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Diabolical excels

Mumbai: Haunting Memories and Diabolical caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning. (Feb. 16).

Outer sand:

600m: Fiery Fortune (P. S. Deora), Battery (Dasrath) 40. Pair level. Campanero (S. Fargeat) 39. Handy. Everyonesinvited (P. S. Deora), Meditas Pride (Rupesh) 38. They were pushed and finished level. Kiss Of Luck (S. N. Chavan), Generalissimo (S. Chinoy) 37. They moved well. Notable Runner (Neeraj), One Way (Dasrath) 38.5. They ended level. Lord Bahram (C. Stefan) (1,200-600) 37.5. Definite Spice (M. R. Singh) 38. Moved well.

800m: Orpheus (McCullagh) 53, 600/39.5. Pushed. Haifa Victory (Belose), Southern Command (Dasrath) 51.5, 600/39. They were pushed and former finished three lengths ahead. Southern Regent (B. Prakash) 53, 600/40. Easy. Cincinnati (C. Stefan) 55.5, 600/42.5. Easy. Mysterious Land (S. Fargeat), Jubilation (Rupesh) 51, 600/39. Former finished five lengths ahead. Hoofbeats (C. Alford) 56.5, 600/43. Easy. Helmsdale (Kharadi), Star Divine (Shelar) 51, 600/40. They moved level freely. Thunder Dancer (S. Chinoy) 51, 600/39. Moved attractively. Blazing Speed (P. S. Chouhan) 52, 600/40. Good. Arctic Zone (N. Jodha), Major Roberts (C. Rajendra) 53, 600/39.5. Former better. Trojan King (Neeraj) 54, 600/41. Handy.

1,000m: Haunting Memories (B. Prakash), Flaming Glory (M. R. Singh) 1-3, 800/50, 600/37.5. Former who was well in hand easily finished two lengths ahead. Culture Shock (M. R. Singh) 1-6, 600/42. Speedy. Oriental Express (Kharadi) 1-4.5, 600/39. Moved fluently. Canny Lad (S. Fargeat) 1-11, 600/42. Easy. Ponte Romano (Rupesh) 1-5, 600/41. Moved freely. Emerging Power (McCullagh) 1-8, 600/41.5. Handy.

1,200m: Sonic Boom (McCullagh) 1-26, 600/40.5. Did easy work. Thundering Power (C. Rajendra), Born Destiny (Rupesh) 1-18.5, 600/40.5. Former easily finished four lengths ahead. Aperitivo (C. Alford) 1-19, 600/41. Pushed. Esperante (Rupesh) 1-21, 600/40.5. Moved well. Diabolical (C. Rajendra), Forest Knight (M. R. Singh) 1-18, 1,000/1-4, 800/51, 600/39. Former started three lengths behind and easily finished level. Ekavali (Rupesh), Esanika (C. Alford) 1-19.5, 600/41.5. They were ridden out. The Dominator (Ikram), River Dancer (McCullagh) 1-21.5, 1,000/1-5.5, 600/39.5. Pair urged and ended level.

1,400m: Hugo Boss (C. Rajendra), Pamela Bordes (C. Alford) 1-35, 600/41. Former beat the latter by four lengths. Royal Hunt (M. Narredu) 1-33.5, 600/40. Moved attractively.

Inner sand:

600m: Smarty Pants (M. Narredu), Star Strike (Rupesh) 39.5. Both moved freely. Tafeta (N. Jodha), Truly Classic (F. Irani) 41.5. Pair easy.

800m: Gold Star (Hamir) 52, 600/40. Pleased.

1,000m: Don Gama (S. Chinoy) 1-12, 600/43. Easy. Surmount (Belose), Autumn Mist (Khalander) 1-10, 600/44. Former better.

Race track:

600m: Gaea (Jethu), Espirit De Liberte (T. Mahesh) 35.5. Former was well in hand.

1,000m: Star Of The Season (S. Chinoy) 1-2.5, 600/36. Pressed. Zaccharus (Kharadi), Hazelhead (Shelar) 1-4, 600/36. They were pushed and finished level. Star Destiny (C. Rajendra) 1-5.5, 600/37. Moved well.

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