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Iberian & Arturo impress

BANGALORE: Iberian, Arturo and Hesperus impressed when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning.

Outer sand:

800m: Pal Joey (A. Velu) 57.5, 600/44. Shaped well. Courtier (I. Chisty) 57, 600/43.5. Tropical Ridge (Neeraj) 56.5, 600/43.5. Moved well. Grantown (Suraj) 57.5, 600/44.5. Handy. Penny Tweedy (Chary) 58, 600/43.5. Unextended. Lanark (Gnaneshwar) 54.5, 600/42. Impressed. Just Brave (rb) 55.5, 600/43. In fine nick. Melody Power (Khalander) 59.5, 600/43.5. Power Of Gold (Faisal) 56.5, 600/43. Worked well. Little Robin (A. Imran) 58, 600/44.5. Dirham (Shahbuddin) 57, 600/43.5. Shalivahana (P.S. Chouhan) 56, 600/43. Moved well. Parthenon (R. Marshall) 55.5, 600/42.5. In fine trim. Andreyan (C. Alford) 57.5, 600/44. In fine condition. Oro Neiro (Mrs. Silva), Samyuktaa (B. Paswan) 56.5, 600/44.5. Former better. Shubha Mangala (S. Ramesh) 57.5, 600/44. In good nick.

1000m: Tintorino (B. Paswan), Sandokan (Mrs. Silva) 1-12, 800/57.5, 600/45. A fit pair. Laughing Buddha (Christopher), Cote D' Azur (R. Marshall) 1-14, 800/57.5, 600/44. Latter finished five lengths ahead. Ondhu Ondhu Ondhu (Jagdale) 1-14, 800/58, 600/44.5. Auberge (Ruzaan) 1-15, 800/58, 600/44. Fit.

1200m: Estrella (Appu) 1-29, 1,000/1-13, 800/57, 600/44. Maintains form. Hesperus (Appu) 1-24.5, 1,000/1-10.5, 800/54.5, 600/42. Moved fluently. Amazing Velocity (S. Babu) 1-29, 1,000/1-14.5, 800/57.5, 600/44. Moved on the bit. Solar Rocket (Suraj) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 800/56.5, 600/43.5. Moved impressively. Niccoletto (Mrs. Silva), Son Of Fortune (B. Paswan) 1-29, 1,000/1-14.5, 800/59, 600/45. They finished level. Crown Royal (Chandrashekar) 1-28, 1,000/1-13.5, 800/57.5, 600/44.5. Strode out well. Iberian (Gnaneshwar) 1-27.5, 1,000/1-12, 800/54.5, 600/41.5. Caught the eye.

1400m: Arturo (C. Alford) 1-41.5, 1,200/1-26.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 800/56.5, 600/44. Retains form. Ladyfeelgood (Gnaneshwar), Glorious Breaker (Suraj) 1-45.5, 1,200/1-30, 1,000/1-14.5, 800/57.5, 600/44. They worked well. Boat Of Garten (Suraj) 1-44, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-13, 800/57.5, 600/44. Pleased.

1600m: Faustino (B. Paswan), Full Speed (Mrs. Silva) 1-58.5, 1,400/1-43.5, 1,200/1-29.5, 1,000/1-15, 800/59, 600/45.5. Latter is in fine fettle.

Gate practice - inner sand:

1400m: Peakaboo (Vivek), True Legend (Rutherford) 1-39.5, (1,400-600) 51.5. They jumped out well. Jango (I. Shaikh), Jazz Dancer (I. Chisty) 1-38, (1,400-600) 48.5. Former showed out. Money Shop (rb), Cosmic Conspiracy (Sequeira) 1-38, (1,400-600) 50. Former impressed. Commando Chief (Appu), Miami Cruise (Christopher) 1-40, (1,400-600) 49. They jumped out smartly.

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