Samara Sun, Assiduous and Kolaveri Di excelled when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning.
Inner sand:
1,200m: Catch The Eye (rb) 1-26.5, (1,200-600) 38. Eased up. Bounty Hunter (Culhane) 1-22, (1,200-600) 38.5. Moved well.
Outer sand:
600m: Bold Nature (Jagadeesh) 45. Easy.
1,000m: Markus Sittikus (Vaibhav), Crown Emperor (R. Marshall) 1-14, 600/46. Former finished two lengths ahead. Samara Sun (Vaideeshwaran) 1-12.5, 600/42. Moved fluently. Matias (Sahanawaz) 1-12.5, 600/44.5. In fine trim. Midtown Delight (Shobhan) 1-11.5, 600/44. Pleased. Regal Soldier (Jagadeesh) 1-17, 600/46. Easy. Assiduous (Vaibhav), Viva Diva (Arshad) 1-14, 600/42.5. Former impressed.
1,200m: Equanimity (rb), Buzzword (Arshad) 1-29, 1,000/1-14, 600/46. A fit pair. Ice Kingdom (rb) 1-31.5, (1,200-600) 44. Eased up. Cirque Du Soleil (R. Marshall) 1-27, 1,000/1-12, 600/44. In fine condition. Kolaveri Di (R. Marshall), Valerian (Md. Shoaib) 1-28, 1,000/1-12, 600/43.5. Former finished three lengths ahead. Claara (R. Bharath), Kafka (Md. Shoaib) 1-29.5, 1,000/1-14, 600/46. They finished level. Rumour Has It (R. Bharath), Influence (Md. Shoaib) 1-30, (1,200-600) 43.5. They finished together. Absolute Red (Anjar) 1-30, 1,000/1-15, 600/45.5. In fine shape. Man Of Vision (Vaideeshwaran), Cristoffe (Vaibhav) 1-27.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/43. Former finished two lengths ahead. Casanova (R. Marshall) 1-27, 1,000/1-12, 600/43.5. Moved impressively. Conrod (Arshad), Virtuoso (Vaibhav) 1-30.5, 1,000/1-12, 600/43.5. Former finished distance ahead. Tijuca Forest (R. Bharath), Raj Guru (Vaibhav) 1-26, 1,000/1-12, 600/45. They moved fluently.
1,400m: Sovereign Rule (Vaibhav) 1-43.5, 1,200/1-27.5, 1,000/1-13, 600/44.5. Shaped well. Agostini (R. Marshall) 1-46.5, 1,200/1-29.5, 1,000/1-14, 600/46. Moved on the bit. Anonymous (R. Marshall), Alcazaar (Vaideeshwaran) 1-45.5, 1,200/1-27, 1,000/1-11, 600/42.5. Latter started four lengths behind and finished level. Our Commander (L. Jones), Fantastic Strike (Sreekanth) 1-44, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/44.5. Former started three lengths behind and finished eight lengths ahead. Mi Amor (Vaideeshwaran), Firelight (R. Bharath) 1-45, 1,200/1-27.5, 1,000/1-12, 600/44.5. Former moved fluently and finished three lengths ahead.
Gate practice – Inner sand:
1,400m: Nadia (Vaideeshwaran), Apollo King (Mudassar), Ultimate Fantasy (Prabhakaran) 1-31.5, (1,400-600) 49.5. Nadia impressed. Too Cold To Hold (Mallikarjun) 1-38.5, (1,400-600) 52. Jumped out well. Liege Lord (N. Rajesh), Invincible Prince (D. Allan) 1-32, (1,400-600) 47. They jumped out smartly. Vigorous (B. Paswan), Dofantasy (Qureshi), Woodstream (Anjar) 1-35, (1,400-600) 48. Vigorous showed out. Brave Cat (Kiran Rai), Oriental Star (Vaideeshwaran), Ancient Title (P. Ramesh) 1-33.5, (1,400-600) 50. Brave Cat pleased. Song Of Hope (Raja Rao), Stately Dance (M. Ravi) 1-35.5, (1,400-600) 47. Former finished five lengths ahead. Bering Sea (N. Rajesh), Santa Ana (D. Allan) 1-36, (1,400-600) 48. Former finished five lengths ahead. Icecream (Anjar), Ace Angel Star (B. Paswan) 1-48, (1,400-600) 58.5. They took a good jump and eased up in the last part.
