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State ranking TT: Spoorthy wins women’s title

Belgaum :

M.V. Spoorthy of Mysore won the women’s singles title in the LIC Cup State-Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at the Belgaum Club here on Sunday.

In the women’s singles final, M.V. Spoorthy, student of Learner’s PU College, Mysore, beat V. Kushi of BNM, Bangalore 11-9, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 and clinched the title.

Mysore lad Vedanth M. Urs of Vidyashram PU College completed a fine double when he won the Youth Boys singles final. (He had won the junior boys singles title earlier). In the Youth Boys singles final, Vedanth beat Shreyas Kulkarni (MSSTTA) 11-5, 11-3, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 12-10.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / August 19th, 2014

Karnataka badminton championships

Shikha shocks Mahima to clinch title

State Championship Badminton 2014 Under 17 Boys doubles winners Raghu of Mysore and Mithun Manjunath of Bangalore are seen receiving their prize from Karnataka Badmintion Association Vice President S.G. Prabhu as MLA Vasu, City Police Commisioner Dr. M.A. Saleem and Mysore Hotel Owners Association President Rajendra look on.
State Championship Badminton 2014 Under 17 Boys doubles winners Raghu of Mysore and Mithun Manjunath of Bangalore are seen receiving their prize from Karnataka Badmintion Association Vice President S.G. Prabhu as MLA Vasu, City Police Commisioner Dr. M.A. Saleem and Mysore Hotel Owners Association President Rajendra look on.

 Mysore :

Tenth seeded Shikha Gautham of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Bangalore, hogged the limelight by registering a upset 21-18, 21-14 win over her team-mate and second seeded Mahima Agarwal and clinched the coveted girls Under-17 singles title in a keenly contested final which lasted for 40 minutes, in the Li Ning Karnataka State badminton championships 2014, conducted by MDBA under the aegis of KBA at the Chamundivihar indoor stadium here on Thursday.

Second seeded Mithun Manjuanth (PPBA), won the boys Under-17 singles title after staving off the challenge put up by fourth seeded team-mate Rahul Bharadwaj 14-21, 21-16, 21-18, in a keenly contested final which lasted for 50 minutes. He completed a fine double by clinching the Under-17 doubles title also.

Ashwini Bhat of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA), impressed by clinching a grand double by winning the girls Under-15 singles and doubles titles. Top-seed Ashwini beat ninth seeded team-mate Deepthi Ramesh 21-15, 21-18 in the Under-15 girls singles final which lasted for 30 minutes. In the doubles, Ashwini teamed up with U.K. Mithula and beat Deepthi Ramesh and Y. Drithi 21-12, 21-19 and completed a fine double.

Ajinkya G. Joshi of B.A. Rajan, hogged the limelight in the boys Under-13 section, when he won a grand double by clinching the singles and doubles titles. In the singles, fifth seeded Ajinkya Joshi beat fourth seeded C.S. Saket (NGV) 21-17, 21-17 in a 25 minute battle and won the coveted title. In the doubles, he teamed up with C.S. Saket and completed a fine double by beating second seeds V.Chinmaya and Shashank Reddy 23-21, 21-11 in the final.

The results: Final:Boys: Under-17 singles:Final: Mithun Manjunath (PPBA) bt Rahul Bharadwaj (PPBA) 14-21, 21-16, 21-18.

Doubles: Mithun Manjunath/M Raghu bt Nikhilshyam Sriram/Saif Ali 21-19, 21-14.

Under-15 singles: Rahul Bharadwaj (PPBA) bt Amogh R Gupta (PPBA) 21-6,21-9.

Doubles: Anirudh Rajeev/Mayureesh Janpandit (BBA) bt Abhay Pai/Chirag B (M’lore) 19-21, 21-11, 21-18.

Under-13: Ajinkya G. Joshi (Rajan BA) bt C.S. Saket (NGV) 21-17, 21-17.

Doubles: Ajinkya G. Joshi/ C.S.Saket bt Chinmaya V/Shashank Reddy 23-21, 21-11.

Girls: Under-17 singles: Shika Gautham (PPBA) bt Mahima Agarwal (PPBA) 21-18, 21-14.

