Showin Off and Augustus caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning.
Inner sand
600m: Bunga Bunga (Neeraj), Bella Figura (rb) 39. Former ended three lengths in front.
800m: Captain Smart (C.S.Jodha), Albuurz (Chandrakant) 56, 600/41. Pair level. Skywalk (Neeraj) 1400/600m 51. Moved well. Anahi (T.S.Jodha) 50, 600/37. Moved attractively.
1,000m: Tahrir (Shelar), Taal Ammi (Nilesh) 1-7, 600/41. Former started three lengths behind and finished six lengths ahead.
1,200m: Zambezi (rb) 1400/200m 1-23. Moved freely. Trance (Dashrath), Hay Day (Neeraj) 1-25, 600/41. Former superior. Kerrisdale (Dashrath), Scaramouche (Neeraj) 1-25, 1,000/1-9, 600/39.5. Former was four lengths better.
1,600m: Sumo (C.S.Jodha), Que Sera Sera (Chandrakant) 1-54, 600/40.5. Former better.
1,800m: Showin Off (Trevor) 2-2, 1,600/1-47.5, 1,000/1-6.5, 600/39.5. Moved impressively.
Outer sand
600m: Hail The King (Pradeep) 39. Moved freely. Francois (rb), Bayblues (Pardeshi) 39. They moved level freely.
800m: Plato (Daniel Grant), Destined To Glory (T.S.Jodha) 52, 600/39. They were urged and ended level. Flashforward (Roushan), Moonraker (V.Jodha) 55, 600/39. They were pushed and ended level. Rocky Balboa (Shelar), a bay filly (Arabian Gulf/Lyrical Star) (Nilesh) 54.5, 600/40. Former finished well clear. Universal Joy (Merchant), Calypso Queen (Dashrath) 54, 600/40. Both moved level freely. Indian Princess (rb) 55, 600/42. Moved freely.
1,000m: Relic Hunter (S.Shinde) 1-8, 600/40. Moved well.
Race track
600m: Augustyna (rb), Zaagros (rb) 40. Pair level.
800m: Fleetwood Mac (Roushan), Summer Eclipse (V.Jodha) 50, 600/36. They moved level freely. Indian Touch (Zameer), Mars (Abhishek) 48.5, 600/33. They moved neck and neck freely.
1,000m: Augustus (V.Jodha), My Freedom (Daniel Grant) 1-2, 600/35. Former was well in hand while the latter was urged to end level. Rio (Daniel Grant), Kaskazi (Pasha) 1-5, 600/35. Former strode out well and finished a distance ahead. Edge Of Glory (Kharadi) 1-6.5, 600/35. Moved well. Bourbon Street (Kharadi) 1-2, 800/49, 600/36. Moved well.
1,200m: Woven Dreams (Roushan), Halle (V.Jodha) 1-15.5, 1,000/1-1, 600/34.5. Former who maintains form was easy while the latter was urged to end level. Titian (rb) 1-23, 600/39. Moved well. Beau Royale (Pasha), Zorro (rb) 1-18, 600/37. Former ended three lengths in front. Athos (Agarwal), Cloud Cover (H.G.Rathod) 1-19, 1,000/1-3.5, 600/35.5. Former superior. Knighton (Daniel Grant), Oriental Masti (S.S.Rathore) 1-17, 1,000/1-2.5, 600/35. They moved level freely.
1,600m: Art Of Enchantment (David Allan) 1-51, 1,200/1-19, 600/36.5. Moved well.
Gate practice (Inner sand)
1,000m: Striking Shadow (Baria) 1-10, 600/42. Jumped out well. Desert Wings (V.Jodha), Soli Deo Gloria (Roushan) 1-9, 600/42.5. They ended level. Porto Banus (Neeraj), St Barts (Sameer) 1-9, 600/40. Former finished a distance ahead.
Mock race (Race track) — Jan. 6
1,200m: Southern Sky (B.Sreekanth), Starry Eyes (Rupesh), Presidential (Daniel Grant), Prince Academy (Abhishek), Loveofmylife (Suraj Narredu), Star Storm (Mosin) and Way Out (Merchant) 1-13, 600/36. Sh, 3, 4. Southern Sky was ridden out and beat Starry Eyes on the post. Starry Eyes who is in good heart was racing last till the turn easily covered good ground on the rails and finished second.
Second mock race
1,200m: Sariska (Kharadi), Money Strike (Zameer) 1-13, 600/37.5. Former finished a distance ahead.
Third mock race
2,000m: An Acquired Taste (Sandesh), Angels Crown (S.N.Chavan) 2-5, 600/35. Former won by a distance.
