Ice Pick and Hachiko impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning.
Inner sand
600m: Miracle Of Mercy (Mosin), Destined To Glory (T.S.Jodha) 36. They were urged and former was one length better.
800m: Alkazi (C.S.Jodha), Flight To Freedom (Chandrakant) 52, 600/39. Former finished five lengths ahead. Festival Night (T.S.Jodha) 49, 600/36. Pushed. Maple Star (D.K.Ashish) 51, 600/38. Moved well. Angels Quest (Mosin) 51, 600/39. Moved freely. Hachiko (Zervan), Demonstrator (rb) 49.5, 600/36. Former was well in hand and finished one length ahead. Dancing Splendor (T.S.Jodha), Icon (rb) 51, 600/38. They moved level freely. Sariska (rb) 50, 600/37. Moved well. Top Hat (Nilesh), Fajr (S.Sunil) 50, 600/37. Both were pushed and former finished three lengths ahead. Halle (T.Mahesh), Desert Eagle (V.Jodha) 50.5, 600/37. Former moved well and they finished level. Zanthos (Daniel Grant), Amitayus (Dashrath) and Merck (N.Jodha) 54.5, 600/39.5. Note Zanthos. Holiday Dancer (rb), Negredo (rb) 54, 600/39. They were easy. Lake Geneva (rb) 53, 600/39. Moved fluently.
1,000m: Snow Ball (Neeraj) 1-4.5, 600/42. Moved well. Ice Pick (David Allan), Ice Skater (Merchant) 1-3, 800/49, 600/36.5. Former who is in good shape finished four lengths ahead. Stormy Wind (Rupesh), Silent Whisper (Srinath) 1-5.5, 800/50.5, 600/37. Former was superior. Hills And Heights (Merchant) 1-3, 800/50, 600/37.5. Moved well. A bay filly (Cool Creek/Beyond The Stars) (R.K.Mahesh), Double Or Quits (Kavraj) 1-9.5, 800/54, 600/40. Former ended four lengths in front. Star Mountain (rb) 1-8.5, 600/41. Moved freely. Red Baron (Kavraj), Phoenix Rising (Mosin) 1-6, 600/38. Former finished five lengths ahead.
1,200m: Snow Mountain (D.K.Ashish) 1-20, 600/39. Moved well. Snow Princess (rb) 1-25, 600/43. Easy. Borsalino (David Allan) 1-22.5, 1,000/1-6.5, 600/38.5. Pressed. Signor Sassi (Kharadi), Eskimo (Parmar) 1-20, 1,000/1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Former strode out well and they finished level. Portia (Zervan), Angel Child (Kharadi) 1-21, 1,000/1-5.5, 800/51, 600/38. They moved level freely. Running Sun (rb), Sleuth (rb) 1-20, 600/41. They moved level freely. Royal Fantasy (Kharadi) 1-22, 1,000/1-8, 600/41. Pushed. Star Storm (D.K.Ashish) 1-20, 600/39. Pushed.
1,400m: Tolstoy (Zervan), Catharsis (Trevor) 1-41, 600/43. Former ended four lengths in front. Invictus (C.Rajendra), Saifeena (Dashrath) 1-36, 1,200/1-21, 1,000/1-6.5, 600/39. They moved neck and neck freely. Que Sera Sera (Shammi), Caesars Star (C.S.Jodha) and Bonobo (Chandrakant) 1-32, 1,200/1-19, 800/52, 600/39. First named finished four lengths ahead.
1,600m: Zambezi (N.Jodha) 1-52, 600/43. Moved fluently.
Outer sand
1,000m: Staffan (app), Sebastian (Zervan) 1-7.5, 800/52, 600/38.5. Former should make amends.