Under-17: Doubles: Final: Apeksha Nayak/Drithi Yatheesh bt Malaaika B/Prarthana Vasudevan 21-6,21-13.

Under-15: Ashwini Bhat (PPBA) bt Deepthi Ramesh (PPBA) 21-15, 21-8.

Doubles: Ashwini Bhat/Mithula U K (PPBA) bt Deepthi Ramesh/Drithi Y (PPBA) 21-12, 21-19.

Under-13: Richa Mukibodh bt Keertha P Shroff (I Sports) 21-7, 21-11.

Doubles: Advika Ganesh/N.S. Gagana bt Keerthana P. Shroff/Tanya H 25-23, 16-21, 21-12.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / August 08th, 2014

Karnataka State Women’s Chess

Shruthi triumphs

Mysore :

K. Shruthi of Shimoga with 5.5 points from six rounds won the title in the Karnataka State Women’s Chess Championships 2014, conducted by Mysore Chess Centre jointly with MDCA, SKR Foundation and Celestial Minds Chess Club, here on Saturday.

Isha Sharma of Dakshina Kannada finished second with 5 points while Shalone Joame Pais of Mangalore took the third place with 4.5 points. Mysore girl H. R. Manasa finished fourth with 4.5 points.

Final Placings: 1. K. Shruthi Shimoga-5.5 pts); 2. Isha Sharma (D.K-5 points); 3. Shalon Joame Pais (M’lore-4.5 pts); 4. H R Manasa (Mys-4.5 pts); 5. B N Gangamma (Mysore-4.5 pts); 6. I Sharanya (B’lore-4 pts); 7. R Neha Ananth (Mandya-4 pts); 8. Supraja M (Mys-4 pts);9. Hemadri S (3.5 pts); 10. S P Varshitha (Mys-3.5 pts).

U-15: 1. K. Pooja (3 pts); 2. Aneesha Satish (3 pts). U-13: 1. Akshatha Raju (3 pts); 2. K. N. Sanjana (3 pts); U-11: Chandana Prasad (3 pts); 2. Shriya M. Jaju (3 pts); U-9: 1. A.N. Shefali; 2. K.G.R. Anagha; U-7: 1.Dhatri Umesh; 2.Niharika Chandru. Best Veteran: K. R. Preemaleela (3.5 pts); Best Mysore Player- Vidya Nachappa (3 pts); Best Club-Mysore.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / August 04th, 2014

State-level mountain biking championship begins

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Mysore :

The two-day 10th State-level Mountain Biking Championship-2014 organised by the Mysore District Cycling Association (MDCA) in association with Karnataka Amateur Cycling Association (KACA) commenced this morning at the rugged terrain near Lalitha Mahal Helipad here.

About 150 cyclists in various age categories drawn from many districts of State are participating in the championship. The terrain track stretches for 5.2 km with different laps.

City Police Commissioner Dr. M.A. Saleem flagged off the championship. KACA Vice-President Rajiv Biradar, Secretary S.M. Kurni, MDCA Secretary Arun Patil, International Cyclist N. Lokesh and others were present on the occasion.

In the morning session events, the first three winners are – Under 16 boys: Santosh (Bijapur); Yellappa Shiredar (Bijapur) and Tejaswi (Mysore; Under 16 gilrs: Megha Gugad (Bijapur); Rajeshwari (Bagalkot) and Sridevi Nikam (Bijapur).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports l News / August 02nd, 2014

Marimallappa wins overall championships

South Zone Sports Meet

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Mysore :

A day-long south zone II Athletic Meet (2014-15) for students of high schools coming under BEO, South Zone jurisdiction, was organised at Oval Grounds, near the DC’s office in city on Sunday. The meet was jointly organised by city’s St. Thomas Institutions, Vishweshwarnagar, in association with Mysore Zilla Panchayat, Department of Public Instructions and BEO, South Zone, Mysore.

Dr. C. Krishna, Director of the Department of Physical Education, University of Mysore (UoM), inaugurated the meet by releasing balloons.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that taking part in sporting events boosts the mind and body and called upon everyone to get involved in sports for better health.

