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Fort Knox, Thats The Touch show out

BANGALORE: Fort Knox, Thats The Touch, Lancaster and Rafaga showed out when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Aug. 25).

Inner sand:

1,200m: Touch Of Realism (Krishnan) 1-26.5, (1,200-600) 41.

1,600m: Mount Royale (Chandrashekar) 1-53.5, 1,400/1-36, 800/54, 600/42.5. Strode out well.

Outer sand:

800m: Jacard (Nagesh) 1-0, 600/44.5. Onetouch Toomuch (Chandrashekar) 1-0, 600/46.5. Syrian Spice (rb) 57, 600/43.5. Extended.

1,000m: Allot (Suraj) 1-15.5, 800/58, 600/45. Shaped well. Aleksei (rb) 1-17, 800/1-1.5, 600/47. Easy.

1,200m: Fashion Statement (Vivek) 1-28.5, 800/58, 600/45.5. Moved well. Explosivo (Ghous) 1-33, 800/1-0, 600/46. Urged. Purple Glade (Vivek) 1-27.5, 800/57.5, 600/45. In fine nick. Ariba (Chandrashekar) 1-31.5, 800/59, 600/45.5. Handy. Amelie (Zia), Samarrah (L. Marshall) 1-31, 800/58.5, 600/45. Former finished four lengths in front. Stage Craft (S. Marshall) 1-32, 800/59.5, 600/46.5. Moved freely. Habat (Suraj) 1-27, 800/55.5, 600/43. Moved fluently. Accordance (Suraj) 1-32.5, 800/58, 600/45. Worked well. Advocate General (Suraj), Money With Talent (Jagadeesh) 1-27.5, 800/58.5, 600/45.5. They were eased up and the latter finished a length in front.

1,400m: Rafaga (Gallagher) 1-41, 1,200/1-25, 800/56, 600/43.5. In fine fettle. Magical Mystery (Gallagher) 1-48, 1,000/1-17, 800/1-0.5, 600/47. Easy. Armidale (Chandrashekar) 1-43, 1,000/1-14, 800/58.5, 600/45. Unextended. Thats The Touch (Chandrashekar) 1-38.5, 1,000/1-12, 800/57, 600/44. Pleased. Lindsay (Appu), Assaye (Khalander) 1-47, 1,200/1-29, 800/58.5, 600/45.5. A fit pair. Lancaster (Appu) 1-39.5, 1,200/1-25, 800/57, 600/44.5. Impressed. Formal Invitation (rb) 1-43, (1,400-600) 54. In fine trim.

1,600m: Port To Port (I. Chisty), Rule The Fashion (rb) 1-57.5, 1,200/1-28, 800/57.5, 600/44.5. They stretched out well. Fort Knox (Gallagher) 2-2, 1,200/1-25, 800/55.5, 600/42.5. Responded well to the urgings.

1,800m: Assessed (Jagadeesh) 2-17.5, 1,600/1-57, 1,000/1-14, 800/57.5, 600/43. Moved impressively.

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