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Persephone, Spinoza excel

Pune: Persephone and Spinoza excelled when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Sept. 21).

Sand track:

600m: Rainbow Shine (Rupesh), Running Machine (Raju Singh) 39. Former better. Shyboy (T. S. Jodha) 37.5. Moved well. Torque (Rupesh) 41. Easy. Dedication (T. S. Jodha), Desert Star (C. S. Jodha) 41. Pair level. Generous Grey (rb), Gruezi (Neeraj) 42. Both were level. Rising Warrior (Aadesh) (1,200-600) 40.5. Easy.

800m: Three Of Arts (Bernard) 51, 600/38.5. Moved attractively. Horse Raddish (Merchant), Serendipity (Chowghule) 54, 600/40.5. Pair level. Saarah (Rupesh), High Five (Raju Singh) 55, 600/40.5. Former ended four lengths in front. Queen Victoria (Pradeep) 48.5, 600/37. Pushed. Thundering Star (S. N. Chavan) 50.5, 600/39. Moved well. Flying Glory (Raju Singh), Mantovani (T. S. Jodha) 52, 600/40. Former ended five lengths in front. Shockwave (N. Jodha) 55.5, 600/42.5. Easy. Magical Music (T. Mahesh) 51.5, 600/38.5. Urged. Sarkar (rb), Al Najdain (Bhadke) 53.5, 600/41. Both were pushed. Star Strike (C. S. Jodha) 50, 600/38. Pressed. Maurya (rb), Choya (Bernard) 51.5, 600/39. They were pushed and former ended two lengths ahead. Oyster Pearl (T. Mahesh), Flymetothestars (Shelar) 51, 600/38. Former finished three lengths in front. Yess Boss (Shelar) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Sea Spray (V. Kadam) 54.5, 600/41. Handy. Schubert (Kamlesh), Divine Protocol (Ruzaan) 51, 600/38. Former superior. Deeleecious (Rupesh) 54.5, 600/40.5. Easy.

1,000m: Endless Stride (N. Jodha), Private Eye (Neeraj) 1-9, 800/53, 600/40. Former ended four lengths in front. Magical Moon (P. S. Chouhan), Leonora (C. Rajendra) 1-9, 600/41.5. Former finished three lengths in front. Oyster Cove (T. Mahesh), Nectar Jewel (Shelar) 1-7.5, 600/39.5. Former easily finished four lengths ahead. Persephone (T. S. Jodha), Canny Lad (rb) 1-5.5, 800/49.5, 600/37.5. Former who finished five lengths ahead was impressive. Major Wager (T. Mahesh), Mahal (Merchant) 1-6, 600/39.5. They were urged and ended level. Sin City (Prashant) 1-8.5, 600/41.5. Pushed.

1,200m: Struie (Kharadi), Oriental Express (rb) 1-26, 600/41. They ended level. So Perfect (Ruzaan) 1-23.5, 600/40.5. Moved fluently. Spinoza (Kamlesh), Proteus (Ruzaan) 1-20.5, 1,000/1-5.5, 600/39. Former pleased.

1,800m: Dreaming (Ruzaan) 2-7.5, 1,000/1-9, 600/41. Urged in the last part.

Gate practice (Sand track):

1,000m: Star Queen (Merchant), Lady Hamilton (Rupesh) 1-5.5, 600/38.5. Former strode out well and finished eight lengths ahead. Fantastic Feeling (Shelar), Sharp Sword (D. G. Shanker) 1-8.5, 600/41.5. Former ended five lengths ahead. Champions League (Aadesh) 1-9, 600/42. Moved well.

Piaggio to sponsor

Piaggio Vehicles (P) Limited will sponsor the Piaggio ape Colts' and Fillies' Trial Stakes on Sunday (Sept. 24). It is one of the top sprint races for juveniles and has a prizemoney of nearly Rs. Four lakhs. Piaggio will also offer five Apple iPOD's in a simple contest where racegoers nominate the winner of the Piaggio race and also fill in a slogan.

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