Rev. M.O. Oommen Jr., Vice-President, Mar Thoma Education Society, Presided. B.N. Shivarmegowda, BEO, South Zone, was the chief guest.

M.P. Nabhiraj, former Varsity Swimming coach, Sarojini, Co-ordinator, Physical Education, BEO South Zone and others were present.

Nearly 150 students, representing different High Schools falling under South Zone BEO jurisdictions, took part in the Athletic Meet, which featured events such as 300 mt. running race, shot-put, high-jump, discus throw, long-jump, triple jump and javelin throw.

Results:

Women Category

Running Race – 100 mts: Jahnavi of Marimallappa High School (first), Supriya Raj of CKC High School (second), Bhuvana of Geetha Bharathi High School (third); 200 mts: Jahnavi of Marimallappa HS (1st), Bhuvana of Geetha Bharathi HS (2nd), Bindu of St. Mary’s HS (3rd); 400 mts: Jahnavi of Marimallappa HS (1st), Harshita of Geetha Bharathi HS (2nd), Meghana of Avila HS (3rd); 800 mts: Bhavana of Geetha Bharathi HS (1st), Nikhita M. Gowda of Avila HS (2nd), S. Kavya of Srikanth HS (3rd); 1500 mts: Jahnavi of Marimallappa HS (1st), Chandana of Sadvidya (2nd), Alisa Mary of Avila HS (Third); 3000 mts: Jeevita of St. Mary’s HS (1st), S. Divya of Geetha Bharathi HS (2nd), T.M. Divya of Avila HS (3rd).

Long-jump: Avijna D. Nayak of Marimallappa HS (1st), T. Kanchana of Avila HS (2nd), Soma Kumari Sharma of Nalanda HS (3rd).

Triple-jump: Avijna D. Nayak of Marimallappa HS (1st), Kanchana of Avila HS (2nd), Bindu of St. Mary’s HS (3rd).

High-jump: Vidya of Marimallappa HS (1st), T. Monisha of Nalanda HS (2nd), Aishwarya of CKC HS (3rd).

Shot-put: S.G. Soundarya of Sadvidya HS (1st), R. Chaitra of CKC HS (2nd), Apoorva of Geetha Bharathi HS (3rd).

Discus-throw: Maria Supriya of CKC HS (1st), Ananya Bhat of Marimallappa HS (2nd), R. Vaishnavi of Avila HS (3rd).

Javelin-throw: D. Lakshita of Srikanth HS (1st), N. Shakti of SBS HS (2nd), Surabhi R. Gowda of Teresian HS (3rd).

400 mts Relay: Marimallap High School wins.

Men’s Category

Running Race – 100 mts: D. Sharan of Marimallappa HS (1st), Rahul of SBS HS (2nd), C.S. Nagarjuna of Sadvidya HS (3rd); 200 mts: Rahul of SBS HS (1st), P. Sharan of Marimallappa HS (2nd), C.S. Nagarjuna of Sadvidya HS (3rd); 400 mts: Vishnu of St. Thomas HS (1st), S. Praveen of Gopalaswamy HS (2nd), Syed Yasin of Sadvidya HS (3rd); 800 mts: C. Chandu of D. Banumaiah HS (1st), Girish of Marimallappa HS (2nd), Sujat of Kanakagiri Govt. HS (3rd); 1500 mts: Harshavardhana of Geetha Bharathi HS (1st), H. Sukshit of Maharaja HS (2nd), Lakshimnarayan of St. Thomas HS (3rd); 3000 mts: R. Sharat of Geetha Bharathi HS (1st), T. Niranjan of Sadvidya HS (2nd), Sharat Gowda of Maharaja HS (3rd).

Long-jump: D. Deepak of Sadvidya HS (1st), B. Rajesh of Lakshmipuram Govt. HS (2nd), B. Rahul of Gopalswamy HS (3rd).

High-jump: D. Manoj of Marimallappa HS (1st), Rahul Raj of Nalanda HS (2nd), K. Rakesh of Kanakagiri Govt. HS (3rd).

