trials

BLAU HIMMEL – remedial measures

 

 

 

 

PACIFIERS USED

R.108

AGNI BAAN, AUGUSTUS, EQUINO,PUMBA, ALMA MATER, BE COOL, CHIQUITQ, RED SENSATION, VELOCITA

R.1(111)

MASTER CRAFT, WELLS FARGO, FINAL ATTACK, LADY BACK STAR

R.2(112)

GOOD AS GOLD, SEA DIAMOND, PURPLE MOON, JUSTERINI, ALASKA

R.3(113)

PERSIAN, MALISCHKA, TAANUSH, GOLDEN KINGDOM

R.4(114)

ELIZABETH, CAPE FERRAT, DEAR HENRY, SCHNELL

R.5(115)

BALACLAVA, BRAVE VISION, SMART HUNTER

R.6(116

MR GREEDY, ONASSIS, SU CHALIYO, STAR FUTURE

R.7(117)

HOTTIE, KERINGDINGAN, BARTIMAEUS, FIREBACK, WORD OF HONOUR

R.8(118)

SKYWAY, OCEAN STORM, DISTANT PROMISE, CAPRIOLE, AMORA, ASHWA PRAYAG, BANANA BOY

R.9(119)

BLAU HIMMEL, TOMORROWS DREAMS, BORN DESTINY, SOLID ROCK, TAG ALONG TOMMY

 

SUBJECT : ENQUIRY INTO THE POSITIVE REPORT IN RESPECT OF b g “OCEAN AND BEYOND” (WINNER)   IN RACE NO.71 – THE CASINO ROYALE INDIAN 2000 GUINEAS (GR.1) RUN ON SUNDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 2010  :

The Stewards of the Club at their meeting held on Tuesday, 23rd  August, 2011 considered the evidence obtained by the Stipendiary Stewards/Sr.V.O. in the above enquiry and having interviewed Trainer S.K.Sunderji, reserved their judgement.

 

The Stewards of the Club  at their meeting held on Tuesday, 30th August, 2011,  after having thoroughly enquired into the matter and having applied their minds to the entire facts and circumstances of the case and to all papers, proceedings, reports and records and also having permitted Trainer S.K.Sunderji to make submissions in the subject matter, found that he had no mitigating circumstances to offer in the subject case and as such, held him guilty of breach of the Medication Rules, consequently he became vicariously liable. In that :

 

1)         The Stewards, after due deliberation, did not accept the alleged contamination as mitigating circumstances for various reasons inter-alia :-

 

(i)                 There were no Indents in the name of OCEAN AND BEYOND for the alleged contaminated batch of feed supplements viz. Equitop Myoplast, Equitop Pronutrin and Equitop Gonex;

(ii)               The feed supplements were not recorded in the Veterinary / Medication Log book;

(iii)             The Trainer had, while indenting the supplement, confirmed in writing that the supplements are sourced at his cost / risk;

(iv)              The chain of custody for the independent testing done jointly by him along with Trainers P.Shroff and C.D.Katrak, was not as per established procedure, in that, the samples were taken from open boxes and no witness from the Club was present or intimated;

(v)                The Stewards noted that there were Indents in the names of 223 horses, including AMARETTO, in Western India for the alleged contaminated batch of Equitop Myoplast 100529 out of which 69 horses were sampled. Similarly, there were Indents in the names 89 horses, including AMARETTO for the alleged contaminated batch of Equitop Pronutrin 100093 out of which 43 horses were sampled there were Indents in the names of 85 horses, including ELOISE, for the alleged batch of Equitop Gonex 100477 out of which 33 horses were sampled. This meant that approximately 200 horses were sampled routinely by the Club for whom Indents were placed for the same batch of feed supplements in Mumbai alone. Out of these 200 horses tested, only two horses viz. ELOISE and AMARETTO tested positive. There were no Indents in the names of the other two horses who were reported positive, viz. OCEAN AND BEYOND and STAR FUTURE.

(vi)              The feed supplement Manufacturer, Boehringer, confirms supply of the same supplements world wide in thousands of units with not a single claim of contamination;

(vii)            The five recent cases of BOLDENONE finding in random testing with no link to contaminated feed has raised a question mark on the Trainer’s cover. Atleast one of the two Trainers concerned has confirmed to the Stewards that his two horses which were reported positive for BOLDENONE, were not fed these feed supplements at all.

