African Gold, Santissimo, Gunsmoke and Ataturk caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday (Dec. 19) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: 2/y/os Money Fair (V. Bunde), Shifting Power/Dance To Destiny (A. Prakash) 40. Former finished five lengths ahead. Mohsin (T.S. Jodha) 40. Easy. Mighty Wings (Shahrukh) 40. Moved freely. Baleno (Bhawani) 40. Urged. Eloquent Queen (app) 40. Moved fluently. Yukikaze (Gore) 38. Worked well. 2/y/o Diego Garcia (Nirmal), Pataudi (Santosh) and Continental Drift (C.S. Jodha) 40. Diego Garcia pleased.
800m: Fighton (Parmar) 55, 600/41. Moved freely. Taabiir (app) 56, 600/41. Easy. Mila (T.S. Jodha), Empower (app) 57, 600/42. Pair level. Toscana (Trainer) 55, 600/40. Easy. 2/y/o Brasilier (Vivek G) 55, 600/41. Moved freely.
1000m: Desert Classic (Trainer) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. Moved well. 2/y/o Fourth Wing (Sandesh), Ariyana Star (A. Gaikwad) 1-9, 800/54, 600/41. They moved neck and neck freely. Exuma (Parmar), Fortunate Son (Dhebe) 1-10, 600/42. Pair moved together freely. Northbound (Trainer) 1-8, 800/53, 600/38. Shaped well. African Gold (Akshay Kumar) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Moved impressively. Shambala (T.S. Jodha) 1-9, 800/53, 600/40. Good work. Dexa (V. Bunde), Pride’s Prince (Hamir) 1-10, 600/43. Former was pushed to end level.
1200m: Mojito (Parmar) 1-23, 1000/1-7, 600/40. Moved well. Nostalgia (Akshay Kumar) 1-24, 1000/1-8, 800/55, 600/41. Worked freely. 2/y/o Gunsmoke (Yash) 1-22, 1000/1-6, 800/53, 600/40. Responded well. Odysseus (Neeraj), Alexandros (Nazil) 1-24, 1000/1-8, 800/53, 600/40. Former started three lengths behind and easily finished two lengths ahead. Ataturk (Vivek G), Constable (Ajinkya) 1-22, 1000/1-6, 800/51, 600/38. Former made up three lengths and finished a distance ahead. Santissimo (C. Umesh), Chagall (J. Chinoy) 1-22, 1000/1-6, 800/52, 600/39. Former, who is in good shape started four lengths behind and easily finished five lengths ahead.
1400m: Once You Go Black (C. Umesh) 1-33, 1000/1-6, 800/53, 600/41. Fully stretched.
Published – December 19, 2024 05:30 pm IST