Sledgehammer excelled when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (Feb. 14).
Inner sand
600m: Classic Star (rb) 36. Urged.
800m: Tysea (Trevor) 53, 600/39.5. Urged. Icon (T.S.Jodha) 53, 600/39. Moved freely. Royal Gesture (Trevor) 50, 600/37. Moved well. Oriental Dawn (Dashrath) 51, 600/38. Moved freely. Star Of Zoltan (Shelar) 53, 600/39. Pressed. Mountain Lion (Ranjane) 50, 600/37.5. Moved well.
1,000m: Enlightenment (S.Shinde), Asante (Neeraj) 1-4, 600/37. They moved level freely. Amaretto (Srinath) 1-7, 600/40. Moved freely. Mountain Glory (R.Hughes) 1-5, 600/38.5. Shaped well. Running Sun (Jethu) 1-7.5, 800/52, 600/39. Moved freely. Star Goddess (R.Hughes), Ocean Queen (Rupesh) 1-6, 600/37.5. Former finished a distance ahead. Celsius (C.Rajendra) 1-6, 600/38. Pressed. Hills And Stars (Pasha), Limitless Hills (R.Hughes) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Former started two lengths behind and finished one length ahead. Latter was pushed. Note former. Blackjack (rb) 1-2, 800/51, 600/38.5. Moved attractively. Star Miracle (R.Hughes), Ocean Princess (Mahesh) 1-5, 800/49.5, 600/38. They moved level freely. Sea Sparrow (Pasha) 1-3, 600/36. Shaping well.
1,200m: Zeki (Zervan) 1-21, 600/43. Moved freely. Money Flash (Ruzaan), Dancing Money (Zameer) 1-19, 600/38.5. Former was superior. Shotgunn (McCullagh) 1-19, 600/38.5. Urged in the last part. Ocean Warrior (R.Hughes) 1-20, 600/38. Pleased.
1,400m: Sledgehammer (C.D.Hayes) 1-31, 1,200/1-17.5, 1,000/1-4, 800/51, 600/38. Moved impressively. Doi Moi (Neeraj) 1-36, 800/51, 600/38. Worked well.
1,600m: Tora Bora (Ruzaan), Carousel (Zervan) 1-54, 600/42. Former started and finished three lengths ahead.
Outer sand
1,000m: Spirit Of Ecstasy (Neeraj), Bambolina (rb) 1-9, 600/39. Former finished well clear.
Race track
1,000m: Stringsofmyheart (Srinath), Time Out (rb) 1-6.5, 600/39. Former was two lengths better. Loyal Tycoon (Agarwal), Tudor Regent (rb) 1-4, 600/37. They moved freely. Naturelle (rb) 1-5, 600/37. Moved freely. Persian Lily (Sandesh), Final Furlong (Ikram) 1-2.5, 600/33.5. Former finished three lengths ahead. Fahrenheit (Agarwal), Victoress (rb) 1-5.5, 600/36. They were urged and ended level. Let It Fly (Kamble), Athos (rb) 1-7, 600/38. Both were pushed and finished level. Sheriff (rb), Flying Kiss (Kamble) 1-3, 600/36. Former better. Dancing Jenny (Towfeeq) 1-6.5, 800/51, 600/36. Moved well. Etesian (Kavraj), Royal Style (rb) 1-9, 800/52, 600/37. Former finished four lengths ahead. Calypso Queen (Merchant) 1-2, 600/35. Moved well.
Gate practice (Inner sand)
1,000m: Bling (D.S.Rathore) 1-8, 600/42. Moved well. Patek Philippe (T.S.Jodha) 1-5, 600/38.5. Moved well. Bellisima (rb), Ashwa Babhri (rb) 1-4.5, 600/39. Former finished five lengths ahead. Herculean (S.Sunil), Helen (Shelar) 1-3, 600/38. They were ridden out and former finished one length ahead. Halo Of Beauty (Zervan), Amberogio (rb) 1-4, 600/38.5. They jumped out well. Indian Summer (rb), Cloud Cover (S.Nayak) 1-3, 800/49.5, 600/37.5. They finished level freely. A bay filly (Warrshan-Strike It Right) (S.Sunil), Oluchi (Roushan) 1-4.5, 600/39. Former ended two lengths in front. Uproar (Sandesh), Cheponski (rb) 1-8, 600/44. Former finished well clear.
Mock race (Race track) — Feb. 13
1,200m: Nefyn (Dashrath), Dictator (T.S.Jodha), Siachen (C.D.Hayes) and Aprillia (Ruzaan) 1-12.5, 600/36.5. Won by: 1/2, 6, 1/2. Nefyn who was racing second till turn easily finished half a length ahead of Dictator. Siachen was not urged and finished third.
Inner sand — Feb. 13
800m: Lucky Misba (Khalander) 56, 600/42. Easy.
1,200m: Major Wager (Chandrakant), Smooth Operator (Sandesh) 1-23, 600/43. They moved freely.
Outer sand
800m: Paris Hilton (V.Jodha) 54, 600/40. Moved freely.
1,400m: Lakhadema (rb) 1-38, 600/40.5. Moved freely.
