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Southern Empire impresses

Mumbai: Southern Empire, Star Girl and Red Indian impressed when the horses were exercised here on Friday (Jan 5) morning.

Outer sand:

600m: Locomotion (Jethu) 40. Easy. Catalyst (rb), King's Troop (Pradeep) , Rhapsody In Red (Raju Singh) 40. They moved freely.

800m: Temptation (Pereira), Pursuit Of Power (Shelar) 54, 60/40.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Flaming Quest (B.Prakash), Dazzling Skill (Donoghue) 56, 60/42. Pair level. Caramel (Ruzaan) 50.5, 600/37. Moved freely. Definite Spice (B.Prakash) 50.5, 600/39. Retains form. Queens Court (S.Chinoy), Starynessey (Rathod) 53, 60/40. Former finished well clear. Midday Blaze (R.Pandey), Beaming (rb) 53.5, 600/40.5. Former superior. Hidden Dragon (rb) 53.5, 600/41.5. Moved freely. Collateral (F.Irani), Goldeen (Nilesh) 54.5, 600/40. Pair level. Mubbaras (Shelar) 53.5, 600/41. Urged. Surmount (Pereira), Solksjaer (N.Jodha) 52, 600/40. They moved level freely. Royal Ballerina (Kharadi) 53, 600/41. Good.

1000m: Classic Scene (S.Chinoy), Rock Superstar (Late Robinho) (N.Alam) 1-10.5, 600/42.5. They were easy. Attia In Sunlight (N.Alam) 1-8.5, 600/41.5. Pressed in the last part. Armament (C.Rajendra) 1-7, 600/39.5. Moved well. High Opinion (F.Irani), Royal Hunt (Nilesh) 1-6, 600/40. Former moved well and finished four lengths ahead. Silver Girl (Baria), Ancient Princess (Kharadi) 1-11.5, 600/43. Both were easy. Red Indian (Kharadi), Lunar Queen (R.Pandey) 1-4, 800/51, 600/39. Former who is in good shape finished five lengths ahead. Ruben Star (Donoghue), Red Apache (B.Prakash) 1-8.5, 800/53, 600/39. Former moved well while the latter was pushed to end level. City Swinger (Zameer), Regina (rb) 1-11.5, 800/56, 600/42. Both moved together. Star Girl (T.S.Jodha) 1-2.5, 800/50, 600/39. Moved attractively.

1200m: Southern Empire (B.Prakash), Royal Falcon (Donoghue) 1-21, 1000/1-6, 800/51.5, 600/38.5. Former was toying with the companion. Ishtar (Kharadi), Naval Academy (Pradeep) 1-27.5, 600/43. Former superior.

1400m: Amaranza (McCullagh) 1-36.5, 1200/1-21.5, 1000/1-6.5, 600/38.5. Moved well. Note. Almandine (Kharadi), Balthazar (C.Rajendra) 1-34.5, 1200/1-19, 800/50.5, 600/38.5. They moved fluently. Both are in good shape. Al Qamar (Hamir) 1-38.5, 1200/1-23.5, 600/40.5. Uurged.

1600m: Gaea (Jethu), Great Alliance (Merchant) 1-53.5, 600/42. Former moved well and they finished level.

Inner sand :

600m: Rage Of Angels (T.S.Jodha) 43. Easy.

800m: Oyster Cove (Shelar), Forces Of Destiny (D. G. Shanker) 51.5, 600/38.5. Former was two lengths better.

1200m: Totalitarian (McCullagh) 1-26.5, 600/43.5. Easy.

Gate practice (outer sand):

1000m: Jewel Star (Rathod), Shower Of Roses (S.Chinoy) 1-6, 600/39.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Rapid Repeat (Shelar) 1-8, 600/43. Moved freely. Terre Blanche (Zameer), Giocometti (Jethu), Sun Dancer (N.Jodha), Earl Of Warwick (Merchant) 1-8, 600/43.5. First and second named were level and finished three lengths ahead . Pebble Beach (Baria), Premier Panache (Baria), Major Image (P.S.Chouhan) 1-10.5, 600/43.5. They were easy. Star Of China (S. N. Chavan), Acceptance (Neeraj), Sea Monarch (I.Shaikh) 1-5, 600/39. First named was the pick. Legal Eye (T.S.Jodha) 1-6, 600/40. Moved well. Summit (rb) 1-6, 600/40.5. Jumped out well. Nara (rb), Bridge Too Far (D.K.Ashish), Thunder Zone (Shelar), Mehroonissa (Kapoor) 1-7, 600/40.5. Nara was impressive.

Mock race: (Jan. 4) (Race track):

1000m: Mr. Majestic (Dasrath), Haifa Victory (Belose) 1-16, 600/36. Former was two lengths superior.

