The Leader, Positano, Monterio, Amazing Strides and Philosophy shone when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (August 2).
Outer sand:
600m: Amazing Strides (S.J. Moulin) 42. Pleased. Philosophy (S.J. Moulin) 41.5. Moved impressively. Elpenor (Shreyas) 45.5. Easy.
1000m: Puranjaya (rb) 1-16, 600/43. In fine shape.
1200m: Monterio (rb) 1-25, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/44. Moved fluently. Rodney (B.R. Kumar), Wonderland (Rozario) 1-26, 1,000/1-12, 600/43. They moved attractively.
1400m: The Leader (Suraj), Aircraft (B. Paswan) 1-40, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-10, 600/41.5. Former showed out. Krystallos (Indrajeet) 1-43, 1,200/1-27.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/44. Shaped well. Charukala (P. Vikram) 1-45, (1,400-600) 56. Eased up. Stravinsky (Salman K), Promiseofthefuture (Rozario) 1-44.5, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/46. They moved freely.
1600m: Positano (Shreyas) 1-53.5, 1,400/1-36.5, 1,200/1-22.5, 1,000/1-9, 600/42. A pleasing display.
Gate practice — inner sand:
1400m: Air Blast (Tausif) 1-45, (1,400-600) 56.5. Jumped out well. Mister Brown (Rozario), Dr Ash (B.R. Kumar) 1-49, (1,400-600) 1-1.5. They took a good jump.
Outer sand — August 1:
600m: Casteel (Suraj) 46. Moved on the bit.
1000m: Dramatic (rb) 1-13, 600/43.5. Worked well.