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Appreciate and Holding Court catch the eye

Mumbai: Appreciate and Holding Court caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Saturday morning. (Dec.31).

Outer sand:

600m: Supreme Sword (Shelar), Understanding (Neeraj) 41.5. Pair level. Vanilla Sky (T.S.Jodha) 41. Easy. Suleman Pasha (Pillay) (1200/600) 39. Moved freely.

800m: Maratha Conqueror (S.N.Chavan), Alamsharra (S.Chinoy) 51, 600/39. Former superior. Take On (S.M.Johnson), Inner Instinct (P.S.Deora) 52, 600/39. They were urged and ended level. Home To Home (rb), Partner Perfect (rb) 52.5, 600/37.5. They were pushed. Staying Alive (Shelar) 52.5, 600/40. Urged. Kiss Of Luck (S.N.Chavan), Sphinx (Baandal) 50, 600/38.5. Former easily finished four lengths ahead. Absolute Dominance (N.Jodha) 53.5, 600/39.5. Easy. Don Gama (S.Chinoy) 49, 600/36.5. Moved well. Intrinsic Value (Jethu) 53, 600/40.5. Handy. Bornfree (Rupesh) 54, 600/40.5. Easy. Joy Of Light (M.Narredu) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Genesis (Kharadi) 52, 600/39.5. Moved well.

1000m: Thundering Power (Jethu) 1-12, 600/41. Shaped well. The Dominator (Ikram), Emerging Power (McCullagh) 1-4.5, 600/39.5. They were pushed and former ended four lengths in front. Velvet Rope (Kamlesh) 1-7, 600/40.5. Moved fluently. Lahinch (Kharadi), Lagganmore (O'Donoghue) 1-9, 600/40. Pair level. Barbados Skies (C.Rajendra) 1-7.5, 600/40. Good. Appreciate (M.Narredu) 1-3, 800/48, 600/37. Excellent. Ishtar (McCullagh), Star O'War (Kharadi) 1-4.5, 600/37.5. Former better. Touch The Sky (Kharadi), West Coast Eagle (Rupesh) 1-6.5, 600/38.5. They were urged. Matinee Star (rb) 1-9, 600/44. Handy. Precision (Shelar) 1-9, 600/43. Moved freely. Passion (S.Fargeat) 1-9.5, 600/44. Easy. Gruezi (S.Fargeat), A Royal High (Rupesh), Paris Hilton (Neeraj) 1-6, 600/40. They moved well.

1200m: Democraticus (S.Fargeat) 1-21, 600/38.5. Moved attractively.

1400m: Zroom (C.Rajendra), Castle Pride (I.Shaikh) 1-34.5, 1200/1-22, 600/42. Former trounced the latter. Portal Of Victory (Hamir), Starscape (Mansoor) 1-35.5, 1000/1-9, 600/44.5. Former moved well. Simply Gorgeous (M. Narredu) 1-29.5, 1000/1-3, 600/38.5. Urged in the last part.

1600m: Raudo (C.Rajendra) 1-49, 1400/1-36, 600/41. Pressed. Fiddle Faddle (S.Fargeat) 1-47.5, 1400/1-33.5, 600/42.5. Moved well. La Tremolo (Belose), Nightingale (Abhishek) 1-56.5, 1200/1-26.5, 600/41.5. They ended level.

1800m: Holding Court (McCullagh) 2-1, 1600/1-46, 600/38. Moved impressively.

Jockey suspended & fined:

Jockey B.Prakash who rode Oratorio in the White Metal Plate, Div.II, run on Dec.25, was suspended by the Stewards for unsatisfactory riding, from January 9 to 24, 2006 and also fined Rs. 35,000. He will not be permitted to ride morning work or mock races.

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