Santissimo, Odysseus, Villanelle and Floyd impressed when the horses were exercised here on Sunday (Dec. 15) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: Running Star (S.J. Sunil), 2/y/o Among The Stars (Yash) 41. They were easy.
800m: Jet Typhoon (Merchant) 53, 600/40. Worked freely. Serrano (Parmar) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Midnight Express (Parmar) 54, 600/39. Moved fluently. 2/y/o Pristine Glory (Bhawani), Paladin (app) 53, 600/40. Pair urged and finished level. 2/y/o Harrison (app), Jet (P. Vinod) 55, 600/41. Both were pushed and the former finished four lengths ahead. Cuban Pete (Shahrukh) 56, 600/42. Easy. Battista (app), Taabiir (Mustakim) 53, 600/40. Former finished four lengths ahead.
1000m: 2/y/os Fynbos (C. Umesh), Brasilier (Trevor) 1-9, 800/54, 600/40. They moved together freely. Bashir (app) 1-7, 800/53, 600/39. Pushed. Scaramouche (T.S. Jodha) 1-10, 800/55, 600/41. Moved freely. Fiorentini (Bhawani) 1-6, 800/52, 600/39. Stretched. 2/y/os Zacharias (Nazil), Solidarity (Ajinkya) 1-9, 800/54, 600/41. Pair moved level freely. Land Of Plenty (app), Looking Like A Wow (T.S. Jodha) 1-9, 800/54, 600/40. Former ended four lengths in front. The General (app), 2/y/o Caccini (Bhawani) 1-10, 800/55, 600/40. Former was easy while they finished level. Equilateral (app), 2/y/o Neptune (Sandesh) 1-8, 800/53, 600/40. Latter was urged to finish level on the outside.
1200m: Floyd (P. Vinod) 1-20, 1000/1-6, 800/52, 600/40. Retains form. Falsetto (T.S. Jodha) 1-25, 600/44. Moved freely. Constable (J. Chinoy), The Panther (Nazil) 1-23, 1000/1-8, 800/53, 600/40. They moved neck and neck freely.
1400m: Villanelle (C. Umesh) 1-37, 1200/1-22, 1000/1-8, 800/54, 600/41. In good shape. 2/y/os Rosario (Vivek G), Matisse (Nazil) 1-39, 800/55, 600/42. Former was three lengths superior. Ataturk (C. Umesh), Picasso (Trevor) 1-37, 1200/1-22, 1000/1-8, 800/54, 600/41. Former strode out well and finished a distance ahead. Odysseus (Trevor), Alexandros (C. Umesh) 1-38, 1200/1-23, 1000/1-8, 800/54, 600/41. Former started five lengths behind and finished five lengths ahead. Santissimo (C. Umesh), Chagall (Trevor) 1-35, 1200/1-19, 1000/1-5, 800/52, 600/39. Former, who was five lengths behind at the start, covered the leeway and easily finished six lengths ahead. Former is in great heart.
Published – December 15, 2024 05:21 pm IST
