Rapture Of Victory and Grand Rapids impressed when the horses were exercised here on Sunday morning (Dec. 6).
Sand
600m: Bourbon Bay (A.Imran Khan) 47, 400/29.5. Easy. Ace High (rb), Rio Grande (Ali Khan) 46, 400/31. Both were level. My Tyson (Chary), Sixth Element (rb) 47, 400/32. Former moved better.
800m: Mystical Knight (App) 1-2, 600/46, 400/30. Moved freely. Lambourn (rb), Sun Strikes (App) 59, 600/44, 400/30. They finished together. Iaepetus (McLaughlin) 59, 600/47, 400/31.5. Moved freely. Scorching Affair (App), Power Colors (Joshi) 1-2.5, (800-400) 28.5. Both were level. Time On (rb), Don Valentino (McLaughlin) 59, 600/43.5, 400/27.5. They finished together. Red River Rebel (App) 59.5, (800-400) 27.5. Moved well.
1,000m: Armada (rb), The Himalayas (Parmod) 1-15, 800/58, 600/43.5, 400/29. They finished together. Art Connoisseur (Chary), Accordion (rb) 1-15, 800/58, 600/43, 400/30. Former moved better. Rapture Of Victory (Joshi), Vijay Dhanush (App) 1-12.5, 800/56.5, 600/43.5, 400/31. Former impressed while finishing level. Cognos (Trainer) 1-15, 800/58, 600/44, 400/30. Easy.
1,200m: Grand Rapids (Ravinder), Menlo Park (Ali Khan) 1-32.5, 1,000/1-16.5, 800/59, 600/44.5, 400/30. Former finished two lengths in front. El Paso (Ravinder), Bernardo (Ali Khan) 1-30, 1,000/1-15, 800/58, 600/44, 400/30.5. Former showed out.