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id to the apprehensions of his gate manners and this time entered the starting stalls without fuss and the crowd heaved a sigh of relief. He was out quickly too and led for a brief while before letting Vulcan take over the running. The field of 11 runners went about the journey smoothly in a closely huddled bunch with Unforgettable You at the tail end of the field. Accolade (Burden of Proof – Alnasreya, Kunigal Stud) made his move soon on turning for home and easily got alongside Vulcan and looked clearly superior to the leader as he started to surge past Vulcan. However, in doing so, there was slight bit of skirmish and Vulcan unfortunately stumbled, dislodging his jockey Kavraj Singh. Unforgettable You, who was seen progressing smoothly along the rails, had to check her flow while avoiding the fallen jockey and had to abort her flowing gallop. Germanicus and Namid were on the outside and they finished on close together, Germanicus beating Namid for the runner-up slot. A Stewards enquiry was called for and after viewing the race several times and after due deliberations, the stewards decided to let the judge’s placing remain unchanged. Accolade was the pre-race favourite to win the Kingfisher ULTRA Pune Derby and he lived up to the expectations with a fine display of speed and stamina. He literally outclassed the opposition to win the most prestigious race of the season.