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Stone Of Destiny and Welcome Back impress

BANGALORE: Stone Of Destiny, Welcome Back, Pillar Of Gold and Illusive Girl impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Dec. 20).

Outer sand:

800m: Stone Of Destiny (S. John) 55, 600/43. Impressed. Fly Free (S. John), Another Destiny (Qureshi) 59, 600/45. Former moved better. Illusive Girl (S. John) 57, 600/43.5. Pleased. Simply Dangerous (rb) 1-0.5, 600/46.5. Commandperformance (B. Paswan), Graphic Design (P. Mani) 57, 600/43. Former finished four lengths ahead. Salsera (Hayes), Carlito (rb) 59.5, 600/46. Former moved well.

1000m: Pillar Of Gold (S. John) 1-12, 800/54.5, 600/42. Moved fluently. Glory Bound (Hayes), Awesome Fighter (R. Ravi) 1-14, 800/57.5, 600/44. They finished together. On The Dot (R. Marshall), Able Associate (S. Marshall) 1-14.5, 800/57.5, 600/44. They are in fine trim. Lago Vista (rb) 1-11, 800/56, 600/44. Strode out well. Generous Lad (S. Babu) 1-15, 800/58.5, 600/44.5. Easy.

1200m: Jersey Power (Hayes) 1-32.5, (1,200-600) 44. Queen’s Glory (Shakti), Precious Angel (S. Babu) 1-27.5, 1,000/1-14, 800/58.5, 600/45. They moved impressively. Mystic Powers (Shakti) 1-28.5, 1,000/1-13.5, 800/57.5, 600/45. Pleased. Renascent (Suraj), Inspiring Trust (S. Marshall) 1-27.5, 1,000/1-13, 800/57.5, 600/44.5. They moved on the bit. A 2-y-o (China Visit – Born To Dance) (Suraj), Mafioso (S. Marshall) 1-30, 1,000/1-12.5, 800/56, 600/43.5. Former started four lengths behind and finished eight lengths ahead.

1400m: Angelique (Hayes) 1-42, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-14, 800/58.5, 600/45. Moved freely. Stafire (Hayes) 1-42, (1,400-600) 55. Eased up. Callista (R. Marshall), Candance (rb) 1-42, 1,200/1-26.5, 1,000/1-12, 800/57, 600/44. Former finished four lengths ahead.

1600m: Masquenada (S. John) 1-58, 1,400/1-41.5, 1,200/1-27.5, 1,000/1-14, 800/58.5, 600/46. Stretched out well. Welcome Back (R. Marshall) 1-54, 1,400/1-38.5, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 800/56, 600/43. In fine nick.

Gate practice – inner sand:

1400m: Sheza Star (Appu), Sun Device (Sapra) 1-39, (1,400-600) 48. Former showed out. Fire Of Joy (rb), Super Spear (Vivek) 1-38, (1,400-600) 52. They jumped out well. Leopardino (Selvaraj), Alejandros (P. Krishna) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 49. Former impressed. Da Bomb (Sapra), a 2-y-o (Local Talent – Valencia) (Ghous) 1-32.5, (1,400-600) 51.5. They jumped out smartly. Alla Famiglia (rb), Glory Of Divine (rb) 1-38, (1,400-600) 52. They took a level jump.

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