(viii)          The Medication Rules contain no provision for additional testing beyond the reference sample or for testing nutritional samples. Further, the Club was legally advised that it was not obliged to test the feed supplements. Also the Club neither compels nor recommends the usage of these supplements by trainers.

 

Notwithstanding the above, and in view of prima facie evidence of contamination provided by Tr.S.K.Sunderji, and in order to be completely fair, the Stewards accepted to have samples of the alleged contaminated feed of the same batch tested at HFL, UK, to help him prove mitigating circumstance. HFL is a lab accredited by the R.W.I.T.C. Ltd. for testing of samples of all its Classic and Grade-1 races. Vide this office letter dated 25th April, 2011 Tr.S.K.Sunderji was told that the Club will not entertain any further request for testing for either urine or feed and will proceed with the test only based on HFL procedure and conditions. The other RWITC accredited labs were either unable to test the feed supplements or gave no satisfactory response. The Trainer had given his consent in writing vide his letter dated 3rd May, 2011 to these conditions. Once HFL confirmed they can test the feed supplements but at a level of 10 ng, he did not agree to go ahead with the test of the supplements. As informed to him earlier, the Stewards then initiated and completed the enquiry.

 

2)         The Stewards took into consideration that BOLDENONE is banned by the Government of India unless administered for therapeutic purpose by the Club’s Official Veterinarian or licensed practicing Veterinarians of the RWITC Ltd and duly notified to the Sr.V.O. in writing within 24 hours of such administration. Therefore, in April, 2011 the  Stewards had decided to remove all Steroids and Sex Hormones from the list of Classification and placed them on a proscribed list. However, since OCEAN AND BEYOND was reported positive for BOLDENONE before the Stewards took the above decision, they applied the old Medication Rules prior to this change;

 

3)         The Stewards have gone by past precedents of ten years where the Stewards have usually taken into consideration the Medical Infringement of the previous five years to determine the number of offences and decide on punishment and gave a lesser weight-age to infringements beyond five years. Accordingly, the Stewards have treated the Medical Infringement of OCEAN AND BEYOND as Tr.S.K.Sunderji’s second offence taking into account that he had a positive on OCEAN WISH in 2009.  Further, the Stewards noted that he had two earlier cases of Medical Infringement which were more than 5 years ago. However, in the first case of DAFFODILS who was reported positive for Morphine, the Stewards had accepted his mitigating circumstances and in the second case of HOLLYWOOD WILD who was reported positive for Oxyphenbutazone and Phenylbutazone, these drugs now have a reporting level as per the amended rules and therefore the same was not taken into account.

 

Taking an overall view, the Stewards decided as under :-

a)      to suspend his Trainers license for a period of 45 days;

b)      to fine him a sum of  Rs.10,000/-.

 

Tr.S.K.Sunderji was informed that as per the Medication Rules, suspension for breach of the Medication Rules has to start with immediate effect. However, the Stewards would like to give him some time to make his arrangement for the transfer of his horses. Therefore, in consultation with Trainer S.K.Sunderji, it was decided, that his Trainer’s license shall stand suspended w.e.f. 5th September, 2011 to 19th October, 2011 (both days inclusive) and to fine him a sum of Rs.10,000/-.

 

SUBJECT : POSITIVE REPORT IN RESPECT OF dk b f “ELOISE” (PLACED 3RD)   IN RACE NO.59 – THE GIANTTI BY GITANJALI LIFESTYLE INDIAN 1000 GUINEAS (GR.1) RUN ON SUNDAY, 12TH DECEMBER, 2010 

The Stewards of the Club at their meeting held on Tuesday, 23rd  August, 2011 considered the evidence obtained by the Stipendiary Stewards/Sr.V.O. in the above enquiry and having interviewed Trainer P.Shroff, reserved their judgement.

The Stewards of the Club  at their meeting held on Tuesday, 30th August, 2011,  after having thoroughly enquired into the matter and having applied their minds to the entire facts and circumstances of the case and to all papers, proceedings, reports and records and also having permitted Trainer P.Shroff to make submissions in the subject matter, found that he had no mitigating circumstances to offer in the subject case and as such, held him guilty of breach of the Medication Rules, consequently he became vicariously liable.  In that :-

 

1)         The Stewards, after due deliberation, did not accept the alleged contamination as mitigating circumstances for various reasons inter-alia :-

(i)                 Except for one Indent for Equito Gonex, there were no other Indents in the name of ELOISE for the alleged contaminated batch of feed supplements viz. Equitop Myoplast and, Equitop Pronutrin;

(ii)               The feed supplements were not recorded in the Veterinary / Medication Log book;

(iii)             Trainer P.Shroff had, while indenting the supplement, confirmed in writing that the supplements are sourced at his cost / risk;

(iv)              The chain of custody for the independent testing done jointly by him along with Trainers S.K.Sunderji and C.D.Katrak, was not as per established procedure, in that, the samples were taken from open boxes and no witness from the Club was present or intimated.

