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Secret Garden shines

Mumbai: Secret Garden and Mehila pleased when the horses were exercised here on Sunday morning (Jan. 8).

Outer sand:

800m: Benfica (Kapoor) 53.5, 600/40.5. Moved freely. The Nonesuch (Reddy) 55, 600/41. Easy. Diamonds Of Ace (Baria), Olympic Medal (Hamir) 50.5, 600/37.5. Former ended three lengths in front. Amanat (rb) 55.5, 600/40. Handy. Starynsky (Kharadi) 50.5, 600/38. Moved well. Rose Petals (rb) 57.5, 600/43. Easy.

1,000m: Adrenaline Rush (Kharadi), Real Quick (Pradeep) 1-3.5, 600/39. They were urged and former ended three lengths in front. Siebel (Deepesh) 1-9, 600/45. Eased up in the straight. Raphaela (Kapoor) 1-8, 600/42. Moved freely. Rapier (Colm O'Donoghue), 1-6, 600/38. Pushed. Stara Zagora (Suraj Narredu) 1-7, 600/39. Good.

1,200m: Mehila (McCullagh) 1-18, 1,000/1-5, 600/41. Showed out. Antarctic Zone (S. Nayak), Atmosphere (McCullagh) 1-27, 600/43.5. Former was four lengths superior. Royal Hunt (Suraj Narredu), Flirting Fantasy (Deepesh) 1-21, 600/41. They moved level freely. Secret Garden (Rupesh), Colonel Cool (C. Stefan) 1-22, 600/42. Former who is in good shape finished four lengths ahead. Note.

1,400m: Precious Princess (T. S. Jodha) 1-40, 600/43. Handy.

Inner sand:

1,000m: Cincinnati (C. Stefan), Baryshnikhov (Reddy) 1-10.5, 600/43. They ended level.

Trainer suspended:

C. D. Katrak's ward Glorious Fantasy who lost as a favourite in the Guiding Star Plate run on Sept. 30, 2005 at Pune, was found positive for the drug Diazepam.

The RWITC Stewards after going through all details of the inquiry decided to suspend C. D. Katrak's licence from Jan.16 to Oct. 31, 2006, for vicarious liability in relation with the breach of medication rules.

They also suspended Katrak's Jamadar Abhay Singh from Jan.16 to Oct. 31, 2006, for the same reason.

The Syces who were involved in this doping case — Madharam Meghawal and Hukmaram Meghawal are also suspended by the Stewards for five years.

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