The 2015 version of the Indian Turf Invitation Cup extravaganza which was first abandoned, then rescheduled and finally called off last Sunday, continued its jinx this Saturday, as piping-hot favourite public fancy Be Safe, trained by Malesh Narredu and ridden by his nephew Suraj, lost the Indian Turf Invitation Cup to Quasar. The crowds went on the rampage, throwing stones and beer bottles at horses and riders, and smashing the windshield of the vintage car that was specially brought in to take the Turf Authority of India (TAI) members to the presentation dais set up on the main racetrack.

This is the second time the public has gone berserk in a short while. Some time ago too, the police had to be called in to the racecourse as the crowds threatened to spill over into the weighing room over a race result.