Xanthe, Calix and Aprameya pleased when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (June 18).

Outer sand:

600m: Bestidentification (rg) 44. In fine trim.

1000m: N R I Ace (Jagadeesh) 1-14, 600/45.5. Moved well. Tolkien (A. Prakash) 1-12.5, 600/43.5. Pleased. Mystic Dew (Bhawani S), Dasadyu (Vishal B) 1-16, 600/42. They moved impressively.

1400m: Ice Of Fire (rb) 1-43, (1,400-600) 54.5. Eased up. Xanthe (Hindu S) 1-39, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-10.5, 600/42. Retains form. Aprameya (Neeraj) 1-42.5, 1,200/1-26.5, 1,000/1-12, 600/43. Moved fluently. Calix (Akshay) 1-41.5, 1,200/1-26, 1,000/1-12, 600/43.5. Moved attractively.

Gate practice — inner sand:

1400m: Nonpareil (Pavan), Big Sauce (Arvind) 1-41, (1,400-600) 55.5. They jumped out well. Shining Dawn (A. Prakash), Starsinhereyes (Arul), Signs Of Change (R. Pradeep) 1-39.5, (1,400-600) 55. First named impressed. Character (Akram) 1-44, (1,400-600) 55. Jumped out well. Sai Princess (Jagadeesh) 1-38, (1,400-600) 56. Took a good jump. Absolute Thunder (Aditya), Desert Shield (Sachin) 1-40, (1,400-600) 59.5. Former finished five lengths ahead.