Serrano and Fighton caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Nov. 29) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: Kariena (rb) 38. Moved well. Dragon Wings (Mustakim) 41. Easy. Darwin (Bhawani) 42. Easy. 2/y/o Balthazar (Bhawani) 41. Easy.
800m: Ataash (Shelar) 56, 600/42. Moved fluently. Cellini (P. Shinde) 51, 600/37. Moved well. Scaramanga (T.S. Jodha) 53, 60039. Moved well. 2/y/os Dulari (Merchant), Cinderella’s Dream (Nazil) 53, 600/38. Former finished well clear. Mysterious Girl (rb) 56, 600/43. Easy. Scorcese (T.S. Jodha) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Pyrrhus (Mansoor), Supreme Spirit (C. Umesh) 53, 600/39. Former was easy while the latter was pushed to end level.
1000m: Miss American Pie (Parmar) 1-10, 800/56, 600/42. Shaped well. Gangster (T.S. Jodha) 1-9, 800/54, 600/40. Worked well. Kubric (T.S. Jodha) 1-8, 800/53, 600/39. Slightly urged. Lion King (rb) 1-10, 800/57, 600/43. Easy.
1200m: Koenig (Shelar) 1-26, 600/45. Eased up in the last part. Mojito (Parmar) 1-21, 1000/1-7, 800/53, 600/40. Moved nicely. Fighton (P. Dhebe) 1-20, 1000/1-6, 800/53, 600/40. Responded well. Exuma (Parmar), Fortunate Son (P. Dhebe) 1-23, 1000/1-10, 800/56, 600/43. Former finished four lengths ahead. Geographique (Neeraj), Truly Epic (Hamir) 1-24, 1000/1-8, 800/54, 600/41. Both moved level freely.
1400m: Chieftain (P. Shinde) 1-39, 1200/1-25, 800/56, 600/43. Worked freely. Serrano (Parmar), Pure (P. Dhebe) 1-36, 1200/1-22, 1000/1-8, 800/55, 600/41. Former was well in hand and they finished level.
Gate practice — inner sand:
1000m: Lord Vader (rb), 2/y/o Equilateral (Bhawani) 1-11, 800/55, 600/43. Former finished five lengths ahead. 2/y/os Affluence (Nazil), Surfrider/Circus Ring (Shahrukh) 1-10, 800/56, 600/44. Former finished distance ahead. Phenom (Parmar), India Strong (rb) 1-7, 800/53, 600/41. Former easily covered three lengths and finished level. Cascade (T.S. Jodha) 1-8, 800/53, 600/40. Good work.
