Classerville, D’Artagnan, Noble Prince and Valid Expectation impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Jan. 7).
Inner sand:
600m: Aaj Tak (Ashok Kumar) 40. Moved well.
1200m: Valahak (Ashok Kumar) 1-25, (1,200-600) 37. Eased up.
1400m: Frozen Fire (D. Allan) 1-40, 1,200/1-24, 1,000/1-8, 600/41. Moved freely. Amazing Queen (rb) 1-41, (1,400-600) 54. Easy.
Outer sand:
600m: Star Of Stars (I. Chisty), a 3-y-o (Sir Bordeaux–Izzat) (rb) 45. They moved freely. Joint The Party (Sapra) 46. Moved on the bit. Bottom Burst (I. Chisty), Yes Marina (Md. Shafiq) 46. They shaped well. Plaka (Md. Shafiq), Shuddring (I. Chisty) 43. They pleased.
1000m: A 3-y-o (Diffident–Ragamuffin) (Gautam), Soundofthewind (P. Mani) 1-16.5, 600/43. They finished together. Mystic Star (C. Harish) 1-16, 600/47. Easy. Valid Expectation (S. John) 1-11, 600/43. Impressed. Luckynumberslevin (Shahbuddin), Sound Bet (Merchant) 1-16, 600/44. Former finished three lengths ahead. Legend Reborn (Appu), Bid For Glory (Sapra) 1-15.5, 600/45.5. They moved freely. Greenbro (Sapra), Trillion Win (Appu) 1-12, 600/45.5. Former finished two lengths ahead. Price To Fame (Appu), Just Great (Sapra) 1-12.5, 600/44. They finished level. Greens (Ashok Kumar) 1-16.5, 600/46. Moved on the bit. Southern Gladiator (Sapra), In The Zone (Appu) 1-12, 600/46. A fit pair. Real Gladiator (P. Mani), Western Palace (Gautam) 1-16.5, 600/43. They shaped well. Abnoba (P. Ramesh) 1-15.5, 600/43.5. In fine trim. My Friend Paul (A. Velu) 1-15, 600/45.5. Easy.
1200m: Talk Of The Devil (Shahabuddin) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/43. Strode out well. Yamaguchi (Merchant), Cash Is King (Appu) 1-32, 1,000/1-14, 600/45. They moved freely. Iwana Dance (I. Chisty) 1-24.5, 1,000/1-11, 600/44.5. Pleased. Classerville (D. Allan) 1-23, 1,000/1-8.5, 600/41. A good display. Noble Prince (D. Allan) 1-26, 1,000/1-11, 600/42. Moved fluently.
1400m: D’Artagnan (D. Allan) 1-40, 1,200/1-22, 1,000/1-7.5, 600/40.5. A pleasing display. Dazzling Honour (S. John) 1-42, 1,200/1-27, 1,000/1-13, 600/44.5. Stretched out well. Kripa (Ashok Kumar) 1-44, 1,200/1-27, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/42. Moved attractively. Portobello (rb), Isinbayeva (Shinde) 1-44.5, (1,400-600) 56.5. They eased up in the last part. Chesterford Touch (Vivek) 1-45, 1,200/1-28.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/43.5. Strode out well.
1600m: Brunetta (B. Paswan) 2-2.5, (1,600-600) 1-11. Eased up.
Gate practice – inner sand:
1400m: Hampton Court (rb), Americus (I. Chisty), Alexander Helios (Md. Shafiq), Partagas (rb) 1-37, (1,400-600) 47. Partagas slowly off. Sun Dawn (Vivek), Super Gold (Afsar) 1-37, (1,400-600) 47.5. Former finished ten lengths ahead. Immense (S. John), Sky Light (rb), Morava Good Time (rb) 1-31, (1,400-600) 47.5. Immense showed out. Fleeting Spirit (S. Ramesh), Fist Of Rage (rb) 1-35.5, (1,400-600) 48. Former finished well in front. A 3-y-o (Greensmith – Fortune Ring) (Md. Shoaib), Super Speed (Shahbuddin) 1-38.5, (1,400-600) 48. Former slowly out. Cherelle (rb), Duchess Of York (D. Allan) 1-39, (1,400-600) 49. Former finished three lengths ahead. A Shooting Star (I. Chisty), Ailsa (S. John) 1-38, (1,400-600) 46.5. Former finished about distance ahead. A 3-y-o (Brave Act – Corsican Gal) (Khurshad), Good Gift (Merchant), Absence (rb) 1-34, (1,400-600) 48. They jumped out well. Rule Of Attraction (Sapra) 1-40, (1,400-600) 50. Jumped out well.
