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Southern Empire impresses

BANGALORE: Southern Empire, Haunting Memories, Running Bull, Forever Elegance and Storm Regent impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (June 29).

Outer sand:

800m: Stride To Strike (Zia) 59.5, 600/45. Moved on the bit. Stone Of Destiny (rb) 56, 600/42. Retains form. Secret Command (Neeraj), Irish Intellect (N. Rawal) 59.5, 600/45.5. They moved freely. Hold That Tiger (trainer), First Trick (Rajesh Babu) 58, 600/44. Former impressed. Black Berry (Christopher) 57.5, 600/43. Strode out well. Laguna Blue (Shobhan) 1-0.5, 600/45.5. Easy. Star Blue (Shakti) 58, 600/44.5. Worked well. Rapid Response (T. S. Jodha) 1-1, 600/45. Moved freely. Dam Good (Shobhan) 56, 600/43. In fine trim. Stilton (Ghous), Assaye (Christopher) 55, 600/41.5. They impressed. Acapulco Gold (rb) 1-1, 600/45.5. Regal Excellence (D. Patel), Smarty (V. Patel) 56.5, 600/43.5. Former finished two lengths ahead. Sense Of Style (A. Velu) 55.5, 600/43. Strode out well. Star Strike (R. Marshall) 54, 600/42. Pleased. Dramatikos (Mark), Andreas (Maseyk) 1-0, 600/45.5. Golden Edge (Shobhan) 58.5, 600/44.5. Cromwell (V. Kadam) 55, 600/42.5. Shaped well. Royal Conqueror (S. Babu) 59.5, 600/47. Extended. Artits (Alikhan) 1-0.5, 600/45.5. Majority Wins (Shahbuddin), Keep Guessing (Tauseef) 59, 600/45. Former finished four lengths ahead. Spirited Commander (Raja Rao) 1-0, 600/46. Easy. Epic (Chary) 1-0.5, 600/46. Najam Millenium (Ruzaan) 1-0, 600/45.5. Moved freely. Iberian (Suraj) 52.5, 600/39.5. Moved fluently. Diomedes (Jagadeesh) 53, 600/41. Moved impressively. National Trust (M. R. Singh) 1-0, 600/46. Easy. Rajadesing (Chandrashekar) 59, 600/46. High Prospect (A. Imran), a 3-y-o (Local Talent-Star Of Century) (Gnaneshwar) 59, 600/45.5.

1,000m: Horatio (Uday Kiran), Good Speed (Ravinder) 1-11, 800/57, 600/45. They moved fluently. Amabelle (C. Alford), Serrafina (Maseyk) 1-11, 800/55, 600/43. A fit pair. Stage Craft (Ranjeet), War Head (rb) 1-13.5, 800/55, 600/42.5. Former finished two lengths ahead. Freaky Chakra (A. Velu), Bay Bomber (rb) 1-12.5, 800/56.5, 600/44. They finished level. A 3-y-o (Bee's Prospector-Warrior Pearl) (rb), Our Lancer (rb) 1-15.5, 800/57, 600/44. They moved together. Pat On The Back (Rajesh), Silver Paris (rb) 1-15, 800/58.5, 600/46. Former finished two lengths ahead. Mount Royale (Christopher), Simply Famous (rb) 1-14, 800/56, 600/43. Former finished four lengths ahead. Feelfree (B. Paswan), Anorada (rb) 1-15, 800/59.5, 600/46. They moved freely. Ghadothkach (Jagadeesh), Kaliyug Raja (Rajesh) 1-13.5, 800/55, 600/43. Former showed out. Air Warrior (A. Imran), Algebra (Alikhan) 1-15.5, 800/58.5, 600/45.5. They finished level.

