Napoleon, Don Valentino and Rapture Of Victory impressed when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (July 23).
Sand:
600m: Indian Epic (Laxman), Paris Time (rb) 47, 400/32. They moved freely. Rosemead (Chary) (1000/400) 46.5. Easy. Arya Veer (rb) (1200/600) 46.5. Moved freely. Grey Cloud (rb) (1000/400) 45.5. Easy. Adamant Approach (rb) (1000/400) 47. Moved freely. Genius Queen (Rawal), Royal Tune (B Shanker) 45.5, 400/31. They moved freely. Peter (rb), Miracle (rb) 45.5, 400/31. They moved well. Golden Orage (rb) 46.5, 400/32. Easy.
800m: Ice Land (ShobanBabu), Original Gladiator (Aadesh) 59, 600/46,400/31.5. Former moved better. Iaepetus (rb) 57.5, 600/43.5, 400/30. Pleased. Strategic Command (Venkat) 57.5, 600/44, 400/29.5. Not extended. Crocodile Hunter (Shinde) 59.5, 600/44.5, 400/31. Moved on the bit. Vijayraaj (Venkat) 1-2, 600/46, 400/31. Easy. Jabel Queen (Parmod) 57.5, 600/43.5, 400/30. Pleased. Maximum City (B Shanker), Tricky Trevor (rb) 1-0.5, 600/45.5, 400/31. Both were level. Mission Chief (Parmod) 1-0, 600/44, 400/30.5. Easy. Rapture Of Victory (Joshi) 57, 600/42.5, 400/29. Impressed. Bold Blast (Sequeira) 58, 600/43.5, 400/29.5. Moved on the bit. Deccan Pearl (Uday Kiran), Flinders Park (Shoban Babu) 58.5, 600/45.5, 400/31. Former finished five lengths in front. Al Sarraah (Ashhad), Corvette (Pawar) 57.5, 600/42.5, 400/29.5. Former finished a length in front. Young Sapper (Joshi), Vijay Trishul (Venkat) 59.5, 600/47.5, 400/32. They moved freely. Royal Degree (Harinder), Lalaczar (Rupesh) 1-1.5, 600/45.5, 400/31. They finished together. Yakshagana (Parmod) 1-1.5, 600/44.5, 400/31. Easy.
1,000m: Xtreme (Joshi), Vijays Angel (Venkat) 1-14.5, 800/58.5, 600/44.5, 400/30. Former finished five lengths in front. Maximise (Joshi) 1-15, 800/57.5, 600/44.5, 400/31. Moved on the bit. True Future (Shoban Babu) 1-17, 800/58, 600/44, 400/29.5. Extended. Bella Colla (Laxman), Arabian Dancer (Rawal) 1-16.5, 800/59, 600/45, 400/30. Former moved slightly better. Hail The Star (Sreekant), King Size (Dileep) 1-16, 800/1-0, 600/47, 400/32. They finished together. Vijays Famme (Trainer), The Kohinoor (Rupesh) 1-16, 800/59.5, 600/45.5, 400/30.5. They moved together.
1,200m: Don Valentino (Pawar), Achiever (Ajay) 1-29.5, 1000/1-12.5, 800/55.5, 600/42.5, 400/28.5. Former impressed. Scamper (Sreekant), Juliet (Dileep) 1-31.5 (1200/600) 42. They moved freely. Royal Embassy (Shoban Babu) 1-32.5 (1200/600) 46.5. Easy. Kohinoor Wish (Rupesh), Kohinoor Delight (rb) 1-30.5, 1000/1-14.5, 800/58.5, 600/45.5, 400/31. They were not extended. Napoleon (Trainer), Silver Rose (Rupesh) 1-28.5, 1000/1-14, 800/57, 600/43, 400/29. Former showed out.
Mock race noted on July 22 (Sand):
1,000m: Glen Gyle (Farookh), Indradhanush (Nitin), Most Popular (Dileep), One One One (Deepshanker) and Ice Candy (Sreekant) 1-3, 800/49, 600/37, 400/27, Indradhanush was slowly off. They were separated by a distance, a length, two lengths and a distance.