Strategy and Mountain Regiment caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning.
Inner sand
600m: Come Alive (Chandrakant), Flight To Freedom (Kavraj) 40. They ended level. Sky High (Dashrath), Hawaiian Princess (Rupesh) 37.5. They moved level freely. Days Best (Merchant) 38. Slightly urged. Arctic Minstrel (rb) 39. Moved freely.
800m: Neona (S.N.Chavan), Nanyuki (rb) 55.5, 600/40.5. Former ended five lengths in front. Tropical Zone (I.Pardeshi) 49, 600/37. Moved well. Dover's Hill (Sandeep Jadhav) 50, 600/38. Moved well.
1,000m: Fajr (S.Sunil), Weizhou (Dashrath) 1-4, 800/48.5, 600/36.5. Former was urged while the latter who started four lengths behind easily ended half a length behind.
1,200m: Numistmatist (T.S.Jodha) 1-21, 600/39. Moved well. Lake Paradise (Rupesh) 1-22, 1,000/1-5.5, 800/52, 600/39. Moved well. Ascot Magic (Suraj Narredu), Angel's Mine (Pasha) 1-25, 600/41. They ended level. Athos (rb) 1800/600m 1-20. Moved freely.
Outer sand
1000m: Satyamev Jayate (rb), Cogito Ergo Sum (Neeraj) 1-8, 600/39. Former superior.
Race track
600m: Manyatta (D.K.Ashish), Angel's Crown (Suraj Narredu) 38.5. They were easy. Okavango (D.K.Ashish), Maximus (Suraj Narredu) 36.5. They finished level freely.
1,000m: Spirit Of Ecstasy (Neeraj) 1-9, 600/39. Moved freely. Mountain Regiment (rb) 1-3, 600/38. Moved attractively. Star Trainer (rb) 1-2, 600/38. Moved well. Sheer Romance (rb), White Feather (rb) 1-7.5, 600/36. They were urged and ended level. National Glory (S.Kamble) 1-5.5, 600/35. Good.
1,200m: Strategy (rb), Marengo (rb) 1-17.5, 1,000/1-2, 600/35.5. Former was well in hand and finished two lengths ahead. Note former.
1,400m: Heartthrob (Dashrath), Zaar (Bhujbal) and Pistol Packin Mama (S.Kamble) 1-39, 1,200/1-21.5, 1,000/1-7, 600/36. Heartthrob was the pick.
Gate practice (Inner sand)
1,000m: Matilda (R.K.Mahesh) 1-7, 600/41. Jumped out well. Alkazi (Kavraj), New Wings (Chandrakant) 1-6, 600/39. They finished level freely. Dancing Splendour (rb), Papakura (T.S.Jodha) 1-6, 800/51.5, 600/39. Former moved well. Something New (rb), a bay colt (Concordial/Resolve) (rb) 1-8, 600/41. Former better. Arabian Eagle (Pereira), Queen's Camp (Agarwal) 1-9, 600/41. Former ended three lengths in front. Attribute (-), Kerrisdale (N.Jodha) 1-7, 600/40. Both jumped out well and finished level. Lucky Misbah (Tograllu), Purple Mokara (Pardeshi) 1-5, 600/39. Former was well in hand while the latter was pressed to finish level.
