War Machine, Gracious and Velvet Amari caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning.
Inner sand
600m: Devoted (Shelar) 39. Urged.
800m: Speed Magic (K.Kadam), Speed Up (rb) 54, 600/40.5. They moved level freely. Eternal Royalty (Zameer) 49, 600/36. Moved attractively. Rising Wave (app) 53, 600/41. Pressed. Tammy O (Shelar) 50, 600/37.5. Moved well. War Horse (Sandeep Jadhav), Mint Approach (Pradeep) 51.5, 600/39.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. Toast Of Bombay (Neeraj) 53.5, 600/39.5. Moved freely. Hot Pepper (Zameer) 51, 600/38. Moved freely. A bay colt (Ace/Champagne Polka) (Pradeep), Alps (Sandeep Jadhav) 53, 600/39.5. Both moved level freely. Blue Swallow (rb), Zanthos (Ashad Asbar) 52, 600/38.5. Former finished four lengths ahead.
1,000m: Speed King (Pasha) 1-4, 800/51, 600/38.5. Pressed. Desert Wings (Trevor), Just By Chance (T.Mahesh) 1-6, 800/52, 600/39. Former was superior. Imperial Princess (Ashad Asbar), Gatsby (P.Naidu) 1-6.5, 600/41. Former finished five lengths ahead. Meraki (Jethu) 1-11, 600/42. Easy. Toofan (Neeraj), Sailor (S.Shinde) 1-5, 800/52.5, 600/40. They moved neck and neck freely. Soothsayer (Shelar), Ghaalib (Pasha) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. Former moved well.
1,200m: Westphalia (Jethu), Oxbridge (Neeraj) 1-22, 600/40.5. Former was well in hand and they finished level. War Machine (Pradeep), Frankanella (Sandeep Jadhav) 1-18, 1,000/1-5.5, 600/39. Former finished a distance ahead.
Outer sand
600m: Nicanor (rb) 39.5. Moved freely.
800m: Titleist (A.Gaikwad), Flying Trigger (Chandrakant) 52.5, 600/39.5. Former was one length superior. Magnum Opus (J.Chinoy), Light Of The Sky (rb) 54, 600/40. Pair level. Alfonso (Chandrakant), Rock In Rhythm (A.Gaikwad) 51.5, 600/39.5. Former ended three lengths in front.
1,000m: Rising Concert (J.Chinoy), Nizhoni (rb) 1-8, 800/52.5, 600/40. Former finished well clear. Windsor (A.Gaikwad), Go Dolphin Go (Chandrakant) 1-7, 600/41. Pair moved level freely. Secret Flame (J.Chinoy), National Gold (rb) 1-6, 800/52, 600/40. Former finished a distance ahead. Steadfast (Ashad Asbar) 1-8, 600/45. Eased up in the straight.
1,200m: Star Lightning (rb) 1-25.5, 600/44. Easy.
Race track
600m: Jigsaw (Pasha), Jetaway (rb) and Janeiro (rb) 40. Trio moved freely.
800m: Shining Path (S.J.Sunil), Smokie (K.Kadam) 52, 600/36. Former superior. First In Command (S.Shinde), Pearl Secret (Jethu) 53, 600/36.5. Former better. Sawgrass (S.Nayak), The Magician (C.S.Jodha) 51, 600/36. Both moved level freely. Flying Expectation (Pasha), Deltin (app) 51.5, 600/36. They moved neck and neck freely. Seacaucus (Pasha), War Princess (Baandal) 48, 600/33.5. Former was one length superior.
1,000m: Master Of Trinity (Jethu), D’Accord (Neeraj) and Alta Strada (app) 1-3.5, 600/34.5. First named started four lengths behind and easily finished one length in front. Act Of Valour (V.Jodha), Atalya (Baandal) 1-5, 600/34. Former superior. Asahi (Ikram) 1-3, 600/34. Urged in the last part. Multiglory (Trevor), Marvel (Baandal) 1-3, 600/36. Former was easy while the latter was urged to end level. Gold Dream (app), True Heir (Ranjane) 1-4, 600/36.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. Set To Fly (rb), Trending (Kharadi) 1-6, 600/37. They moved level freely. Ranthambore (rb) 1-1.5, 600/35.5. Pressed.
1,200m: Agneya (Kavraj) 1-19, 1,000/1-5, 600/36. Moved freely. Sindbad (Mosin) 1-16, 1,000/1-4, 600/38. Pushed.
Gate practice (Inner sand)
1,000m: Traherne (T.Mahesh), Orla (V.Jodha) 1-10, 600/41. They were easy. Victorio (rb), Tennessee (S.Shinde) 1-7, 600/39. They jumped out well and moved freely. Gracious (K.Kadam) 1-5, 600/39. Moved attractively. Star Of Babylon (Zameer), Hidden Soul (Mosin) 1-7, 600/41. Both moved level freely. Light Force (Ashad Asbar) 1-10, 600/42.5. Moved freely. Myrtlewood (Kharadi), Babylon (Mudassar) and Annie (Akshay) 1-7, 600/40. First named finished three lengths in front. Royal Eclaire (J.Chinoy), Governor (Merchant) 1-7.5, 800/52.5, 600/40.5. Former finished three lengths ahead. Sentosa Cove (K.Kadam), Kayla (rb) 1-9.5, 600/41.5. Former was three lengths superior. Velvet Amari (Pasha), The Big Revival (Neeraj) and Aizaan (Shelar) 1-6, 600/40. First named was four lengths superior. Shown (Zameer), Swaraj (Ashad Asbar) 1-10.5, 800/54, 600/40. Former ended three lengths in front.
Mock race (Race track) — Jan. 4
1,200m: Captivate (S.Sunil), Bold Appeal (S.Shinde), Execelonce (Merchant), Colombiana (Yash Narredu), Nerfertari (Ashad Asbar), Helix (V.Jodha), Judicious (Shelar), Maximus (Neeraj), Janitza (Altaf Sayyed) and The Way I Am (Pasha) 1-14, 600/36.5. Won by 3, Nk, 1. Captivate won from start to finish. Bold Appeal who was running last till 600m easily covered the leeway and finished good second. Note.
Second Mock race
2,000m: Alaindair (Srinath), Astapi (Mudassar) 2-5, 600/35. Former easily beat the latter by two lengths.
