Permission was given for Epictetus (IRE), City Of Poets (IRE) and Parlando (GB) to wear a red hood to post.

An enquiry was held to consider the circumstances surrounding why the closing mechanism of the section of rail on the road crossing was sticking out onto the track, causing Mr Baloo (IRE), ridden by Alec Voikhansky, to clip it.

Voikhansky, the racecourse General Manager and the Clerk of the Course were interviewed.

Having heard their evidence, a report was forwarded to the Head Office of the British Horseracing Authority for further consideration.

An enquiry was held into the running and riding of Parlando (GB), ridden by Kaiya Fraser and trained by Ian Williams, which was restrained from stall 1, before racing in rear throughout before appearing to stay on under tender handling in the home straight to finish eighth of twelve runners, beaten 4 ½ lengths.

The rider and the trainer’s representative were interviewed and shown recordings of the race; the Veterinary Officer reported that an initial post-race examination of the gelding revealed no significant findings other than a small nick to its right-fore pastern.

The Veterinary Officer further reported that a second examination found Parlando (GB) to be one tenth lame on its right-fore.

The rider stated that his instructions were to drop in and obtain cover, and to settle the gelding.

Fraser stated that he found himself further back than intended off what he considered to be a strong early pace before he was able to tack onto the main field going down the back straight as the pace began to slacken.

He added that having turned into the home straight he was denied a clear run when Brasil Power (FR) drifted left-handed across him, a fact that he reported at Scales, which resulted in him being unable to ask for an effort until the closing stages.

Fraser was questioned on his riding both from the stalls and in the early part of the home straight, when he appeared to have room to improve his position, but instead chose to not ask his mount for full effort.

In response he reported that he wanted to ask Parlando (GB) for one effort, late on, due to what he expected to be the collapsing pace and there appeared to be no justifiable explanation for his negative riding stall 1 in the early stages, on a horse who has predominantly raced over further.

The trainer’s representative stated that the instructions were to get cover and get Parlando (GB) to relax.

He continued that the gelding had run disappointingly following a break on its previous start but that this was a much more positive run, adding that he may have being placed if not running into traffic late on.

Fraser was suspended for 10 days for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure his horse was run on its merits, in that having restrained his mount from the inside draw, on a horse which has previously being ridden prominently over further, he chose not to improve his position when that option was available to him from the 1 1/2 furlong marker to the 1f marker.