(v)                The Stewards noted that there were Indents in the names of 223 horses, including AMARETTO, in Western India for the alleged contaminated batch of Equitop Myoplast 100529 out of which 69 horses were sampled. Similarly, there were Indents in the names 89 horses, including AMARETTO for the alleged contaminated batch of Equitop Pronutrin 100093 out of which 43 horses were sampled there were Indents in the names of 85 horses, including ELOISE, for the alleged batch of Equitop Gonex 100477 out of which 33 horses were sampled. This meant that approximately 200 horses were sampled routinely by the Club for whom Indents were placed for the same batch of feed supplements in Mumbai alone. Out of these 200 horses tested, only two horses viz. ELOISE and AMARETTO tested positive. There were no Indents in the names of the other two horses who were reported positive, viz. OCEAN AND BEYOND and STAR FUTURE.

(vi)              The feed supplement Manufacturer, Boehringer, confirms supply of the same supplements world wide in thousands of units with not a single claim of contamination;

(vii)            The five recent cases of BOLDENONE finding in random testing with no link to contaminated feed has raised a question mark on your defense. Atleast one of the two Trainers concerned has confirmed to the Stewards that his two horses which were reported positive for BOLDENONE, were not fed these feed supplements at all.

(viii)          The Medication Rules contain no provision for additional testing beyond the reference sample or for testing nutritional samples. Further, the Club was legally advised that it was not obliged to test the feed supplements. Also the Club neither compels nor recommends the usage of these supplements by trainers.

 

Notwithstanding the above, and in view of prima facie evidence of contamination provided by Tr.P.Shroff, and in order to be completely fair, the Stewards accepted to have samples of the alleged contaminated feed of the same batch tested at HFL, UK, to help him prove mitigating circumstance. HFL is a lab accredited by the R.W.I.T.C. Ltd. for testing of samples of all its Classic and Grade-1 races. Vide this office letter dated 25th April, 2011 Tr.P.Shroff  was told that the Club will not entertain any further request for testing for either urine or feed and will proceed with the test only based on HFL procedure and conditions. The other RWITC accredited labs were either unable to test the feed supplements or gave no satisfactory response. The trainer had given his consent in writing vide his letter dated 3rd May, 2011 to these conditions. Once HFL confirmed they can test the feed supplements but at a level of 10 ng, Tr.P.Shroff did not agree to go ahead with the test of the supplements. As informed to the trainer earlier, the Stewards then initiated and completed the enquiry.

 

2)         The Stewards took into consideration that BOLDENONE is a drug that is banned by the Government unless administered for therapeutic purpose by the Club’s Official Veterinarian or licensed practicing Veterinarians of the RWITC Ltd and duly notified to the Sr.V.O. in writing within 24 hours of such administration. Therefore, in April, 2011 the  Stewards had decided to remove all Steroids and Sex Hormones from the list of Classification and placed on a proscribed list. However, since ELOISE was reported positive for BOLDENONE before the Stewards took the decision, the Stewards applied the old Medication Rules prior to this change;

 

Taking an overall view and this being Tr.P.Shroff’s first infringement of the Medication Rules, the Stewards decided as under :

a)      to suspend his Trainers license for a period of 30 days;

b)      to fine him a sum of  Rs.10,000/-.

 

Trainer P.Shroff  was informed that as per the Medication Rules, suspension for breach of the Medication Rules has to start with immediate effect. However, the Stewards would like to give him some time to make his arrangement for the transfer of his horses. Therefore, in consultation with Tr.P.Shroff, it was decided that his Trainer’s license shall stand suspended w.e.f. 5th September, 2011 to 4th October, 2011 (both days inclusive) and to fine him a sum of Rs.10,000/-.

 

SUBJECT : ENQUIRY INTO THE POSITIVE REPORT IN RESPECT OF b g “STAR FUTURE” (PLACED 2ND) IN RACE NO.71 – THE CASINO ROYALE INDIAN 2000 GUINEAS (GR.1) RUN ON SUNDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 2010  :

 

The Stewards of the Club at their meeting held on Tuesday, 30th August, 2011 considered the evidence obtained by the Stipendiary Stewards/Sr.V.O. in the above enquiry and interviewed Trainer C.D.Katrak who was accompanied by his Spokesman, Mr.Maninder Singh.

