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Slavic impresses

BANGALORE: Slavic and Éclair Blanche impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (March 1).

Grass:

800m: Saptashwa (rb), Commandperformance (rb) 54.5, 600/39. They worked well. Proud As A Peacock (rb), Hurry Home (rb) 53, 600/40. They shaped well. Sudden Thunder (rb) 55.5, 600/41.5. Easy. Spanish Crown (rb) 56, 600/42.5.

1,000m: Caliburn (Suraj) 1-9.5, 800/53.5, 600/40.5. In fine fettle. Royal Liason (Asgar), Passion To Perform (Ashwin Rao) 1-7, 800/51.5, 600/39. They are in fine trim.

1,200m: War Head (Rajesh Babu), 1-26.5, 1,000/1-11.5, 800/56.5, 600/43.5. Unextended. Wizzy Noise (Tauseef) Live It Up (Rajesh Babu) 1-22.5, 1,000/1-8, 800/52.5, 600/40.5. Latter moved better and finished well ahead.

1,400m: Slavic (Tauseef), Éclair Blanche (Rajesh Babu) 1-28.5, 1,200/1-16.5, 1,000/1-5, 800/50.5, 600/39.5. They put up a pleasing display.

Outer sand:

800m: Brave Romance (Mark), Rocamora (rb) 56, 600/44. Latter impressed. Game Fighter (R. Marshall) 55, 600/43. Moved fluently.

Gate practice — Inner sand:

1,400m: Sir Lancelot (R. Marshall), Mercurial (Mark) 1-32, (1,400-600) 49. Former jumped out smartly and finished well in front. Star Team (S. Babu), Southern Chieftan (V. Patel) 1-32.5, (1,400-600) 48. They jumped out well, latter to note. Silver Paris (Vivek), Fast Machine (rb) 1-31, (1,400-600) 50.5. Former showed out. Simply Fetching (A. Velu), Mr Whiskers (rb), Word To Word (rb) 1-36, (1,400-600) 51. Simply Fetching and Mr Whiskers impressed. Word To Word was slowly off.

Guest Connections catches the eye

Mumbai: Guest Connections and Luck Factor caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (March 1).

Outer sand:

600m: Luck Factor (Shelar), Pacific Zone (Aadesh) 37. Former moved well and finished a distance ahead. Mercedes (Pradeep) 39.5. Moved freely. Queen Of Hearts (S. N. Chavan) 39. Good. Toofan Mail (Shelar) 38.5. Moved well. Hoofbeats (S. N. Chavan) 38. Urged. Ekofisk (S. M. Johnson) 40. Easy.

800m: Star Sparkle (Rupesh) 55, 600/42.5. Easy. Strathendrick (N. Jodha), Adam's Pleasure (rb) 55.5, 600/41.5. Pair level. Mazan (Ruzaan), Pine Crest (Pereira) 51, 600/38.5. Former pleased. Eternal Flight (rb) 52, 600/39.5. Urged. Accessible (S. Nayak), Winning Star (rb) 50, 600/38. Former strode out well and finished five lengths ahead. Flareon (Kamlesh) 51, 600/38. Worked well. Home To Home (M. Narredu), Malasi (Dashrath) 53, 600/37.5. They were pushed and finished level. Culture Shock (Sameer) 51, 600/39.5. Moved well. Smarty Pant (C. S. Jodha) 54, 600/40.5. Moved freely. Victorica (Kamlesh) 53, 600/40. Pushed. True Elegance (Harish), The Spider Man (Pradeep) 52.5, 600/40.5. Former better. Majestical (M. R. Singh), Memorable Day (V. Jodha) 54.5, 600/42. Pair easy. Courageous (rb) 56, 600/42.5. Easy.

1,000m: Innovator (I. Shaikh) 1-7.5, 600/41. Pushed in the last part. Raudo (C. Rajendra), Sovereign Power (Riyaz) 1-6.5, 600/38.5. They moved level freely. Aqua Glow (C. Rajendra), Nightlife (Hamir) 1-7, 600/39.5. Former ended four lengths in front. Secret Pilgrim (M. Narredu), Luvata (Hamir) 1-8.5 , 600/40. Former superior. Orlando Bloom (Harish) 1-5, 600/39.5. Urged. Magic Touch (Kharadi) 1-8.5, 800/53, 600/40. Moved well. Paris Hilton (Shailesh) 1-11.5, 600/43.5. Easy. Priapus (M. Narredu) 1-5.5, 600/39. Shaped well. Saregama (Harish) 1-6.5, 600/39.5. Pressed in the last part. Sleight Of Hand (Kapoor) 1-10, 600/42. Easy. Touch The Sky (Pradeep) 1-8.5, 600/39.5. Urged. Fire N Desire (Harish), Gigi (Merchant) 1-5.5, 600/40. Former was a length better. High Five (D. K. Ashish) 1-9, 600/41.5. Stretched. Dedication (Harish), Oojah (M. Narredu) 1-5, 600/38. They moved well and finished level.

1,200m: Guest Connections (Harish), Flashing Star (M. R. Singh) 1-18, 1,000/1-4, 600/38. Former finished three lengths ahead. Fantastic Fury (Kharadi) 1-22, 600/40. Moved well. Gruezi (M. Narredu), Royal Panache (Neeraj) 1-22, 600/39.5. Former was well in hand and they finished level. Endless Strides (S. N. Chavan), Zephyrella (C. S. Jodha) 1-20, 600/41.5. They ended level freely.

1,400m: Elusive Trust (Harish), Friday Friend (Daniel) 1-35, 1,200/1-21, 600/41. Both were pushed and finished level. Radical Power (C. Rajendra) 1-34, 1,000/1-9, 600/44. Good.

Inner sand:

800m: Kinnari (rb) 54.5, 600/41. Moved freely. Rockefeller (McCullagh) 57, 600/42. Easy.

1,000m: Totalitarian (McCullagh) 1-12, 600/43. Easy. Asiatique (McCullagh) 1-8, 600/42. Shaped well.

Race track:

1,000m: Mughal E Azam (rb), Prince Lochinva (S. Nayak) 1-2, 800/49, 600/35.

Danzsingh pleases

Hyderabad: Danzsingh pleased when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (March 1).

Sand:

600m: Chalukya (Ramana) (1,400-800) 45.5. Easy. Ujjaini (Laxman) 47.5, 400/31.5. Easy. Narwhal (Laxman) 47, 400/29.5. Moved on the bit.

800m: Thrust Two (rb), Mystic Impact (Laxman) 58.5, (800-400) 28. Latter moved slightly better. Cannon Lad (Nitin) (1,400-600) 1-1.5. Not extended. Heck Of A Guy (Pramod) (1,200-400) 1-1, (1,000-400) 45. Moved freely.

1,000m: Danzsingh (Chary) 1-13, 800/55, 600/42, 400/29. Impressed.

1,200m: Torrestrella (Ramana), Spring Dawn (Pavan Kumar) 1-31, 1,000/1-15, 800/58, 600/43.5, 400/29.5. They finished together. Argo (Pramod) 1-32, (1,200-400) 59. Moved well.

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