BENGALURU: Isn’t She Lovely, Desert God, Cosmos and Optimisticapproach shone when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Feb 14).
Inner sand:
600m: Kasauli (Arshad) 40. Strode out well.
1000m: Yerwazan (rb) 1-8, 600/40.5. Worked well.
1200m: Piper Regina (Irvan) 1-22, 1,000/1-8.5, 600/41. Pleased. Haedi’s Folly (Irvan) 1-18.5, 1,000/1-5.5, 600/39. In fine nick.
Outer sand:
1000m: Royal Rein (P. Mani) 1-15, 600/43.5. Moved well. Desert Rose (S. John) 1-16.5, 600/45.5. Moved on the bit.
1200m: Bluejack (Rayan) 1-23, 1,000/1-10, 600/43.5. Impressed. Sedulous (Mark) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-11, 600/42.5. Moved fluently.
1400m: Indian Democrat (Qureshi) 1-40.5, 1,200/1-25.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/46. Eased up in the last part. Optimisticapproach (Sai Kiran) 1-41.5, 1,200/1-25.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/43. Moved impressively.
1600m: Cosmos (Irvan) 1-59, 1,400/1-39.5, 1,200/1-23, 1,000/1-9, 600/41. A fine display. Desert God (D. Allan) 1-57, 1,400/1-40.5, 1,200/1-25, 1,000/1-11, 600/42. Moved nicely. Big Sur (Qureshi) 1-56.5, (1,600-600) 1-9.5. Eased up. Indian Pharaoh (D. Allan), Isn’t She Lovely (N. Rajesh) 1-57.5, 1,400/1-41, 1,200/1-26.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/44. Former extended while the latter started four lengths behind and finished together with plenty in hand.