 

The Stewards  after having thoroughly enquired into the matter and having applied their minds to the entire facts and circumstances of the case and to all papers, proceedings, reports and records and also having permitted Trainer C.D.Katrak and his Spokesman to make submissions in the subject matter, found that he had no mitigating circumstances to offer in the subject case and as such, held him guilty of breach of the Medication Rules, consequently he became vicariously liable.  In that :-

 

1)         The Stewards, after due deliberation, did not accept the alleged contamination as mitigating circumstances for various reasons inter-alia:-

 

(i)                 There were no Indents in the name of STAR FUTURE for the alleged contaminated batch of feed supplements viz. Equitop Myoplast, Equitop Pronutrin and Equitop Gonex;

(ii)               It could not be proved based on log books as to when and which feed supplement was given to which horse;

(iii)             The feed supplements were not recorded in the Veterinary / Medication Log book;

(iv)              Tr.C.D.Katrak had, while indenting the supplement, confirmed in writing that the supplements are sourced at his cost / risk;

(v)                The chain of custody for the independent testing done jointly by him along with Trainers P.Shroff and S.K.Sunderji, was not as per established procedure, in that, the samples were taken from open boxes and no witness from the Club was present or intimated.

 

(vi)              The Stewards noted that there were Indents in the names of 223 horses, including AMARETTO, in Western India for the alleged contaminated batch of Equitop Myoplast 100529 out of which 69 horses were sampled. Similarly, there were Indents in the names 89 horses, including AMARETTO for the alleged contaminated batch of Equitop Pronutrin 100093 out of which 43 horses were sampled there were Indents in the names of 85 horses, including ELOISE, for the alleged batch of Equitop Gonex 100477 out of which 33 horses were sampled. This meant that approximately 200 horses were sampled routinely by the Club for whom Indents were placed for the same batch of feed supplements in Mumbai alone. Out of these 200 horses tested, only two horses viz. ELOISE and AMARETTO tested positive. There were no Indents in the names of the other two horses who were reported positive, viz. OCEAN AND BEYOND and STAR FUTURE.

(vii)            The feed supplement Manufacturer, Boehringer, confirms supply of the same supplements world wide in thousands of units with not a single claim of contamination;

(viii)          The five recent cases of BOLDENONE finding in random testing with no link to contaminated feed has raised a question mark on Trainer C.D.Katrak’s defense. Atleast one of the two Trainers concerned has confirmed to the Stewards that his two horses which were reported positive for BOLDENONE, were not fed these feed supplements at all.

(ix)              The Medication Rules contain no provision for additional testing beyond the reference sample or for testing nutritional samples. Further, the Club was legally advised that it was not obliged to test the feed supplements. Also the Club neither compels nor recommends the usage of these supplements by trainers.

 

Notwithstanding the above, and in view of prima facie evidence of contamination provided by Tr.C.D.Katrak, and in order to be completely fair, the Stewards accepted to have samples of the alleged contaminated feed of the same batch tested at HFL, UK, to help him prove mitigating circumstance. HFL is a lab accredited by the R.W.I.T.C. Ltd. for testing of samples of all its Classic and Grade-1 races. Vide this office letter dated 25th April, 2011 Tr.C.D.Katrak was told that the Club will not entertain any further request for testing for either urine or feed and will proceed with the test only based on HFL procedure and conditions. The other RWITC accredited labs were either unable to test the feed supplements or gave no satisfactory response. Tr.C.D.Katrak had given his consent in writing vide his letter dated 3rd May, 2011 to these conditions. Once HFL confirmed they can test the feed supplements but at a level of 10 ng, the trainer did not agree to go ahead with the test of the supplements. As informed to Tr.C.D.Katrak earlier, the Stewards then initiated and completed the enquiry.

