Siege Storm, Circle Of Dreams, Refined Aggression, Pledge and Encino caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (May 21).
Inner sand:
600m: Ranquelino (R. Pradeep) 39. Strode out well. Imperador (Vishal B) 39.5. Stretched out well. Get Set Go (R. Pradeep) 39.5. Shaped well. Elfin Knight (Sai Kiran) 39. Stretched.
1200m: Abbakka (Arvind) 1-23, 1,000/1-9, 600/40.5. In fine trim.
Outer sand:
600m: Fils De France (Antony) 45.5. In fine nick. Edison (Guruprasad) 46. Easy. Bellucci (Arvind) 45.5. Moved on the bit. Signs Of Change (Sai Kiran) 45. Moved freely.
1000m: Zayyan (Yash) 1-16, 600/45. Moved on the bit. Pledge (R. Pradeep) 1-9, 600/40. Maintains form. Oliver (Yash), Europe (G. Vivek) 1-15.5, 600/45. They moved freely. Refined Aggression (Chetan), Edmonton (Shareef) 1-14.5, 600/41.5. Former started five lengths behind and finished six lengths ahead.
1200m: Circle Of Dreams (Akshay) 1-22, 1,000/1-8.5, 600/41. A pleasing display. Astrid (Rayan), Sun Supreme (Arul) 1-30.5, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/43. They finished level. Siege Strom (Akshay) 1-21, 1,000/1-7, 600/40. Catch the eye. Stalingrad (-) 1-27.5, 1,000/1-14, 600/44.5. Pleased. Encino (Aleemuddin) 1-28, 1,000/1-11, 600/41. Moved fluently. El Rey (Shinde) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/42.5. In fine trim. Kings Gambit (A. Prakash) 1-28, 1,000/1-11.5, 600/42.5. Moved impressively.
1400m: Santorius (Shinde) 1-44, (1,400-600) 57. Eased up. Knotty Girl (rb) 1-44, 1,200/1-29.5, 1,000/1-15, 600/46. Moved freely. Prince Of Wales (Vishal B), Knotty Emperor (P. Trevor) 1-44.5, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/44. Latter started five lengths behind and finished level.
Gate practice — inner sand:
1400m: Zobel (Akshay) 1-41, (1,400-600) 1-1. Jumped out well. Golden Thunder (Antony), Asterion (Vishal B) 1-37.5, (1,400-600) 54.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. Buckingham (P. Trevor), Caccini (Bhawani S) 1-35.5, (1,400-600) 52. Former finished six lengths ahead. Ark Emperor (-), Fiery Lexi (Mukesh K) 1-36, (1,400-600) 54.5. They jumped out smartly.