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Star Strike pleases

Pune: Star Strike pleased when the horses were exercised here on Sunday morning (Sept. 3).

Sand track:

600m: Fantastic Knight (Pradeep) 40.5. Easy. Great Alliance (rb) 41.5. Easy. Live It Love It (Chandrakant), Master Planner (rb) 41. They ended level.

800m: Running Machine (Merchant) 54.5, 600/41.5. Handy. Magic Touch (P. S. Chouhan) 54, 600/41. Moved freely. Deeleecious (Rupesh), Steel Butterfly (Ruzaan) 54.5, 600/40.5. They moved level freely. Gorgeous Blue (Pillay), Choya (Bhadke) 52.5, 600/39.5. They were urged and former ended two lengths in front. Star Strike (M. Narredu) 49.5, 600/37.5. Moved attractively. Matinee Star (Shailesh), Desert Star (C. S. Jodha) 56, 600/42. Pair level. Eternity (Pillay) 54, 600/39.5. Urged. Gold Craze (rb), Rage Of Angels (P. S. Chouhan) 52, 600/39.5. Former better. Illica (M. Narredu) 54.5, 600/39. Handy. Amberley (M. Narredu), Flo Nightingale (Shelar) 57, 600/42.5. Pair easy.

1,000m: Cosmos (Merchant) 1-6.5, 600/40. Retains form. Some Time (Ruzaan) 1-8, 600/40. Shaped well. Amazing Power (P. S. Chouhan) 1-5, 600/40. Moved well. Sovereign Power (Mansoor) 1-7.5, 600/39. Good. Princeway (Zameer) 1-6.5, 600/39.5. Pressed.

1,200m: Naval Academy (Pradeep), Star O' War (Jehangir) 1-25.5, 600/41.5. Both were level. Hoofbeats (M. Narredu), Warrior Spirit (C. S. Jodha) 1-23, 1,000/1-7, 600/41.5. Former superior. Victor (Merchant), Torque (C. Rajendra) 1-22.5, 600/41.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Latter was eased up.

1,400m: Touch A Star (Neeraj), Divine Protocol (Ruzaan) 1-39.5, 600/41. Former was four lengths superior.

Mock race (Race track) — Sept. 2:

1,200m: Silken Sunrise (Merchant), Queen Of The Turf (Aadesh) 1-15, 600/38. Former finished five lengths ahead.

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