 

2)         The Stewards took into consideration that BOLDENONE is a drug that is banned by the Government unless administered for therapeutic purpose by the Club’s Official Veterinarian or licensed practicing Veterinarians of the RWITC Ltd and duly notified to the Sr.V.O. in writing within 24 hours of such administration. Therefore, in April, 2011 the  Stewards had decided to remove all Steroids and Sex Hormones from the list of Classification and placed on a proscribed list. However, since STAR FUTURE was reported positive for BOLDENONE before the Stewards took the decision, the Stewards applied the old Medication Rules prior to this change;

 

3)         The Stewards have gone by past precedents of ten years where the Stewards have usually taken into consideration the Medical Infringement of the previous five years to determine the number of offences and decide on punishment and a lesser weight-age given to infringements beyond five years. The Stewards noted that Tr.C.D.Katrak had a Medical Infringement on GLORIOUS FANTASY who ran in Race No.133 on 9th October, 2005 which was a few months before the five year cut off period and the Stewards would have been within their right to consider it as his first infringement, but decided to take a strict interpretation of the five year cut off period and treated his Medical Infringement of STAR FUTURE as his first offence.

 

Taking an overall view, the Stewards decided as under :-

(a)   to suspend his Trainers license for a period of 45  days i.e. 30 days as first infringement on STAR FUTURE and an additional 15 days for his past Medication Infringements;

(b)   to fine him a sum of  Rs.10,000/-.

 

Trainer C.D.Katrak was informed that as per the Medication Rules, suspension for breach of the Medication Rules has to start with immediate effect. However, the Stewards would like to give him some time to make his arrangement for the transfer of his horses. Therefore, in consultation with Tr.C.D.Katrak, it was decided that his Trainer’s license shall stand suspended w.e.f. 5th September, 2011 to 19th October, 2011 (both days inclusive) and to fine him a sum of Rs.10,000/-.

 

SUBJECT : POSITIVE REPORT IN RESPECT OF ch g “AMARETTO” (PLACED 2ND) IN RACE NO.158 – THE GOOL S.POONAWALLA MILLION (GR.3) RUN ON SUNDAY, 23RD JANUARY, 2011:

 

The Stewards of the Club at their meeting held on Tuesday, 30th August, 2011 considered the evidence obtained by the Stipendiary Stewards/Sr.V.O. in the above enquiry and interviewed Trainer C.D.Katrak who was accompanied by his Spokesman, Mr.Maninder Singh.

 

The Stewards  after having thoroughly enquired into the matter and having applied their minds to the entire facts and circumstances of the case and to all papers, proceedings, reports and records and also having permitted Trainer C.D.Katrak and his Spokesman to make submissions in the subject matter, found that he had no mitigating circumstances to offer in the subject case and as such, held him guilty of breach of the Medication Rules, consequently he became vicariously liable.  In that :-

 

1)         The Stewards, after due deliberation, did not accept the alleged contamination as mitigating circumstances for various reasons inter-alia :-

           

(i)                 There were no Indent in the name of AMARETTO for the alleged contaminated batch of feed supplements viz. Equitop Gonex;

(ii)               It could not be proved based on log books as to when and which feed supplement was given to which horse;

(iii)             The feed supplements were not recorded in the Veterinary / Medication Log book;

(iv)              Tr.C.D.Katrak had, while indenting the supplement, confirmed in writing that the supplements are sourced at his cost / risk;

(v)                The chain of custody for the independent testing done jointly by him along with Trainers P.Shroff and S.K.Sunderji, is not as per established procedure, in that, the samples were taken from open boxes and no witness from the Club was present or intimated.

(vi)              The Stewards noted that there were Indents in the names of 223 horses, including AMARETTO, in Western India for the alleged contaminated batch of Equitop Myoplast 100529 out of which 69 horses were sampled. Similarly, there were Indents in the names 89 horses, including AMARETTO for the alleged contaminated batch of Equitop Pronutrin 100093 out of which 43 horses were sampled there were Indents in the names of 85 horses, including ELOISE, for the alleged batch of Equitop Gonex 100477 out of which 33 horses were sampled. This meant that approximately 200 horses were sampled routinely by the Club for whom Indents were placed for the same batch of feed supplements in Mumbai alone. Out of these 200 horses tested, only two horses viz. ELOISE and AMARETTO tested positive. There were no Indents in the names of the other two horses who were reported positive, viz. OCEAN AND BEYOND and STAR FUTURE.

(vii)            The feed supplement Manufacturer, Boehringer, confirms supply of the same supplements world wide in thousands of units with not a single claim of contamination;

(viii)          The five recent cases of BOLDENONE finding in random testing with no link to contaminated feed has raised a question mark on the Trainer’s defense. Atleast one of the two Trainers concerned has confirmed to the Stewards that his two horses which were reported positive for BOLDENONE, were not fed these feed supplements at all.

