Ayrton, Real Steel and Ace Dancer impressed when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (January 25).
Inner sand:
1200m: No Doubt (D. Patel) 1-22, 1,000/1-9.5, 600/40.5. Moved well. Petite Fleur (D. Allan) 1-20, 1,000/1-8, 600/41. Pleased.
1400m: Star Of Desire (rb) 1-41.5, (1,400-600) 51. Eased up.
Outer sand:
600m: She’s A Lady (Deepak Singh) 44.5. Easy. Alfons De Borja (S. John), a 3-y-o (Mull Of Kintyre – Chill Seeking) (Faisal) 45. They moved freely. Mantra (S. John), Adriphos (Faisal) 44.5. They moved on the bit. Assiduous (Qureshi), Conred (Arshad) 45.5. They shaped well.
1000m: Raja’s Pet (R. Pradeep) 1-14.5, 600/44. Moved well. Ayrton (S. John), Viktor (Faisal) 1-13, 600/42.5. Former showed out.
1200m: Amazon Bay (Arshad), Wind Tunnel (Indrajeet) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/44. They moved impressively. Real Steel (R. Marshall) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/43.5. Moved fluently. Forever Honour (Sreekanth), Flashing Colours (L. Jones) 1-26, (1,200-600) 38.5. Latter started four lengths behind and finished level. Pole Position (M. Ravi) 1-29, (1,200-600) 42.5. Eased up.
1400m: Ace Dancer (D. Allan) 1-41, (1,400-600) 49. Impressed.