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Icebreaker shines

Mumbai: Icebreaker shone when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (Feb. 27).

Inner sand:

400m: Solskjaer (rb) 26. Easy.

600m: Chamberlain (rb) (1,200-600) 39. Moved freely.

800m: Calypso Dancer (Shelar) (1,400-600) 54.5. Easy. Nyssa (Neeraj), Pure Devotion (Riyaz) 54.5, 600/39.5. They were urged. Beau Monde (rb) 53.5, 600/40.5. Pushed. Opera Royale (rb) 51.5, 600/39. Moved well.

1,000m: Ishtar (Pradeep) 1-12, 600/45. Easy. Warcraft (S. N. Chavan) 1-12, 600/43. Easy. Rose Bowl (S. N. Chavan) 1-12, 600/42.5. Easy.

1,400m: Maseeha (N. Alam) 1-39, 1,200/1-23, 600/42.5. Pressed.

Outer sand:

800m: Artistic Liason (rb) (1,400-600) 53. Moved freely. Queens Court (rb) 53, 600/41. Slightly urged. Wild Toronaado (rb), Secret Affair (G. Oza) 52, 600/40. Former finished well clear.

1,000m: Classic Spirit (Belose), Black Partridge (Dashrath) 1-8.5, 600/40. Former finished six lengths ahead. Icebreaker (S. Fargeat), Forever Amber (Neeraj) 1-5.5, 600/37.5. Former was well in hand and finished a distance ahead. Clean Sweep (Neeraj), Canton Caper (S. Fargeat) 1-6, 600/39. Former ended three lengths in front. They moved well.

1,200m: Rising Hero (Khalander) 1-23.5, 800/54.5, 600/40.5. Moved fluently. Star Crusader (rb), Chevron (Hamir) 1-21, 800/51.5, 600/38. Former started and finished four lengths ahead. Colour Of Joy (rb) 1-21, 1,000/1-6, 600/39.5. Pushed. Encouragement (Shailesh) 1-24.5, 800/55, 600/41. Moved freely.

Gate practice (Inner sand):

1,000m: A bay gelding (Broto-Unbiased) (F. Irani), Go Guzzi Go (G. Oza) and Dance Away (rb) 1-8.5, 600/41.5. They jumped out well and finished in close order. Fame N Fortune (rb), Legendary (rb) 1-10, 600/42.5. They were easy. Mercedes (Pradeep), Simply Smashing (rb) 1-8.5, 600/42. Former ended two lengths in front.

Mock race (Race track) — Feb. 26:

1,000m: Attention Seeker (Donoghue), Giannatassio (Ruzaan), Louisville (D. K. Ashish) and Spiritual Hymn (Dashrath) 1-4, 600/36.5. Attention Seeker won by four lengths. Louisville was two lengths slow at the start and Spiritual Hymn was planted and finished far behind.

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