Athens impressed when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Aug. 4).
Sand track
600m: Blue Swallow (rb) 38.5. Moved freely.
800m: Missfield (Kavraj), Meggido (app) 57, 600/43.5. Former better. Lucky Pineapple (Sandesh) 58, 600/43. Easy. Word Of Honour (rb) 50.5, 600/38. Moved well. Cha Cha Cha (Darren Williams) 55, 600/40. Moved freely. Dreamz Unlimited (Darren Williams) 51.5, 600/37.5. Good. Valentino (Darren Williams) 55, 600/40. Easy. Quick Fire (Trainer) 55, 600/41. Moved fluently. Capilano (Trainer), St Barts (D.A.Naik) 53.5, 600/39. They finished level freely. Mzuri (C.S.Jodha) 57, 600/42. Easy.
1,000m: The Myth (Jethu), Personify (Neeraj) 1-10, 800/54.5, 600/41. They ended level. Don Corleone (Sandesh), Ashrafie (app) 1-11, 800/55.5, 600/41. Both were easy.
1,200m: Tatiana (Sandesh), Star Lightning (Sandeep Jadhav) 1-23.5, 1,000/1-8, 800/53.5, 600/39.5. They moved level freely. Negotiator (Sandeep Jadhav), Mint Approach (Sandesh) 1-21, 1,000/1-6, 800/52, 600/40. Former was well in hand and they finished level. Mighty Splendour (Mosin) 1-28, 600/43. Easy. Astapi (Khalander) 1-24, 600/42. Moved well.
1,400m: Something Special (Kavraj), Adams Wing (Daman) 1-39, 600/41. They moved neck and neck freely.
Gate practice (Sand track)
1,000m: Athens (Sandeep Jadhav) 1-4, 800/49.5, 600/38. Jumped out well and moved attractively. Zana (rb), Dramarama (app) and Ensign (H.G.Rathod) 1-9, 600/42. First and second named ended three lengths ahead of the last named. Zambian (app), Zippy (rb) and Dazzling Dancer (N.Jodha) 1-10, 600/43. They jumped out well and moved freely. Midnight Run (V.Walkar), Wiki Wiki (rb) 1-5.5, 600/39. Former was one length superior.
Mock race (Race track) — Aug. 3
1,200m: War Command (Sandesh), Polydences (Dashrath), Arete (Merchant), Caesars Star (Daman), Ancient Treasure (Baria), On The Quest (J.Chinoy), Savage Beauty (Kavraj), Flanker (N.Jodha), Fribourg (D.A.Naik), Shania (Towfeeq), Jackfrost (Trevor) and Theory (-) 1-13, 600/36. Won by Sh, dist, 5l. War Command was well in hand while Polydences was ridden out to end second.
Second mock race
1,400m: Quasar (Neeraj), Alaindair (S.Kamble), Zabisco (D.K.Ashish), Myla Rose (G.Amit), Congressional (Parmar), Strawberry Crush (Trevor), Beyond Intensity (Sandeep), King Glorieux (Pasha) and Manyatta (Yash) 1-28 (-17), 600/36 (-9). Won by Nk, 4l, 1l. Quasar who was racing third till bend was fully urged to win by a neck. Alaindair was not urged.
