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Alekona excels

BANGALORE: Alekona excelled when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (Aug. 4).

Outer sand:

800m: Capriani (Gnaneshwar) 55.5, 600/43. Maintains form. Really Romantic (rb) 57.5, 600/44. Shaped well. Achromatic (A. Imran) 57, 600/ 43. Moved well.

1000m: Ghoustofachance (A. Imran), Algebra (rb) 1-15, 800/58, 600/45. Former finished three lengths in front. Yantai (rb), Lady One (S. Marshall) 1-16, 800/58, 600/44.Former shaped well. Parthenon (rb) (1,400-600) 56.5. Eased up.

1200m: Auriferous (Md. Thameem), Lucky Radiant (rb) 1-31, 1,000/1-15, 800/58, 600/46.

1400m: Boomer (rb), New Pastures (rb) 1-44, 1,200/1-27.5, 1,000/1-13, 800/57, 600/45. A fit pair. Jasmine Star (I. Chisty) 1-44.5, 1,200/1-29.5, 1,000/1-14.5, 800/58.5, 600/45.5. Urged. Real Excellence (B. Prakash), National Trust (D. Patel) 1-43.5, 1,200/1-27.5, 1,000/1-12, 800/56, 600/43. They moved impressively. Ardelis (C. Alford) 1-40, 1,200/1-26, 1,000/1-11.5, 800/56, 600/43. In fine nick. Star Perfection (B. Prakash) 1-42, 1,200/1-27, 1,000/1-13.5, 800/58, 600/45.5. Extended. Amorina (C. Alford) 1-38, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-11, 800/56, 600/44. Pleased.

1600m: Alekona (C. Alford), Ace Of The Race (Suraj) 1-54.5, 1,400/1-37.5, 1,200/1-24, 1,000/1-11.5, 800/57, 600/44. Former caught the eye. Skywards (C. Alford) 1-56, 1,400/1-39, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 800/57, 600/44. Moved attractively.

Mock race (Aug 3):

1400m: Awesome Royal (Chandrashekar), Multicultural (V. Patel), Stage Craft (Mahendran), Dennanburg (D. Patel), She's Big (B. Paswan), Bimbette (S. Shinde), Tosccanini (Rajesh Babu) 1m 31.1s. Awesome Royal and Multicultural impressed, while Tosccanini was planted.

CHENNAI: The following nominations have been declared valid for elections as Stewards and as Committee members of the Mysore Race Club: N.V. Babu, C.P. Chinnappa, H. Kusumakar Shetty and C.N.N. Murthy (for Stewards) and G.K. Balakrishnan, Feroz Satttar Sait, Hanuman Prasad, H. Krishna Naik and T.D. Mahesh (as Committee members)

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