Triple-jump: Santosh of JSS HS (1st), Aditya R. Nayak of St. Thomas HS (2nd), Goutam of JSS HS (3rd).

Shot-put: Mohamed Shaklin of Geetha Bharathi HS (1st), B. Rajesh of Lakshmipuram Govt. HS (2nd), Chetan of St. Thomas HS (3rd).

Javelin-throw: Praveen of Gopalswamy HS (1st), Prajwal Kumar of Nalanda HS (2nd), Mohamed Shaklin of Geetha Bharathi HS (3rd).

400 mts Relay: Marimallapa HS (1st), Sadviddya HS (2nd), Geetha Bharathi HS (3rd).

Overall Championship: Marimallappa HS.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports l News / August 01st, 2014

Sagar wins Air Rifle shooting competition

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Mysore :

Mysore District Rifle Association (MDRA) conducted its first .177 Air Rifle Shooting Competition on July 19-20.

M.S.R Sagar emerged as the winner in senior men’s category. He was followed by D. Punith Kumar and B.G. Den Thimaiah.

In junior men’s category Deeraj Prabhu won the first prize. While, M. Harshith Kuttappa emerged runner up. Neeraj Belliappa emerged victorious in sub junior men’s category. While, T.P. Gagan and Athish Aaj secured second and third place respectively.

In senior women’s category, S. Raksha won the first prize, while, Sheethal and Geetha secured second and third place respectively.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports l News / July 30th, 2014

City’s Cycle Pure Agarbathies wins Mysore KPL team bid

Arjun Ranga (third from left) and Pavan Ranga (extreme right), partners of NR Group receiving the Franchisee Certificate for Mysore KPL team from KSCA President Ashok Anand at an event held in KSCA Bangalore this morning. Also seen is KSCA Treasurer Dayanand Pai.
Arjun Ranga (third from left) and Pavan Ranga (extreme right), partners of NR Group receiving the Franchisee Certificate for Mysore KPL team from KSCA President Ashok Anand at an event held in KSCA Bangalore this morning. Also seen is KSCA Treasurer Dayanand Pai.

Mysore :

Strengthening its continuous endorsement of the game of cricket, City’s Cycle Pure Agarbathies, world’s largest incense sticks manufacturer and part of the Mysore-based NR Group, announced that they have won the franchisee for the Mysore team in the upcoming Karnataka Premier League (KPL) 2014.

Announcing the win, Arjun Ranga, Partner, NR Group said, “We are extremely delighted to have won the franchisee for the Mysore team. Apart from Mysore players, the team will be a platform to promote grassroot talent from the region. It will have young upcoming cricketers from Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Nanjangud, T. Narsipur, Hassan and Mandya districts.”

“Apart from winning the tournament, our vision is to ensure that in the next 3-5 years at least 2 players from the team should be making it to the national cricketing arena. With continuous support from the mentors and public, we are confident that we will be able to reach there,” added Arjun Ranga.

Pavan Ranga, Partner, NR Group, was also present.

Modelled on the lines of IPL, the T20 tournament is organised by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and will witness competition between eight teams representing six cities.

Started in 2009, the Karnataka Premier League is now in its third season, which will be held from August 23 to September 13. The first phase of the tournament will be held in Hubli and will be followed by Bangalore. The finals will be held in Mysore on September 13.

KPL renamed Wadiyar KPL

The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) will name Karnataka Premier League (KPL) after its former KSCA President Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wadiyar who initially put forward the idea to start the KPL.

Wadiyar was keen to revive the KPL which was stopped after two editions. With the sudden demise of Wadiyar after a month of being elected as KSCA President, the KSCA authorities decided to name the tournament after its former President.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 30th, 2014

Princess of the paddle

 

PASSION Propels Archana Kamath to achieve more. Photo: Shreedutta Chidananda
PASSION Propels Archana Kamath to achieve more. Photo: Shreedutta Chidananda
Archana Kamath, the reigning national sub-junior table tennis champion, is set for greater things

There’s a spontaneity about young Archana Kamath that is endearing. It is fear, she says, quoting Vivekananda impromptu, that brings misery, death, and evil.

