Aurora Australis and Dancing Hooves caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (August 6).
Sand track:
600m: Sancerre (S.J. Sunil), Fabio (Niranjan) 40. They ended level. Hanlon’s Razor (S.Shinde), Tiger Kingdom (Ayyar) 40. They were easy.
800m: Lesrel (Mahesh), So Splendid (Akshay) 53, 600/38. They moved level freely. Empire State (T.S. Jodha) 50, 600/37. Moved well. Rich N Rare (Kuldeep) 50, 600/37. Pressed. Navigator (T.S. Jodha) 51, 600/38. Pushed. Julio Cesaro (app) 50, 600/37. Moved well. Beshitkash (V. Jodha) 52, 600/39. Moved freely. Falconette (Kuldeep) 53, 600/39. Moved freely. Philadelphia (app), Rotterdam (rb) 52, 600/38. Former finished four lengths ahead. Padmakosa (T.S. Jodha) 52, 600/39. Moved freely.
1000m: Adjudicate (C.S. Jodha), Elegant Beauty (Peter) 1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Former strode out well and finished five lengths ahead. Dancing Hooves (Sandeep), Vengence Is Mine (S.J. Sunil) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Former was five lengths superior.
Gate practice noted on sand:
1000m: Merlot (Pradeep), Nusrat (rb) and Super Mario (Merchant) 1-5, 600/39. Merlot ended two lengths in front. Iville (G.Amit), Flipper (Bhawani) 1-10, 800/53, 600/39. They jumped out well and moved freely. Aurora Australis (Merchant), Grande Vitesse (Pradeep) 1-3, 600/37. Former who finished five lengths ahead impressed.
Mock race noted on Aug.5. (race track):
1400m: Finest Moment (Bhawani), Dazzling Star (Parmar), Reds Revenge (Raj Pawar) and Saddle The Wind (A. Imran) 1-27, 600/37. Won by: Nk, Dist, 5. Finest Moment and Dazzling Star fought neck and neck till the end.
Second mock race:
1200m: Golden Destiny (Jaykumar), Dancing Lances (A. Gaikwad) and Augury (Towfeeq) 1-15, 600/36.5. They all finished in close order. Dancing Lances shifted out alarmingly in the last 200m and came from the outer side of the track to finish close second.