Alaindair showed out when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Dec. 18).
Inner sand
600m: Annabeth (app), Copperglow (rb) 41. They were level. Oriental Dawn (rb) 40. Moved freely.
800m: Malkia (Shelar) 52, 600/40. Moved well. Emperor Of France (D.S.Rathore), Gothenberg (H.G.Rathod) 52, 600/40. Former finished four lengths ahead. Forest Vision (F. Da Silva) 56, 600/42.5. Easy. 2/y/o’s Shivalik Showers (Sandesh), Blavatsky (Shelar) 57.5, 600/42.5. They were easy.
1,000m: 2/y/o’s Legend Of The Seas (R.Pandey), Forgotten Voice (Sandeep Jadhav) 1-9, 800/55, 600/42. Former started three lengths behind and finished level. 2/y/o Shivalik Storm (Sandesh), Montreal (Shelar) 1-9, 800/54, 600/40. Former moved well with blinkers and they finished level. Murioi (F. Da Silva), Mars (Jethu) 1-12, 600/42. Both were easy.
1,200m: Alaindair (Sandesh) 1-21.5, 1,000/1-6, 800/51.5, 600/39. Moved impressively. Note. 2/y/o’s Zachary (B.Louis), Illidan (Pasha) 1-26.5, 600/44. Pair level.
Outer sand
800m: Hail The King (Pradeep), Pappillon (rb) 50.5, 600/38. They moved neck and neck freely. Mykonos (Merchant) 50.5, 600/37.5. Moved well. 2/y/o Hugs And Kisses (rb) 54, 600/40.5. Moved freely. 2/y/o’s Nazrana (Nikhil), Valentino (Chandrakant) 54, 600/40. Both moved level freely.
1,000m: Rajasthan Royals (Kavraj) 1-5, 800/51.5, 600/38.5. Pleased. Dark Knight (Nikhil), 2/y/o Veni Vidi Vici (Chandrakant) 1-8, 600/41. Former superior. Honest Pleasure (Neeraj) 1-12, 600/44. Easy. San Rafael (Nilesh), Angel In The Sky (Pradeep) 1-6, 600/39.5. Former started three lengths in front and finished four lengths ahead.
