Western Star and Buckingham impressed when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Dec. 15) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: Skandha (T.S. Jodha), Appalachian (app) 42. Pair level. Ataash (T.S. Jodha) 40. Easy. Cellini (Mosin) 38. Moved well. Believe (app) 42. Easy. 2/y/o Victory Flair (Nazil) 40. Easy. Axlrod (T.S. Jodha) 38. Moved well.
800m: Shambala (T.S. Jodha) 52, 600/38. Good. Between Lands (S.J. Sunil) 53, 600/39. Moved fluently. Timeless Fortune (Yash) 54, 600/40. Easy. Starseed (T.S. Jodha) 53, 600/39. Moved freely. Black Thunder (T.S. Jodha) 56, 600/41. Easy. La Dolce Vita (Mosin), Flashman (Omkar) 55, 600/40. Pair level. Life Is Life (Nazil), Dancing Cloud (Shahrukh) 53, 600/41. They were pushed and finished level.
1000m: Youreforfame (N.B. Kuldeep), Absolute Gorgeous (Kamble) 1-12, 600/42. They ended level. 2/y/o Avante (Nirmal), Mulan (C.S. Jodha) 1-7, 800/53, 600/40. Both were pushed and ended level. Akitania (Umesh) 1-5, 800/50, 600/39. Stretched. Simola (Ritesh) 1-9, 600/41. Pushed. Arlington Heights (Mosin), Lara (Hamir) 1-7, 800/53, 600/39. Former ended two lengths in front. Mighty Hero (Umesh), Meadow Springs (Ritesh) 1-8, 800/53, 600/40. They were pushed and finished level. Endurance (C.S. Jodha) 1-8, 600/41. Worked freely. 2/y/o Buckingham (Bhawani), It’s My Way (Bharat) 1-4, 800/51, 600/39. Former strode out well and finished six lengths ahead. Dentetsu (Umesh) 1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Urged in the last part.
1200m: Red Bishop (Trevor) 1-23, 1000/1-8, 800/53, 600/40. Moved freely. Zacharias (Kirtish) 1-26, 600/43. Easy.
Outer sand:
800m: Medusa (Umesh) 55, 600/41. Easy. 1000m: Daddy’s Blessing (rb) 1-12, 600/44. Easy.
1400m: Thalassa (Merchant) 1-36, 1200/1-21, 1000/1-7, 800/53, 600/40. Responded well.
Race track:
600m: Walking Thunder (Peter) 38. Moved freely. Scaramanga (T.S. Jodha) 37. Slightly urged. Starbuster (P. Vinod) 41. Easy.
800m: Highground (Peter) 51, 600/36. Moved freely.
1000m: Leading Light (Avinash) 1-3, 800/51, 600/38. Worked well. Ananya (R. Manish) 1-2, 800/49, 600/35. Pressed. Madison (Bharat) 1-1, 800/47, 600/34. Moved nicely. Neutron (Parmar), Luna (David Allan) 1-8, 800/53, 600/37. Both moved level freely. Solidarity (Vivek G) 1-10, 600/40. Easy. Doron (Kirtish) 1-10, 600/41. Easy. 2/y/o Sequential (Mustakim), House Of Lords (Avinash) 1-2, 800/49, 600/35. Former moved well and finished well clear. 2/y/o Invictor (Zervan), Applause (Bharat) 1-1, 800/48, 600/34. They were urged and finished level. Interceptor (Ajinkya), 2/y/o Dali/Eternal Spirit (S. Kamble) 1-7, 800/52, 600/37. Pair moved level freely. Touch Of Mystic (Gore), Commanchero (N. Bhosale) 1-2, 800/47, 600/34. They moved neck and neck freely.
1400m: Esconido (Mustakim) 1-33, 1000/1-3, 800/50, 600/35. Worked freely. Western Star (Mustakim) 1-27, 1000/1-00, 800/47, 600/35. Excellent display.
Gate practice — inner sand:
1000m: Opus Dei (Umesh) 1-7, 600/40. Moved well. Mriga (R. Manish) 1-5, 800/51, 600/39. Fully stretched. 2/y/o Sun King (T.S. Jodha), Agatha (Mosin) 1-7, 800/53, 600/40. They moved level freely. Big Bay (Yash) 1-4, 800/50, 600/37. Jumped out well. Sky Full Of Stars (Prasad) 1-9, 600/43. Urged. 2/y/os Queen Of Beauties (A. Gaikwad), Atomic Blast (rb) 1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Former finished a distance ahead. 2/y/os Dreamfield/Peninsula (Bharat), Family Man (Mustakim) and Wise Approach (Pranil) 1-7, 800/53, 600/40. First name finished four lengths ahead of the second name who further finished six lengths ahead of the last name. 2/y/os Inheritance (N. Bhosale), Lion Heart (Gore) 1-8, 800/54, 600/41. They jumped out well and moved level freely.
Mock race noted on Dec. 14. — Race track:
1200m: Charlie Brown (Mustakim), Gold Bar (Ramswarup), Cassat (Santosh), Ma Cherie (Bharat), Golden Sparsh (Ajinkya) and Star Romance (Peter) 1-12, 600/35. Won by: 1/2, 4-1/4 and 6. Charlie Brown and Gold Bar moved neck and neck freely. Golden Sparsh was slowly off by a distance while Star Romance was planted into the stalls for sometime later jumped out and covered good ground to finish with the field.
Published – December 15, 2025 05:53 pm IST
