Kyles Of Bute, Becket, Flower Alley and Shades Of White shone when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (Nov. 13).
Inner sand
1000m: Diamond Shower (Rajesh), Golden Dixie (Himanshu) 1-9, 600/41. They finished level.
1400m: Oban (De Sosua) 1-39, (1,400-600) 55. Easy. Cinnamon Rose (Shiva Kumar) 1-37, 1,200/1-19.5, 1,000/1-7.5, 600/40. Pleased.
Outer sand
600m: Approach (T. Bernard) 45. Easy. A 2-y-o (China Visit–Flowersoftheforest) (T. Bernard), a 2-y-o (Epicentre-All Heart) (De Sousa) 45.5. They moved freely.
1000m: A 2-y-o (Placerville–Riza) (Srinath), a 2-y-o (Diffident-Divine Elegance) (Selvaraj) 1-17, 600/46.5. They moved on the bit. Fleeting Arrow (rb) 1-14.5, 600/44.5. Moved freely.
1200m: Kyles Of Bute (S. John) 1-24, 1,000/1-10.5, 600/43.5. Impressed. Soberano (Mrs. Silva) 1-29, 1,000/1-14, 600/45. In fine trim.
1400m: Frozen Fire (D. Allan) 1-48, 1,000/1-17, 600/46. Easy. The Dawn (Ashok Kumar), Savvy Concept (S. John) 1-45.5, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/43. Former finished ten lengths ahead. Noble Kingdom (Shinde) 1-45, (1,400-600) 54. Eased up. Becket (D. Allan), Pelikano (Appu) 1-36, 1,200/1-22.5, 1,000/1-10, 600/44. Former started three lengths behind and finished eight lengths ahead. Flower Alley (Shiva Kumar), The Last Samurai (V. Patel) 1-40.5, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-10, 600/44. Former showed out. Shades Of White (De Sousa), Mystere (T. Bernard) 1-38, 1,200/1-24, 1,000/1-11, 600/44. Former moved fluently and finished six lengths ahead.