Mountain Beauty, Turf Striker, Ace Bucephalus and Samara Sun shone when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (March 14).
Inner sand:
1,600m: Ace Dancer (B. Harish) 1-51, (1,600-600) 1-3. In fine nick.
Outer sand:
600m: Nation’s Glory (Mudassar) 44. Moved well. Potomac (rb), Tony Montana (Imam) 46. They moved freely.
1,000m: Mountain Beauty (Arshad) 1-10, 600/43. Moved fluently. Ace Bucephalus (rb) 1-14, 600/43. Moved attractively. Samara Sun (Vaideeshwaran), Firelight (R. Bharath) 1-9.5, 600/43. Former finished five lengths ahead.
1,200m: Turf Striker (Mark), Magical Filly (B. Nayak) 1-29.5, 1,000/1-13, 600/44. Former started four lengths behind and finished two lengths ahead. Abbys Baby (Asgar), Parisian Spring (rb) 1-31, (1,200-600) 43.5. They moved on the bit. Smokehead (Rajesh Babu), Hillton (Rajesh Kumar) 1-30, (1,200-600) 43. They finished level.
Gate practice – Inner sand:
1,400m: The Scientist (Qureshi), Wind Force (Anjar) 1-36, (1,400-600) 49.5. They took a smart jump while the latter dropped the rider near 800m. Adriphos (S. John), Hard To Get (Sahanawaz), Cute Beast (Arshad) 1-38, (1,400-600) 50. Adriphos impressed. A 3-y-o (Ace – Risada) (Rajesh Kumar), Cartagena (Indrajeet) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 50. Former finished three lengths ahead.
