Rio impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday (April 10).
Inner sand
800m: Hidden Goodness (T.S.Jodha) 53.5, 600/40. Moved freely. Negotiator (Sandeep Jadhav) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Sweet As Honey (app), Savage Beauty (Kavraj) 50.5, 600/38.5. They moved level freely. Rio (Pasha) 50, 600/38. Moved attractively.
1,000m: Westphalia (Jethu) 1-10, 600/41. Aravali (Ashad Asbar) 1-7, 600/43. Moved freely. Negotiator (Sandeep Jadhav), Savannah Sound (Saddam Hussain) 1-9, 800/54, 600/40. Former finished five lengths ahead. Millennium Falcon (app), Attraction (Pasha) 1-5.5, 600/39.5. Former started three lengths behind and finished level freely. Latter was urged. Come Alive (Kavraj) 1-11, 600/43. Moved freely.
Outer sand
600m: Dreams R Mine (Sandeep Jadhav) 42. Easy. Royal Passion (Kavraj) 41. Easy.
800m: Double Or Quits (rb) 54, 600/40. Moved well. Lorelei (D.K.Ashish) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Voice Of Faith (Zameer) 53.5, 600/39.5. Moved freely. Flying Trigger (rb), Reality (H.G.Rathod) 52.5, 600/39.5. They were urged and ended level. Peritomoreno (Neeraj), Mine Forever (Zervan) 54, 600/40. Both moved level freely.
1,000m: Lightfoot (S.Nayak), Rule Downunder (V.Jodha) 1-6, 800/52, 600/39. They moved neck and neck freely. Jager Bomb (D.K.Ashish) 1-8, 600/41. Pressed. Oriental Dawn (rb) 1-12, 600/43.5. Easy. Theory (Mosin) 1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Pushed.
1,400m: Invictus (Hamir) 1-38.5, 1,200/1-22.5, 600/40.5. Moved freely.
Gate practice (Inner sand)
1,000m: Clouds Of Glory (T.S.Jodha), Silly Dude (S.Sunil) 1-12, 800/56.5, 600/43.5. Both were level. Saporelli (rb), a bay filly (Chevalier/Winning Talk) (rb) and Here I Am (rb) 1-10, 600/42. Trio moved level freely.
