Shivalik Storm and Miss Pearl caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning.
Sand track
600m: Marquet (rb) 40. Moved freely. Dyna (rb) 40. Easy.
800m: Blue Flame (Ranjane) 54, 600/41. Pressed. Donata (Shelar) 55.5, 600/41.5. Moved freely. 2/y/o Secret Flame (rb), Passion Prince (rb) 53.5, 600/40. Former better. Way Out (Shelar) 50.5, 600/38.5. Moved attractively. National Gold (app) 52.5, 600/39.5. Moved well. Veni Vidi Vici (Chandrakant), Marengo (rb) 53.5, 600/40. Former ended two lengths in front. Legend Of The Seas (H.G.Rathod), Ravello (Sandeep Jadhav) 50, 600/37.5. Former was superior.
1,000m: Sansani (Mansoor) 1-6, 600/39.5. Moved well. Dancing Phoenix (Sandeep), Greek God (Sandesh) 1-5.5, 800/50.5, 600/38.5. Former was one length better. Pappillon (rb), Straight Six (Kamlesh) 1-6.5, 600/39.5. Former ended four lengths in front. Cartel (Dashrath) 1-7, 600/39.5. Moved well.
1,200m: Shivalik Storm (Darren Williams) 1-20, 1,000/1-4.5, 800/50, 600/37. Moved impressively. Athens (H.G.Rathod), Tatiana (Dashrath) 1-19.5, 1,000/1-5.5, 800/50.5, 600/38.5. Former made up two lengths and easily finished level. Laurita (Sandesh), Glorious Reward (T.S.Jodha) 1-21, 1,000/1-6, 800/51.5, 600/38.5. Former started two lengths behind and easily finished two lengths ahead. Ultimate Glory (Dashrath), Sabercat (Sandesh) 1-21, 1,000/1-8, 600/49. Former finished three lengths ahead.
1,400m: Miss Pearl (Pasha), Saporelli (Yash Narredu) 1-36.5, 1,200/1-22, 1,000/1-8.5, 600/41.5. Former was well in hand and finished three lengths ahead. Latter was pushed.
Gate practice (Sand)
1,000m: To The Moon (app) 1-11.5, 600/43.5. Moved freely. 2/y/o’s A chestnut gelding (Tariq/Jade Image) (rb), a bay filly (Amadeus Wolf/So Admirable) (app) and a dark bay gelding (Rip Van Winkle/Closing Bell) (K.Kadam) 1-10, 800/53.5, 600/40. First and second named ended four lengths in front. Thoughts Of You (app), 2/y/o Gulfoss (Baria) and Authority (Zervan) 1-9, 800/53, 600/39.5. First and second named were level and finished a distance ahead of the last named. Angel In The Sky (Sandeep Jadhav), Savannah Sound (H.G.Rathod) and Assange (rb) 1-8, 800/53, 600/40. First named who finished five lengths ahead was the pick. Stronganoff (Pradeep), Saltanath (rb) 1-5, 600/38. Former finished a distance ahead. Gyahana (Zameer) 1-12, 800/54, 600/41. Moved freely. Zambian (app), Muntasir (Sandesh) and Dazzling Dancer (app) 1-6.5, 600/41. Zambian strode out well and finished two lengths ahead. Mighty Splendour (rb) 1-8, 600/41. Good jump.
Mock race (Race track) — Sept. 28
1,200m: Senorita Evita (Trevor), The Unicorn (Zervan), Aleta (T.S.Jodha) and Aquamarine (Akshay) 1-14, 600/35. Nk, 1/2, 6l. Senorita Evita who was racing third till bend came very well on the outside and won by a neck. The Unicorn was also well in hand and finished good second.
Second mock race
1,800m: Quasar (Suraj Narredu), Maisha (Zervan), Archie (Trevor) and Okavango (Pasha) 1-50.5, 600/36. 1/2, 3l, Dist. Quasar who came from third position was pressed to win while Maisha who was fourth till bend easily covered good ground and finished good second by half a length.