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Alinski and Slavic catch the eye

BANGALORE: Alinski, Slavic and Psychic Strength caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Feb. 23).

Outer sand:

800m: Blairgowrie (rb) 57, 600/45. Moved well. Tribal Fantasy (rb) 58.5, 600/45. Moved on the bit. Miss Flaunt (B. B. Ahmed), Majority Wins (rb) 1-0, 600/46. Holding Court (Merchant) 1-0.5, 600/46. Easy. Razpazazz (Shakti) 1-0.5, 600/46.5. Forever Elegance (D. Patel) 1-0.5, 600/47. Easy.

1,000m: Shubha Mangala (S. Ramesh), Smiling (P. Krishna) 1-16, 800/1-0, 600/47. They moved on the bit. Forespe (rb) 1-14.5, 800/58.5, 600/45. Strode out well. Democraticus (Merchant) 1-16, 800/57, 600/43.5. Moved with plenty in hand. Dilaawar (rb), Brave Soldier (Vijay Kumar) 1-13.5, 800/56.5, 600/44. They moved impressively.

1,200m: Connaught Square (rb) 1-26, 1,000/1-12, 800/57, 600/44. Stretched out well. Cote D'Azur (Suraj) 1-26, 1,000/1-12.5, 800/57, 600/45. Moved fluently.

1,400m: Alinski (Christopher), Glorious Breaker (R. Marshall) 1-43, 1,200/1-26, 1,000/1-11.5, 800/56.5, 600/45. Former finished two lengths ahead. Star Of Windsor (D. Patel) 1-46, 1,200/1-31, 1,000/1-16.5, 800/59, 600/45. Moved freely. Slavic (rb) 1-38, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-11, 800/57, 600/45. Responded well to the urgings.

1,800m: Psychic Strength (R. Marshall) 2-15, 1,600/1-54, 1,400/1-39, 1,200/1-25.5, 1,000/1-12, 800/57.5, 600/45. In fine fettle.

Gate practice — inner sand:

1,400m: Cindy Girl (Appu), Gara Fluid (Chandrashekar), Simran (rb) 1-38, (1,400-600) 51.5. They jumped out well. Code Of Law (Qureshi) 1-39.5, (1,400-600) 56. Slowly out. Nalwa (rb), a 3-y-o (Broto-Sartorial) (rb) 1-37, (1,400-600) 52.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Abide Proven (R. Marshall), Ravininski (rb), Footstepsinthesky (Appu) 1-33, (1,400-600) 47.5. Abide Proven impressed. Anorada (Mrs. Silva) 1-43, (1,400-600) 54. Jumped out well. Magical Ecstasy (Appu), Clueless Puzzle (Imam), Passionanddemotion (Raja Rao) 1-37.5, (1,400-600) 52. They took a good jump.

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