Hunt For Gold, New England and Headway impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday (Feb. 21) morning.
Inner sand
600m: Dancing Jade (S. Amit) 39.5. Easy. Flower Dust (Chouhan) 39. Moved freely.
800m: Divine Glory (A. Gaikwad) 57, 600/42. Easy. Saskatchewan (Aniket) 54, 600/40. Easy. Falconette (Kuldeep) 52, 600/40. Moved freely. Kilkarry Bridge (V. Jodha), Turning Point (Ajinkya) 50, 600/38. They moved neck and neck freely. Trouvaille (V.Jodha), Athulya (Ajinkya) 51, 600/38. Pair moved level freely. Forest Fairy (S. Nayak) 49.5, 600/37. Moved well. Headway (V. Jodha), Outstanding (Ajinkya) 50, 600/37. Former strode out well and finished a distance ahead. Marianella (Kharadi) 50, 600/38. Moved well. Flipper (Parbat), Bronco Billi (Ajinkya) 54.5, 600/41. Former was easy while the latter was pushed to end level.
1000m: Thea’s Pet (Kaviraj), Mythical Power (J. Chinoy) 1-9, 600/41. Former was two lengths better. Across The Sea (Parmar) 1-9, 600/39.5. Good. St. Andrews (Santosh) 1-9, 600/40. Moved freely. Clymene (Kharadi) 1-6.5, 600/39. Moved well. Jack Frost (Jethu) 1-5, 800/50, 600/37.5. Pleased. Congressional (Santosh) 1-7, 800/53, 600/38.5. Moved freely. Makhtoob (V. Jodha) 1-5.5, 800/50.5, 600/38. Pressed.
1400m: Hunt For Gold (Akshay) 1-34, 1200/1-20, 1000/1-6, 800/53, 600/40. Moved attractively. New England (Downey), Relentless Pursuit (J. Chinoy) 1-33, 1200/1-18, 1000/1-4, 800/51, 600/39.5. Former made up three lengths and easily finished level.
1600m: Momentum (Roushan) 1-54, 600/42. Moved fluently. Sacred Roman (Roche) 1-57, 600/44. Easy.
Outer sand
800m: Chephirah (Parbat), Bait And Switch (Ajinkya) 53, 600/39.5. They ended level.
Gate practice noted on the inner sand
1000m: Agrami (G. Amit), Total Gallery/Satine (Merchant) 1-7, 800/53, 600/41. Pair jumped out well and finished level. Gloriosus (Hamir), Jager Bomb (J. Chinoy) 1-5, 800/51.5, 600/40. Former finished well clear. Barack (Roche), Egalite (Parmar) and Call Of The Wind (Roushan) 1-12, 600/44. Trio was easy.