Cupido and Excellent Sorrento caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (Oct. 15).
Sand track:
800m: Makino (app) 55, 600/40. Easy. Hunayn (T.S.Jodha) 54.5, 600/41. Moved freely. 2/y/o Sandman (Merchant) 51, 600/38. Moved well. Vengence Is Mine (Sandeep), Dancing Phoenix (Neeraj) 51, 600/39. Former finished a distance ahead.
1000m: Bounty Queen (Baria), Spinning Gold (Shubham) 1-7, 600/40.5. Both were urged and ended level.
1200m: Articulate (Jethu), Charging Tigress (Shubham) 1-22, 1000/1-8, 800/53.5, 600/40. Former who is in good shape started four lengths behind and easily finished level. Former should make amends. Retained Asset (Baria), Beyond Time (Shubham) 1-23, 1000/1-8, 800/54, 600/41. They moved neck and neck freely. His Master’s Vice (S. Amit), Olly Boy (app) 1-24, 1000/1-8, 800/54.5, 600/41. Both moved level freely.
1400m: Excellent Sorrento (Yash), Elegant Beauty (app) 1-33, 1200/1-18, 1000/1-4.5, 800/51, 600/38.5. Former started two lengths behind and easily finished a distance ahead. Former maintains winning form. Cupido (Merchant) 1-31.5, 1200/1-17.5, 1000/1-3.5, 800/50, 600/38.5. Moved impressively.
Gate practice noted on the sand:
1000m: Lucas (Merchant) 1-7, 800/52.5, 600/39. Jumped out well. 2/y/os Strong Suit/Dixie Evans (Sandeep), Arazan/Accessorize (Neeraj) and Samidd/Celsius (app) 1-8, 800/52, 600/39.5. First and second named were level and ended four lengths in front of the last named. Colosseum (Pradeep), Cosa Nostra (Nilesh) 1-6, 800/50.5, 600/39. They moved neck and neck freely. Aurora Australis (Merchant) 1-9, 800/53, 600/39. Good. 2/y/os Despacito (P.Naidu), Arazan/Yesteryear (Sandeep), Phoenix Tower/Taralaya (app) and Golden Steal (Neeraj) 1-13, 800/55, 6000/41.5. They were easy.