Forest Flair and Blue Thunder caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (Feb. 24).
Inner sand:
400m: Running Sun (rb) 25. Easy.
600m: Flying Jewel (Pradeep), Big Old Man (Kapoor) 37. They moved level freely. River Tern (rb) 35.5. Moved well. Sharp Runner (C.S.Jodha) 41.5. Easy. Tudor Regent (S.Chinoy) 37. Moved well.
800m: Estevez (Kapoor) 51.5, 600/39. Moved well. Irish Queen (Baria) 49, 600/37. Urged in the last part. Gimme Hope (Pradeep) 54, 600/41. Easy. Star Empire (M.Fenton) 56, 600/41.5. Easy.
1,000m: Awesomeness (B.Prakash), Star Craft (D.Patel) 1-5, 800/51, 600/39. Former finished six lengths ahead. Forest Flair (B.Prakash) 1-2.5, 800/49, 600/37. Retains form. Sacred Relic (Baria) 1-10, 600/41. Moved freely. Diego Rivera (Kharadi) 1-5, 800/50, 600/38. Moved well. Agent Archie (rb) 1-11, 600/43. Easy. Star Future (Pereira) 1-12, 600/43. Easy. Celestial Concept (D.S.Rathore) 1-12, 600/44. Easy.
1,200m: Hugo (S.N.Chavan) 1-24, 600/41.5. Moved freely. Recordbreaker (C.Alford), Hall Of Glory (rb) 1-26, 600/42. Former better. Alize (Kharadi), Angelo (Zervan) 1-20, 600/38. Former started three lengths behind and easily finished four lengths ahead. Bruckner (P.Mulrennan) 1-27, 600/44. Easy. Royal Highness (McCullagh) 1-18, 1,000/1-3, 600/38. Pleased. Blue Thunder (Parmar), Attila (Kharadi) 1-17.5, 1,000/1-2.5, 800/49, 600/36.5. Former strode out well and finished four lengths ahead. Note former. Torriglia (Ruzaan), Rigel (Zervan) 1-27, 600/43. Pair easy. Serenity (V.Walkar), Pound Foolish (C.Rajendra) 1-26, 600/43.5. Pair level. Midsummer Knight (rb) 1-20, 1,000/1-5.5, 600/40.5. Moved well.
1,400m: Prince Cyrus (McCullagh) 1-40, 600/41. Moved freely. Washington Irvine (rb) 1-39, 600/42. Easy. Krug (Zervan), Jacqueline (Parmar) 1-42, 1,000/1-11, 600/42.5. They were easy.
1,600m: Astral Flash (C.D.Hayes) 1-50, 1,400/1-34.5, 1,200/1-21, 600/39.5. Pleased. Saint Vincent (Kharadi) 1-48.5, 1,400/1-33.5, 600/38. Moved attractively.
Outer sand:
800m: Hurricane Heart (rb) (1,400-600) 56. Easy. Lakhadema (rb) 55, 600/41. Easy.
1,400m: Native Knight (S.N.Chavan) 1-41, 800/55, 600/40.5. Moved freely.
Gate practice (Inner sand):
1,000m: Raah (K.Prasad) 1-3.5, 600/38.5. Was slowly off. Star Vision (Pereira) 1-12, 600/44. Easy. C'est La Vie (J.Chinoy), Lago Medio (S.Sunil) 1-4.5, 600/38.5. Former ended three lengths in front. Ocean Farer (T.Mahesh), Stardom Bound (rb) 1-4.5, 600/38.5. Former superior. Tysea (Trevor), Ocean Treasure (Tograllu) 1-8, 600/40.5. They finished level.
