Smart Strider and Mountain Ruler caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning.
Inner sand
600m: Sumo (C.S.Jodha), Domain Anna (rb) 37.5. Former finished five lengths ahead. Destined To Glory (T.S.Jodha) Moved freely.
800m: Hidden Goodness (T.S.Jodha) 51, 600/37. Shaped well. Staffan (Stephane Pasquier), Set Ablaze (Kharadi) 55, 600/41. They were easy. Capriole (T.Mahesh), Augustus (V.Jodha) 49.5, 600/37. They moved neck and neck freely. Days Best (R.Hughes) 51, 600/37. Moved attractively. Shivalik Hero (D.K.Ashish), Helen (R.K.Mahesh) 51.5, 600/38. Former in good shape. Beautiful Stranger (T.S.Jodah) 51, 600/37. Moved well. Woven Dreams (David Allan), Incentio (T.Mahesh) 50, 600/37. They finished level freely. Cream Of The Crop (C.S.Jodha), Bonobo (Chandrakant) 49, 600/37. Former finished a distance ahead. Banana Boy (rb) 55, 600/41.5. Easy.
1,000m: Rajasthan Royals (C.S.Jodha) 1-3, 800/48, 600/37. Moved well. Mischevious Z (Baria) 1-7, 600/42. Moved freely. Sikander (Sandesh) 1-3.5, 800/49.5, 600/37.5. Moved well. Scaramouche (Akshay), Crimson And Clover (C.Rajendra) 1-7.5, 800/53.5, 600/39.5. They moved level freely. Shivalik Pride (Neeraj), Matilda (Pasha) 1-5, 800/51, 600/37. Both moved well and finished level. Knighton (Daniel Grant), Soneeyo (rb) 1-7, 600/38. Former started two lengths behind and finished three lengths ahead. Mountain Ruler (R.Hughes) 1-1.5, 800/48.5, 600/36.5. Moved impressively. Adelric (C.Alford), Washington Irvine (Neeraj) 1-3, 800/49.5,600/38. They were urged and former ended one length in front. Machiavellianism (P.S.Chouhan) 1-4.5, 800/49, 600/36. Moved well. Yuville (C.Rajendra) 1-6, 800/50.5, 600/37.5. Good. Hurricane Bird (rb) 1-10, 600/42. Easy. Zanthos (Daniel Grant), Amitayus (P.S.Chouhan) 1-5, 800/52, 600/38. Former moved well and finished well clear. Strategy (S.Kamble) 1-7.5, 600/41. Moved freely. Star Goddess (Sandeep Jadhav) 1-3, 600/39. Moved well.
1,200m: Relic Hunter (Rupesh) 1-17.5, 600/37.5. Slightly urged. Dandified (C.Alford) 1-25, 600/42.5. Easy. Tolstoy (Zervan), Catharsis (Stephane Pasquier) 1-21, 1,000/1-6, 800/51.5, 600/37.5. Former was easy and they finished level.
1,400m: Southern Opinion (C.D.Hayes), Supreme Minstrel (Kavraj) 1-35, 1,200/1-20, 1,000/1-5, 800/51, 600/37.5. Former made up two lengths and finished one length in front. Both are in good shape. Bespoke (Neeraj) 1-37, 1,200/1-21.5, 600/39. Moved fluently. Attila (Kharadi) 1-39, 600/41. Moved freely. Smart Strider (C.D.Hayes), Phoenix Force (D.S.Rathore) 1-30, 1,200/1-16, 1,000/1-4, 800/52, 600/40. Former strode out well and finished a distance ahead. Former pleased. Golden Kingdom (Kavraj) 1-36, 1,000/1-8, 600/40. Moved freely. Stromboli (Kharadi) 1-33, 1,000/1-4, 800/50, 600/37.5. In great heart.
1,600m: Macchupicchu (B.Prakash), Onassis (Zervan) 1-52.5, 1,400/1-37.5, 600/41.5. They moved level freely.
Outer sand
800m: Capri (rb), Oluchi (Daniel Bast) 52, 600/38.5. Former finished five lengths ahead.
