Royal Salute, Super Start, Mannat, Austin and Salzburg impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Dec. 19).
Grass:
600m: Apollo Rising (Arshad) 40. Moved well.
1000m: Feliciana (Appu), The Soprano (D. Allan) 1-10.5, 600/40. They pleased. Markus Sittikus (Md. Shoaib), Prazsky (Vaibhav) 1-11.5, 600/40.5. They worked well. Stimulator (Afsar) 1-12, 600/42. Easy. Supreme Dominator (Suraj), Saratoga Spring (Shahbuddin) 1-9.5, 600/40.5. Former finished four lengths ahead.
1400m: Emperor Cruise (Chandrashekar) 1-41, 1,200/1-27, 1,000/1-13, 600/43. Moved on the bit. View From Above (Mallikarjun) 1-38.5, (1,400-600) 55.5. They moved freely.
Outer sand:
600m: Super Missile (Shahbuddin), Style N Grace (rb) 45.5. They moved freely. Amazing Redd (S. John) 45. Easy. Yourescintilating (B. Harish) 45. Shaped well. Red Bolt (I. Chisty) 43.5. In fine condition.
1000m: Salzburg (rb) 1-9.5, 600/43.5. Moved fluently. Tea Wid Me (Gnaneshwar), High And Handsome (S. Babu) 1-14, 600/45.5. Former moved better. Bronzino (D. Patel) 1-11, 600/43.5. Moved attractively. Super Start (rb), Standing Tall (S. Hussain) 1-10, 600/43.5. They impressed.
1200m: Royal Salute (Jagadeesh) 1-27.5, 1,000/1-12, 600/44. Moved impressively. Evraz (I. Chisty) 1-27, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/45. Moved freely. Apollo King (Gnaneshwar), Free Will (rb) 1-31.5, 1,000/1-15.5, 600/44.5. They moved on the bit. Russian Link (Jagadeesh), Astrum (Srinath) 1-30, 1,000/1-13, 600/43. They strode out well. Maddox (S. John) 1-29.5, 1,000/1-14.5, 600/45. Easy.
1400m: Madame Bovary (Irvan Singh), Bolts Colt (I. Chisty) 1-41.5, 1,200/1-26, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/43.5. They pleased. Mannat (I. Chisty) 1-38, 1,200/1-24, 1,000/1-11, 600/44. In fine nick.
1600m: Beauty Is Truth (Sreekanth) 2-2, (1,600-600) 1-12. Eased up.
Gate practice — inner sand:
1400m: Abba (S. John), Shivalik Eyes (Mudassar) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 51. Former finished six lengths ahead. Hidden Soldier (Sreekanth), Jerusalem (Indarjeet) 1-35, (1,400-600) 51. Former finished three lengths ahead. Summertime (Raja Rao), a 2-y-o (Chevalier-Splendid Monarchy) (Babu Singh), Summer Sky (rb) 1-38, (1,400-600) 53.5. They took a smart jump. Countrys Pride (Shahbuddin), Strive And Serve (S. Hussain) 1-42.5, (1,400-600) 51.5. They jumped out well. Rare And Handsome (Jagadeesh), One To Note (S. Babu) 1-33.5, (1,400-600) 47.5. Former finished a distance ahead. Dream Star (S. John), James Bond (B. Harish) 1-36, (1,400-600) 47.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Lad Star (Arshad) 1-37.5, (1,400-600) 50.5. Jumped out well.
