Archie excelled when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning.
Inner sand
600m: Blue Swallow (rb) 42.5. Easy. Wolfgang (Zervan) 42.5. Easy.
800m: Festival Night (Akshay) 51, 600/38.5. Moved well. Adios Amigo (Zervan), Zille Ilahi (Pasha) 55.5, 600/41.5. Former better. Viva Zapata (Kavraj), Merck (rb) 53, 600/40. Former ended two lengths in front. Equiano (Neeraj), Miracle Of Mercy (Pereira) 52, 600/39. They moved level freely. Rajasthan Glory (Shelar), Wasabi (S.Sunil) 51, 600/37. Both moved level freely.
1,000m: Golden Princess (Abhishek), Rekindle (V.Jodha) 1-4.5, 800/50.5, 600/38. Former finished a distance ahead. Fabulous Florence (V.Jodha), The Ministerian (Abhishek) 1-6, 600/38. They moved neck and neck freely. Other Song (Kavraj), Perfect Strength (V.Jodha) 1-8.5, 800/53, 600/38. They finished level.
1,200m: Archie (Zervan), Archimedes (Pasha) 1-19.5, 1,000/1-3.5, 800/50, 600/38. Former who is in good shape started four lengths behind and easily finished three lengths ahead. Note former.
1,600m: Strike Again (Late Suzonia) (R.K.Mahesh), Roger Bcool (rb) 1-54, 1,000/1-9, 600/40. Former ended four lengths in front.
Outer sand
800m: Star Of Babylon (Akshay) 50.5, 600/37.5. Urged in the last part.
1,000m: Casino Jack (rb) 1-7.5, 600/40. Pressed. Quando Quando (Zameer), Money Strike (Neeraj) 1-8, 600/40. Pair urged and ended level.
Gate practice (Inner sand)
1,000m: Born For Glory (Akshay) 1-9, 600/40.5. Moved freely.