Shotgunn, Sunnys Secret, The Senator and Modern Art shone when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (July 22).
Outer sand:
600m: Yas Marina (S. Marshall), Sky Drive (rb) 41. They moved impressively. Pinaakini (rb) 43. Moved well.
1,000m: Super Spear (Mark), Son Of The Sun (Adarsh) 1-11, 600/42.5. Former finished five lengths ahead. Saloni (Md. Shafiq) 1-14, 600/41.5. In fine trim. Duckworth (rb) 1-15, 600/46. Easy. Alaric (Afsar) 1-14, 600/41. Pleased. Enduring Star (Afsar) 1-15, 600/41. Impressed. Sunnys Secret (Afsar), Refresh (rb) 1-12.5, 600/42. Former showed out. Andromache (Merchant) 1-12.5, 600/42. Moved fluently. Agent Archie (S. John) 1-14, 600/42. Strode out well.
1,200m: Modern Art (S. Chinoy), Kilimanjaro (Harish) 1-29, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/41. Former finished two lengths ahead. The Senator (Shinde) 1-24, 1,000/1-9.5, 600/41.5. Moved attractively. Blink (Guruprasad) 1-27, 1,000/1-13, 600/44. Moved freely. Royal Ambassador (Shahbuddin) 1-29, (1,200-600) 41.5. Moved on the bit. Southern King (Mallikarjun), Another Voice (Rajesh Babu) 1-31.5, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/43.5. They finished together. Corbett (Sampson) 1-28.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/43. Shaped well. D'Artagnan (Harish) 1-30, (1,200-600) 43.5. Eased up. Native Talent (Faisal) 1-27.5, 1,000/1-9.5, 600/41. Retains form.
1,400m: Shotgunn (S. John) 1-38.5, 1,200/1-23, 1,000/1-9, 600/41. A good display. Saddler (Merchant) 1-41, (1,400-600) 53.5. Worked well. True Impression (Shinde) 1-41.5, 1,200/1-26, 1,000/1-11, 600/41. Moved fluently.
Gate practice – inner sand:
1,400m: Table Mountain (rb), Desdemona (S. John) 1-37.5, (1,400-600) 55.5. Latter planted at the gates. Sun Storm (Selvaraj), Native Indian (Imam), Smooth Glider (Shiva Kumar) 1-38, (1,400-600) 49.5. Sun Storm impressed. Kirtling (rb), Everglades (S. Chinoy), Time Out (Harish) 1-33.5, (1,400-600) 49.5. They jumped out well. Act Of Duty (Shinde), Bon Giorno (rb), Trigger (rb) 1-35, (1,400-600) 50.5. Act Of Duty pleased.