Excellent, Sandman and Fleur De Lys showed out when the horses were exercised here on Thursday (Feb. 22) morning.
Inner sand:
800m: Imperial Heritage (Pereira) 55, 600/40. Easy. Turmeric Tower (S. Chinoy) 56, 600/41.5. Easy. Sir Song (Dashrath), Beyond Time (Malam) 56, 600/41. Pair level. Charles Bridge (Niranjan), Tasman (S. Shinde) 53, 600/38. Pair moved levle freely. Mascara (Pradeep), Despacito (Sandeep) 51.5, 600/38.5. Both moved neck and neck freely.
1000m: Grand Passage (Bhawani) 1-11, 600/41. Easy. Sandman (B. Nikhil) 1-4, 800/50, 600/37. Responded well. Mirablilis (Parmar), Elation (Roche) 1-11, 600/42. Pair easy. Costa Brava (Kharadi) 1-11, 600/42. Easy.
1200m: Excellent (Neeraj), Starringo (Pradeep) 1-18, 1000/1-5, 800/52, 600/40. Former started four lengths behind and finished level freely. Honourable Eyes (Pereira), Mishka’s Pride (Downey) 1-21, 1000/1-5.5, 800/52, 600/39. They were urged and ended level. Fleur De Lys (Pereira), Dazzling Eyes (Downey) 1-20, 1000/1-6, 800/53, 600/40. Former strode out well and finished five lengths ahead.
Outer sand:
1000m: Dance The Dream (Baria) 1-9, 800/55, 600/42. Moved fluently.
Mock race — Feb. 21 (race track):
1200m: Bateleur (Parmar), Mathaiyus (Akshay), Mystic Bay (Neeraj), Ustad Pedro (Kuldeep), Thomas Hardy (Kaviraj), Zenon (J.Chinoy), Tomahawk (B.Nikhil), American Odessey (Vishal), Dilbar (Nadeem), Wizard of Stocks (Roche), Verdandi (Bhawani) and Rainbow Trout (Sandeep) 1-12, 600/35. Won by: Sh, 3/4, Sh. Bateleur won the race start to finish, while Mathaiyus who was running seventh till the bend came with a gigantic strides to finish second. Wizard Of Stocks was slowly off.
