Archie and Montezuma caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Sunday morning.
Inner sand
800m: Relic Hunter (Shelar) 52, 600/39. Pressed. Golden Princess (Abhishek) 53, 600/39. Moved freely.
1,000m: Arabian Lord (Trevor) 1-7.5, 600/40.5. Pressed. Lake Paradise (rb) 1-7.5, 600/40. Moved well. Zidaan (Trevor) 1-11.5, 600/42. Easy. Soneeyo (rb), Wentworth (Parmar) 1-4, 600/38. They moved neck and neck freely. Santa Maria (Kharadi), Archimedes (Zervan) 1-8, 600/40. Former was one length superior. Starring (Hamir) 1-8, 600/41. Moved freely. Mufasa (Zervan), Durer (Kharadi) 1-7, 600/39. Both were urged and ended level. Viva Zapata (rb), Merck (rb) 1-10, 600/42. They ended level. Protector Of Paris (Pasha), Modus Vivendi (Neeraj) 1-8, 600/40. They moved level freely. Fontanelle (rb), Knight Of Ke (Zervan) 1-7, 600/39. Both were easy.
1,200m: Port Blair (Kharadi), Senora Bella (Zervan) 1-19, 600/38. They were well in hand and finished level.
1,400m: Archie (Kharadi), Belvedere (Zervan) 1-31.5, 1,200/1-17.5, 1,000/1-4, 800/50.5, 600/38. Former strode out well and finished six lengths ahead. Note former. Starfire Lady (Trevor) 1-41, 600/45. Easy.
1,800m: Montezuma (Kharadi), Oxbridge (Neeraj) 2-2, 1,600/1-48, 1,400/1-33.5, 1,200/1-20, 1,000/1-6, 800/52.5, 600/39. Former moved well and finished four lengths ahead.
Outer sand
600m: Wolfgang (Trevor), Zille Ilahi (Kharadi) 40. They were easy.
1,000m: Sailor (Merchant) 1-11, 600/43. Easy.
1,200m: Polynesia (I.Pardeshi) 1-25, 600/43. Easy.