Haunting Memories pleases

Hyderabad: Haunting Memories, Stornoway, Green Lasser and Mission Chief pleased when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (Jan.5).

Sand:

600m: Jazz Man (rb) (1000/400) 45. Easy. Chivas Gold (Suresh) (1000/400) 45. Retains form. Stampede (Sequeira) 46, 400/30. Not extended. Lolita (Chary) (1000/400) 43.Extended. Golden Waltz (Pawar) (1200/600) 47. Moved on the bit. Bundle Of Roses (B.V.Krishnan) (1000/400) 45. Easy. Portfolio (Anil) 46, 400/31. Easy. Snow Lands (Nitin) 47, 400/30. Easy. Hot Seat (Shinde) 46. Easy. Village Belle (rb) 46, 400/30. Easy. Heck Of A Guy (rb), Time On (S.Nayak) 46.5. They were not extended.

800m: Lenavi (rb), Good Speed (A. Imran Khan) 1-2, 400/28.5. They finished together. Commander Moial (D.Singh) 1-1, 400/31. Not extended. Shelly Green (Uday Kiran), Da Vinci Rose (Ravinder) 59.5, 600/43.5, 400/28. Former moved better. Artist (Laxman) 56.5, 600/42.5, 400/28. Pleased. Time Square (Antony) 1-0, 600/45.5, 400/29. Moved freely. Recast (Chary) 1-0, 600/44, 400/28.5. Moved well. Fusion Music (Sharookh), Track Rule (rb) 1-0, 400/30. They finished together. Inverary (Qazafi) 59, 600/45. Moved freely. Basha (Ravinder) 58.5, 600/43, 400/29. Moved well. Kodos (Ravinder) 1-1.5, 600/44.5, 400/29.5. Moved on the bit. Candy Rose (S.Nayak) 1-1, 600/45. Easy.

1,000m: Green Lasser (A.Imran Khan), Red Key Point (B.V.Krishnan) 1-15, 800/57, 600/43, 400/29. Former finished a length in front. Luxury Cruise (rb), Star Composer (Anil) 1-15, 800/58, 600/44, 400/30. They finished together. Hauhaiwunai (Chary) 1-15, 800/59, 400/30. Pleased. Citi Star (Rawal) 1-15.5, 800/59, 600/44, 400/29. Retains form. Choice Of White (Pramod), Sir Creek (B.V.Krishnan) 1-13.5, 800/57, 600/43, 400/29. Latter was extended to finish level. Stornoway (Chary) 1-13.5, 800/55, 600/41, 400/27. Impressed.

1,200m: Roanoke (Uday Kiran), Tallahassee (Ravinder) 1-30, 1000/1-14.5, 800/58.5, 600/44.5, 400/29.5. They were easy and level. Mission Chief (S.Nayak), Silver Bullet (rb) 1-28, 1000/1-13, 800/57, 600/43.5, 400/30. Former was extended and finished a distance in front.

1,400m: Haunting Memories (M.R.Singh) 1-45, 1200/1-30, 1000/1-13, 800/56, 600/41.5, 400/27. Impressed. Don Vinton (Ravinder) 1-47.5, (1400/600) 1-0. Pleased.

Satin Wood shines

BANGALORE: Satin Wood and Einstein shone when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (Jan. 5).

Outer sand:

800m: Royal Hero (rb), South Paradise (rb) 58.5, 600/44. They moved well. Worth A Diamond (Srinath) 1-0.5, 600/47.

1000m: Brother's In Arms (Md. Shafiq), Beyond Limits (rb) 1-15.5, 800/57.5, 600/45. Former finished two lengths ahead. Blink (Srinath) 1-15.5, 800/59, 600/46. Easy. Indian Arcelor (Vivek), Hurricane Rose (S. Ramesh) 1-15, 800/59, 600/46.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. A 3-y-o (Don Micheletto - Super Smile) (Srinath) 1-14.5, 800/57.5, 600/45. Strode out well. Maahi Ve (Suraj) 1-15.5, 800/59, 600/46.5. Easy.

1200m: Einstein (Srinath) 1-27, 1,000/1-13, 800/57, 600/44. Pleased. Sneak Preview (Suraj) 1-27.5, 1,000/1-13.5, 800/58, 600/45. Worked well.

1400m: Satin Wood (Gallagher) 1-40, 1,200/1-25.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 800/57, 600/44.5. Impressed. Sapphire Storm (S. Babu) 1-42, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-15, 800/59, 600/46. Moved freely.

1600m: Ace Of The Race (rb) 2-0, 1,400/1- 45, 1,200/1-29.5, 1,000/1-14, 800/1-0, 600/46.5. Maintains from.

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