Red Carnation and Wild Fire caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday (Mar. 1) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: Aquarius (rb), Governor General (Walkar) 41. Pair easy.
800m: Themis (Walkar), Goshawk (Sandesh) 53, 600/40.5. Former started and finished five lengths ahead. Wild Fire (Kuldeep) 49, 600/36. Moved attractively. House Of Commons (Pradeep) 51, 600/38. Moved well. Spirit Of Oath (G. Amit) 54, 600/39. Moved freely.
1000m: Arvan (G. Amit), Cecelia (Nilesh) 1-6, 600/40. They moved freely. Bronx (Chouhan) 1-12, 600/44. Easy. Star Comrade (Bhawani) 1-6, 600/39. Moved well. Truly Epic (C.S. Jodha), Benevolence (Hamir) 1-8, 600/40. Former was pushed and finished six lengths ahead.
Outer sand:
600m: Texas Gold (rb) 41. Easy.
800m: Perpetual Winning (Walkar), Bushtops (Sandesh) 52, 600/39. They moved neck and neck freely. Big Sur (Shinde) 54, 600/41. Moved freely. Yutaka (V. Jodha) 53, 600/40. Moved well.
1000m: Bewtiched (Walkar), Exosphere (Sandesh) 1-6, 600/38. Former ended two lengths in front. Super Strength (T.S. Jodha) 1-8, 600/41. Moved freely.
Gate practice — inner sand:
1000m: Red Carnation (Kuldeep) 1-5, 600/39. Moved well. Medici (T.S. Jodha), Suerte (Bhawani) 1-9, 600/41. Former finished a distance ahead. Harrier(Pradeep), Jack Flash (Nazil) 1-6, 600/38. Former easily finished a distance ahead. Theobroma (Ayyar), Myrcella (Zeeshan) 1-8, 600/41. They moved level freely.
Mock races noted on Feb. 28 (race track):
1200m: Pathan (Shinde), Kiss From A Rose (Merchant) 1-15, 600/38. Former was one length superior.
Second mock race: 1400m: Marietta (Kadam), Merlin (Sandesh), Red Indian (Neeraj), Hollywood Dream (Zeeshan) and Cold Play (T.S. Jodha) 1-27, 600/38. Nk, 1, 4. Marietta and Merlin who came together from behind moved neck and neck freely. Note them.