Caprisca, Truly Epic and Lethal Steps caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (Aug. 13).
Sand track:
800m: Good Thing (D.A. Naik) 50.5, 600/37.5. Moved well. Daughterofthesun (Yash) 52, 600/38. Moved freely. Speedo (Kavraj) 56, 600/41. Easy. Articulate (app), Invictus Maneo (S. Amit) 51, 600/37. Former was one length better. Verdandi (Prasad), Skylla (G. Amit) 51.5, 600/39. Former started four lengths behind and finished three lengths ahead. Chezza (Trevor) 54, 600/39. Moved freely.
1000m: Arc Shine (rb) 1-6, 800/50.5, 600/38. Moved well. Forever Free (rb) 1-9, 800/54, 600/41. Urged. Bushtops (Sandesh) 1-11, 600/42. Easy. Golden Weaver (Pradeep) 1-11, 600/42. Easy. Huzzah’s Phoenix (Akshay), Spontaneous Eddie (Pereira) 1-6.5, 800/51.5, 600/39. Former superior.
1200m: King Khalil (Mosin), Excellent Sorrento (Yash) 1-21, 1000/1-7, 800/52, 600/40. They moved level freely. Tiger Kingdom (Prasad), Questionable (Shinde) 1-23, 1000/1-8, 800/53.5, 600/40. Both moved level freely. Lethal Steps (C.S.Jodha), Divine Power (A. Gaikwad) 1-20, 1000/1-5, 800/51, 600/39. Former should make amends. Kimberella (Trevor) 1-23, 1000/1-9, 600/41. Moved freely. Smokey Roses (A.Gaikwad) 1-24, 600/45. Pushed.
1400m: Simon Says (rb) 1-39, 600/43. Move freely. Caprisca (Trevor), Raees (C.S. Jodha) 1-33, 1200/1-19, 1000/1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Former made up four lengths and easily finished two lengths ahead. Truly Epic (Trevor), Gold Bond (Neeraj) 1-34, 1200/1-21, 1000/1-6, 800/52, 600/39. Former strode out well and finished three lengths ahead.