Bright Lady, Alcazaba, Ancient Title, Artorius and Apollo King impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Dec. 26).
Inner sand:
1,400m: Emphatic Victory (Sreekanth) 1-36, 1,200/1-23, 1,000/1-10.5, 600/42. Moved well. Our Commander (Sreekanth) 1-34.5, 1,200/1-21, 1,000/1-8.5, 600/41. Pleased.
Grass:
1,000m: Flash Of The Water (Md. Shoaib) 1-9, 600/42. In fine trim.
1,200m: Bering Sea (Appu), Aashikaara (Asgar) 1-21, 1,000/1-6, 600/41.5. They moved impressively. A 2-y-o (C P West – Forest Bride) (C. Harish), a 2-y-o (C P West – Painted Lady) (Adarsh) 1-22, (1,200-600) 54.5. Former started three lengths behind and finished four lengths ahead. Loveofthelife (S. Hussain), Star Kingdom (Suraj) 1-21, 1,000/1-7.5, 600/40.5. They moved attractively.
1,400m: Power Of Time (Kiran Rai), Great Secret (Jagadeesh) 1-35.5, (1,400-600) 52. Former finished three lengths ahead. Ancient Title (Kiran Rai) 1-33, 1,200/1-20, 1,000/1-7.5, 600/41.5. Moved fluently. Artorius (Appu), Invincible Prince (Asgar) 1-32, 1,200/1-19, 1,000/1-6.5, 600/41.5. Former started two lengths behind and finished a length ahead.
1,600m: Apollo King (Arshad) 1-52, 1,400/1-36.5, 1,200/1-22.5, 1,000/1-8, 600/40. Impressed.
Outer sand:
600m: Hidden Soldier (Sreekanth), Shahraan (Prabhakaran) 43. Former finished three lengths ahead. Evalina (Irvan Singh), Wholelottalove (Roshan) 46. They moved freely.
1,000m: Potomac (rb) 1-14.5, 600/44. Easy. Alerio (Sreekanth), Sharp Witted (Vaibhav) 1-11.5, 600/43. Former finished two lengths ahead. Sutton Prince (rb) 1-15, 600/47. Moved freely.
1,200m: Booker Jones (rb) 1-29, 1,000/1-14.5, 600/45.5. Moved on the bit.
1,400m: Flashy Ways (rb) 1-46.5, (1,400-600) 58.5. Eased up. Alcazaba (Beuzelin) 1-40, 1,200/1-26, 1,000/1-12, 600/43.5. A good display.
1,600m: Super Start (S. Hussain), Bright Lady (Suraj) 1-59.5, 1,400/1-40, 1,200/1-24, 1,000/1-10, 600/43.5. Latter pleased while former joined at 1,200m and finished level. Estelita (Vaibhav), Entertainer (Afsar) 2-1, 1,400/1-43.5, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-13, 600/44. Former started four lengths behind and finished two lengths ahead.
Gate practice – Inner sand:
1,400m: Shivalik Eyes (Mudassar), Abba (Md. Feroz) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 48.5. Former finished a length ahead. Magical (S.K. Paswan), Mystere (Indarjeet) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 48.5. They jumped out well. Native Indian (R. Pradeep), Havelock Prince (Vivek) 1-36, (1,400-600) 48. They took a level jump. Style N Grace (Suraj), Strive And Serve (Shahbuddin) 1-42, (1,400-600) 51. They took a good jump. Prince Of Darkness (rb), Windyanna (Jagadeesh), Madame Ayesha (R. Anand) 1-35.5, (1,400-600) 47.5. Prince Of Darkness impressed. Countrys Pride (Suraj), Super Missile (S. Hussain) 1-38, (1,400-600) 48. They jumped out smartly and finished level.