1,200m: The Dreamer (Suraj), Dingle (Ravinder) 1-27, 1,000/1-11, 800/56.5, 600/44. Former moved fluently and finished six lengths ahead. One Tough Guy (Chary) 1-28, 800/55, 600/42.5. Strode out well. Classic Cruise (Alikhan) 1-30, 800/59, 600/45. Easy. Amazing Warrior (Jagadeesh), Olympic Glory (Rajesh) 1-29, (1,200-600) 40.5. They were eased up. Regal Shot (I. Chisty), Fabulous Emperor (C. Rajendra) 1-27, 800/55, 600/43. They pleased. Carabinieri (Gallagher), Aurelian (A. Imran) 1-29, 800/54.5, 600/43. Former stretched in the last part and finished three lengths ahead. Auchinlech (Gallagher), Cedros (L. Marshall) 1-25.5, 800/54.5, 600/42. Former responded well to the urgings and finished five lengths ahead while the latter was handy. Magical Spirit (C. Alford) 1-27.5, 800/57.5, 600/45.5. Moved on the bit. Rocamora (A. Imran) 1-27, 800/55.5, 600/43. Worked well. Commander Moial (T. S. Jodha) 1-30, 800/58.5, 600/45. Moved well. Courtier (Nagesh), Alyquin (rb) 1-27, 800/55.5, 600/43. They are in fine trim. Symbol Of Speed (V. Kadam) 1-25, (1,200-600) 39. Shaped well. Aperitivo (Mark), Aristotle (C. Alford) 1-25.5, 800/54.5, 600/42.5. They moved impressively. Saregama (C. S. Jodha), Hoofbeats (R. Marshall) 1-28.5, 800/55, 600/42.5. Former moved better and finished five lengths in front. Splash Of Class (Ghous), Opera Queen (Christopher) 1-27, 800/58, 600/45.5. They moved on the bit.

1,400m: Republic Day (Chary) 1-41, 800/56.5, 600/44. In fine condition. Forest Knight (B. Prakash) 1-44, 800/59, 600/45. Moved freely. Asiatique (Ruzaan) 1-41, (1,400-600) 53.5. Eased up. Forever Elegance (B. Prakash) 1-44, 800/55, 600/42. A fine display. Algiers (C. Alford), Three Of Arts (rb) 1-41.5, 800/57.5, 600/45.5. Former extended and finished four lengths ahead. Money With Talent (R. Marshall) 1-42.5, 800/55.5, 600/42.5. In fine nick. Alvinia (Chary) 1-42, 800/57, 600/44. In good shape.

1,600m: Storm Regent (B. Prakash), Red Apache (D. Patel) 1-57, 1,400/1-40, 1,200/1-25.5, 1,000/1-11, 800/55.5, 600/43. Former started five lengths behind and finished three lengths in front. Magic Touch (C. Alford) 1-59, 800/57.5, 600/44. Moved freely. Star Perfection (D. Patel), Star Luminary (I. Chisty) 1-59.5, 800/54.5, 600/42.5. They are in fine condition. Running Bull (Ravinder), Confluence (Asgar) 1-56, 1,400/1-40, 1,200/1-25, 1,000/1-11, 800/55, 600/43.5. Former was three lengths behind at the start and finished four lengths in front impressively.

1,800m: Southern Empire (B. Prakash), Polar Force (D. Patel), Star Hopeful (M. R. Singh) 2-15.5, 1,600/1-56, 1,400/1-41, 1,200/1-25.5, 1,000/1-12, 800/56, 600/43. Southern Empire put up a good display. Polar Force joined at 1,200m while Star Hopeful dropped at 1,400m. Haunting Memories (B. Prakash), Celtic Princess (D. Patel), Pricewise (M. R. Singh) 2-16, 1,600/1-56, 1,400/1-40, 1,200/1-25, 1,000/1-10.5, 800/56, 600/43.5. Haunting Memories put up a pleasing display. Celtic Princess joined at 1,400m while Pricewise dropped at 1,400m. Mystical (B. Prakash), Royal Falcon (D. Patel) 2-13, 1,600/1-56.5, 1,400/1-41, 1,200/1-27.5, 1,000/1-13.5, 800/57, 600/45.5. Former started three lengths behind and finished two lengths ahead.

Gate practice — inner sand:

1,400m: Hole In One (Mahendran), Black wind (rb) 1-44, (1,400-600) 1-0. Former jumped out well. Fairytaleending (Suraj), Silver Print (Mark) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 51. They took a good jump and finished together. A 3-y-o (Royal Kingdom-Stardust Melody) (rb) 1-31, (1,400-600) 50. Jumped out smartly. Running Man (Chandrashekar), Siguru (Imam) 1-37.5, (1,400-600) 51.5. Former impressed.

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