“And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.” As a devout student of the Swami’s teachings, this spirit she has embraced fully, Archana says; it is how she plays her table tennis and does much else: with freedom.

The 14-year-old is the reigning National Sub-Junior table tennis champion (the first to emerge from Karnataka since B.M. Ashwini in 1999) and finished 2013 as the state’s top-ranked player in four age-groups (Sub-Junior, Junior, Youth, and Women). Last year, out of the 42 competitions Archana entered across categories, she made the final in 40. And won 32.

“I feel no pressure about delivering results,” she says. “I enjoy playing. I just go and play and come back. I ask my mother if she is happy with my effort. If she says yes, that’s good enough for me.” Against older, taller, stronger opponents (and it must be noted that a girl of 18 holds a massive physical advantage over one of 14) there is no fear whatsoever.

“My approach is that I have nothing to lose. They, on the other hand, don’t want to lose to a small girl.”

For all the abandon that it appears Archana wields the paddle with, she is driven by a fervid devotion to the game. Her day begins by 6 a.m., with fitness work squeezed in before school, and winds down after some five hours of training . Her coach at the Cantonment Rail Club, Bona Thomas John, calls her focus and work ethic “brilliant”.

It is Thursday and he tells a story from this morning, when the evening’s training was brought forward on account of the bandh. “Archana was one of the last to leave and she came up and asked me what time to report in the evening. That’s the kind of girl she is.”

At tournaments, Archana has her mother tape her matches, to be reviewed later. At the China Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis Championships in Taicang last month, where she finished a creditable ninth in the Cadet singles event, Archana filmed Chinese players she was impressed by. “It’s just so great watching them,” she gushes. “The amount they train, it seems as if they have 48 hours each day.”

The stated absence of pressure from any quarter is due, in no small part, to the atmosphere her ophthalmologist parents – Girish and Anuradha Kamath – have enabled. “It’s only her passion for the game that keeps her going,” says Anuradha, who gave up her practice three years ago to support her daughter’s blossoming table tennis career. “It is she that asks me to take her to practice. She’s making us do what she wants – not the other way round.”

It’s an important distinction. Her school, Poorna Prajna Education Centre (Sadashivanagar), where Archana is a class nine student, has also been hugely supportive, Anuradha says. “We know how much of a difference this makes.”

Archana started playing as a nine-year-old, when her parents installed a table in the basement of their RMV Extension home. She improved in a hurry, winning in just over a year’s time an under-12 state-level tournament.

Her subsequent rise has been nothing short of staggering; it has pleased although not surprised Anuradha. “One thing I can say is that she gives 100 per cent of her attention to anything she does, whether it is academics or table tennis. Sometimes when I watch her at the table, I can’t believe she is a 14-year-old. She’s so focussed.”

The future looks undeniably gilded but there is still a long way to go. “We must not forget,” reminds Bona, “that she’s only 14.”

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus / by Shreedutta Chidananda / Bangalore – August 03rd, 2014

Commonwealth bronze sweetens life for Sakina Khatun

Sakina khatun with the bronze medal she won at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. /  The Hindu
Sakina khatun with the bronze medal she won at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. /
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Her success is all down to her hard work: coach

Life has not been kind to Sakina Khatun, who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

In Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium, the 25-year-old Bangalore-based para-athlete lifted a weight of 88.2 kg to finish third in the women’s powerlifting event (Lightweight Group A). It was a success that came after prolonged hardship.

“My parents cried when I broke the news to them on the phone,” she told The Hindu from Glasgow.

Her coach and mentor Farman Basha, who also competed at the Games, faltered in his event on account of an injury, but his delight was enormous. “She has been through a lot. So I’m very happy for her,” he said.

Sakina hails from Basirhat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. Her mother is a farm labourer while her father, ailing with a serious back condition, is unable to work. “He can’t even walk,” Sakina said. “We don’t have the money for his treatment.”

Afflicted with polio at a young age, she took up swimming on her doctor’s suggestion, learning in ponds in her village before a teacher in school noticed she had an aptitude for it. “Despite steady success at the national level, I was ignored for the 2010 Commonwealth Games team. It left me disheartened and I quit the sport,” she said.