(ix)              The Medication Rules contain no provision for additional testing beyond the reference sample or for testing nutritional samples. Further, the Club was legally advised that it was not obliged to test the feed supplements. Also the Club neither compels nor recommends the usage of these supplements by trainers.

 

Notwithstanding the above, and in view of prima facie evidence of contamination provided by Tr.C.D.Katrak, and in order to be completely fair, the Stewards accepted to have samples of the alleged contaminated feed of the same batch tested at HFL, UK, to help him prove mitigating circumstance. HFL is a lab accredited by the R.W.I.T.C. Ltd. for testing of samples of all its Classic and Grade-1 races. Vide this office letter dated 25th April, 2011 Tr.C.D.Katrak  was told that the Club will not entertain any further request for testing for either urine or feed and will proceed with the test only based on HFL procedure and conditions. The other RWITC accredited labs were either unable to test the feed supplements or gave no satisfactory response. Tr.C.D.Katrak had given his consent in writing vide his letter dated 3rd May, 2011 to these conditions. Once HFL confirmed they can test the feed supplements but at a level of 10 ng, the trainer did not agree to go ahead with the test of the supplements. As informed to Tr.C.D.Katrakk earlier, the Stewards then initiated and completed the enquiry.

 

2)         The Stewards took into consideration that BOLDENONE is a drug that is banned by the Government unless administered for therapeutic purpose by the Club’s Official Veterinarian or licensed practicing Veterinarians of the RWITC Ltd and duly notified to the Sr.V.O. in writing within 24 hours of such administration. Therefore, in April, 2011 the  Stewards had decided to remove all Steroids and Sex Hormones from the list of Classification and placed on a proscribed list. However, since AMARETTO was reported positive for BOLDENONE before the Stewards took the decision, the Stewards applied the old Medication Rules;

 

3)         The Stewards have gone by past precedents of ten years where the Stewards have usually taken into consideration the Medical Infringement of the previous five years to determine the number of offences and decide on punishment and given lesser weight-age to earlier infringements. The Stewards noted that Tr.C.D.Katrak had a Medical Infringement on GLORIOUS FANTASY who ran in Race No.133 on 9th October, 2005 which was a few months before the 5 years cut off period and the Stewards would have been within their right to consider it as his first infringement, however, they did not do so and took strict interpretation of the five year cut off period and treated the Medication Infringement on STAR FUTURE as his first offence and his Medication Infringement on AMARETTO as his second infringement.

 

Taking an overall view, the Stewards decided as under :-

 

(a)   to suspend his Trainers license for a period of 75  days i.e. 45 days as second infringement on AMARETTO and an additional 30 days for his past Medication Infringements;

(b)   to fine him a sum of  Rs.10,000/-.

 

The Stewards noted that Trainer C.D.Katrak’s license already stood suspended w.e.f. 5th September, 2011 to 19th October, 2011 (both days inclusive) for his Medication Infringement on STAR FUTURE.

 

Therefore, the Stewards decided to further suspend his Trainer’s license w.e.f. 20th October, 2011 to 2nd January, 2012 (both days inclusive) and to fine him a sum of Rs.10,000/- for the Medication Infringement on AMARETTO.

 

RE : RACE NO.110 – THE NATURAL CRAZE PLATE WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO BE RUN ON SATURDAY, 3/9/2011 BUT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO INCESSENT RAINS:

 

The Sr. V.O. reported that at  the request of Trainer Sangramsinh N. Joshi, KALINGA STAR  was  examined  at  1000 hours on 03/09/2011 and was found to be sore by the left hind leg with swelling on the fetlock. The gelding has to be passed fit by the Club’s V.O. before next accepting to race.

 

SAMPLE – RESULTS

 

The urine sample of under mentioned runners has been reported NEGATIVE for the presence of prohibited substances:

 

20/08/2011     -           DESERT EAGLE, HEAVENLY PRIZE, SWAGGER, LAKE GENEVA, SMASHING,

                                    TELL ME MORE, LORD OF KILLARNEY

 

21/08/2011     -           HICKORY, ROESTI, RAJASTHAN ROYALS, VITTORIA, RIVER GEM, LIGHT MY WAY,

                                    RIVER BLITZ, GOOD AS GOLD, KING ARTHUR, MYSTIC TOUCH, HIGHLAND

                                    WARRIOR, EMERGING STAR.

 

RANDOM SAMPLES:

 

The urine sample of the following horses has been reported as NEGATIVE for the presence of Anabolic Steroids and Sex Hormones:

 

18/08/2011     -           SORRENTO

 

Pune : 5th September, 2011