Real Steel, Simpleton, Shaft and Fioritta impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (March 6).
Grass:
600m: Apollo Rising (A. Vishwanath) 41.5. Moved well.
1,000m: Optimus Zone (R. Pradeep), Dominator (Shiva Kumar) 1-8, 600/40. They moved impressively. Boldpilot (rb) 1-11, 600/42.5. Easy.
1,200m: Optimistic (Qureshi) 1-24.5, 1,000/1-9.5, 600/39.5. In fine trim. Immaculate (Afsar), Red Knight (rb) 1-24, 1,000/1-9, 600/43. Former finished eight lengths ahead. Mr. Ambassador (Adarsh), Active Grey (rb) 1-20, 1,000/1-6.5, 600/40.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. Legal Legacy (S.K. Paswan), Bernicia (rb) 1-21, 1,000/1-7, 600/42. They finished level.
1,400m: Tanganyika (rb) 1-38.5, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-9.5, 600/41. Moved fluently. Pure Allure (Appu) 1-37.5, 1,200/1-22.5, 1,000/1-9.5, 600/41. Strode out well.
Outer sand:
600m: Cash My Way (A. Vishwanath) 44. Worked well.
1,000m: Simpleton (Shobhan) 1-11, 600/43. Pleased.
1,200m: Summer Sun (Ashok Kumar) 1-28, (1,200-600) 40.5. Eased up. Distinctive (rb) 1-26, (1,200-600) 38. Impressed. Frenemee (rb) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/45.5. In fine condition. Shaft (D. Patel) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-12, 600/44. Moved attractively. Apparition (Vaibhav) 1-28, 1,000/1-13, 600/44. In fine shape. Fioritta (Arshad), Hillstone (Qureshi) 1-23.5, 1,000/1-11, 600/45. Former finished distance ahead.
1,400m: Valerian (Prabhakaran) 1-44, (1,400-600) 56. Eased up. Real Steel (Shinde) 1-38.5, 1,200/1-23.5, 1,000/1-10, 600/44. Moved fluently.
Gate practice – Inner sand:
1,400m: Dancing Laurie (Ashok Kumar), Cool Springs (rb) 1-39, (1,400-600) 53. They took a level jump. Soul Magic (S. Hussain), Strive And Serve (Chethana) 1-39, (1,400-600) 51. Former finished five lengths ahead. A 3-y-o (Curule – Flair Queen) (R. Pradeep), Anfield (rb) 1-36, (1,400-600) 51.5. They jumped out well. James Bond (rb), Just Fabulous (Chethana) 1-38, (1,400-600) 53. They took a good jump and finished together. Forest Tern (rb), Republican Star (F. Da Silva) 1-45.5, (1,400-600) 56.5. They jumped out well. The Scientist (Qureshi), Royal Sarot (rb) 1-33, (1,400-600) 51. Latter planted at the gates. Resurgent (Arshad), Sunny Express (Afsar), Conjurer (S.K. Paswan) 1-37, (1,400-600) 51.5. They took a level jump. Glorious Moments (R. Pradeep), Alerio (F. Da Silva) 1-35.5, (1,400-600) 51. They jumped out smartly. Masked Marvel (rb), Native Force (F. Da Silva) 1-47, (1,400-600) 59.5. Latter slowly out.