Sakina switched over to powerlifting on the advice of one of her swimming coaches, and in 2010 was directed to Basha. “She wanted to come over to Bangalore to be trained by me,” he said. “She had no money and I couldn’t afford to spend a rupee on her.”

But Sakina found a benefactor in Dilip Majumdar, a businessman who volunteered to support her training. “I’m a girl and my parents were against my leaving home,” she recalled. “But my sponsor managed to convince them.”

“At first, she could only lift around 25 kg,” recalled Basha. “But gradually she improved. Her success is all down to her hard work.”

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bangalore / by Shreedutta Chidananda / Bangalore – August 04th, 2014

Champion horse ‘CJ-15’ dies at Pinjrapole

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Don’t gallop me up the Hill,

Don’t drop me down the Hill, Don’t spare me on the Plain Ground,

Don’t drop me of the feed, Don’t deprive me of the warm bed

Don’t neglect me when I am sick and old, Don’t forget me when I am dead..

This is the prayer of the horse to its master when it stays with him and acting according to his commands. The horse hopes that his master will look after him even in its old age and shall not be deserted. But, the same was not true in case of ‘CJ-15’, the Champion Horse, which died in Mysore yesterday.

21-year-old ‘CJ-15’ which brought laurels to Mysore and the country by winning national and international medals and trophies died a sad death at Pinjrapole in Mysore.

One of the greatest showing jumping Indian Horse, which served in the Mounted Police in Mysore, was left to die unattended. The Mounted Police which is also responsible to look after the horses after they retire did not do much to look after ‘CJ-15’. It died just two days after being sent to Pinjrapole.

‘CJ-15’ was brought from Clive Stud Farm in Bangalore in the 1993 to Mounted Police and it was trained by former Mounted Police Commandant Maribashetty. It was the 15th horse in the fold and was not considered to be an ideal horse for equestrian sport by the stud owner. But, the horse was brought to Mysore and was professionally trained and it yielded good results by winning numerous medal and trophies both at the national and international level. v‘CJ-15’ retired recently as it had grown old. But, it still had eight good years to live as it was healthy. The sudden death of ‘CJ-15’ has come as a shocker for animal lovers, who have been great fans of the horse which was a show stopper during the Torch Light Parade at the Bannimantap Ground held on the last day of the Dasara festivities. vSpeaking to Star of Mysore, Srinivas, a horse rider, expressed the ‘CJ-15’ was a champion horse which had great fan following in the national level. v“The horse was healthy and fit when I last saw in the Mounted Police premises when I visited to see the newly brought horses. The officials informed me the horse would retire soon as it was old. But, none of them informed they would send the horse to Pinjrapole. The sudden death of CJ-15 has come as a shocker. We never knew that it would be sent to Pinjrapole. The Mounted Police have sufficient space to look after the old horses. If the department had made an announcement at least the horse could have been adopted. The horse deserved a decent death since it was a champion. The last rites of the horse should have been performed with state honours”, said Srinivas.

Listed among the Grade I horse by the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI), CJ-15 was a great fighter when it came to competitions. Both S.G. Maribashetty and his son Arun Maribashetty have won medals and trophies with CJ-15.

Speaking to Star of Mysore, S.G. Maribashetty, former Commandant, Mounted Police, expressed his condolences to the death of CJ-15 and remembered the days he spent with horse while in service.

“CJ-15 never came back without winning a medal in the competitions it participated. Such was the calibre and efficiency of the horse”, he added.

The saddest part is that ‘CJ-15’ did not get the treatment it deserved. When horses and dogs, which retire after serving the Police Department in western countries are taken care by their trainers or handlers till their death, why that provision is not in India?

The Mounted Police need to come out with an answer as to why ‘CJ-15’ was sent to Pinjrapole when it had the facilities to look after it. Did the Commandant of Mounted Police check for the facilities available at the Pinjrapole before deciding to admit the horse?

With the death of ‘CJ-15’, Mysore City has lost a Champion Horse, which died a inhumane death, all thanks to the Mounted Police. — VNS

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 28th, 2014