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Ruben Star & Southern Empire shine

BANGALORE: Ruben Star, Southern Empire, Perfect Tribute and Hotstepper shone when the horses were exercised here on Saturday morning (June 2).

Outer sand:

800m: Afea (Shafiq), Busaba (L. Marshall) 57, 600/44. They finished level. Refresh (rb) 55, 600/42.5. Impressed. Sugar Brown (Selvaraj) 57, 600/43.5. Moved on the bit. Rio Bravo (rb), You And I (Appu) 55, 600/42.5. Former stated six lengths behind and finished five lengths ahead. Winning Rays (rb) 1-0, 600/45.5. Strong Minded (Jackman) 58.5, 600/45. Easy. Illusive Girl (rb) 59.5, 600/47. Bold Blast (rb), Born Brave (rb) 56, 600/43. Former finished four lengths in front. Golden Opera (Selvaraj) 58, 600/44.5. Moved well. Western Spark (I. Chisty) 59.5, 600/45.5. Jedi Knight (Gnaneshwar) 59.5, 600/44.5. Strode out well. Auxiliary (rb) 58.5, 600/44. Worked well. Logans Run (B. Paswan), Bread Apart (Selvaraj) 59.5, 600/45.

1000m: Final Deposit (Jackman), Road To Romance (rb) 1-15, 800/58, 600/43. Former finished eight lengths ahead.

1200m: Fighting Star (C. Alford), Andronicus (S. Marshall) 1-28, 1,000/1-11, 800/56, 600/44. They finished level. Attain (S. Marshall), Habituated (C. Alford) 1-26, 1,000/1-11, 800/56, 600/43. Former finished six lengths ahead. Auchinlech (L. Marshall), Ciboney (Zia) 1-28.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 800/57, 600/44. They moved well. Bumble Bee (rb) 1-30, 1,000/1- 13.5, 800/57.5, 600/45. Ocean Crest (I. Chisty), Carabineri (Spiteri) 1-27, 1,000/1-11, 800/54, 600/42. Former showed out. Flashing Star (P.S. Chouhan) 1-29.5, 800/58, 600/45. Easy. Aperitivo (C. Alford), Amorina (rb) 1-30, 800/59, 600/44.5. They moved on the bit. Royal Flynn (P.S. Chouhan), Night Light (rb) 1-25.5, 1,000/1-10.5, 800/56.5, 600/44. Former finished six lengths ahead. Sunny's Symphony (P. Krishna) 1-26.5, 800/56.5, 600/44.5. Worked well. Serious Warrior (Chandrashekar) 1-26.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 800/55.5, 600/43.5. Strode out well.

1400m: Ruben Star (M.R. Singh), Southern Empire (D. Patel) 1-39, 1,200/1-25, 1,000/1-11, 800/54.5,. 600/41. They moved impressively. Indian Ocean (Himanshu), Amazing Flora (Gnaneshwar) 1-45.5, 800/1-0, 600/46.5. Passion To Perform (Mark Zahra), Royal Alchemist (Ranjeet) 1-39, 1,200/1-24, 1,000/1-10, 800/56, 600/44. Former finished four lengths ahead. Nalwa (rb), Apollo Crown (rb) 1-45, (1,400-600) 56. Golden Shadow (rb), Royal Guard (Christopher) 1-42.5, 800/59, 600/45. They finished together. Splendid Surprise (rb) 1-40.5, 800/58, 600/45.5. Moved well. Dancing Highness (Mark Zahra), Royal Liason (rb) 1-39, 800/55, 600/43.5. They impressed. Special Event (rb) 1-39.5, 800/58, 600/45.5. Sloane Square (Mark Zahra), River Island (Harish) 1-38.5, 800/55.5, 600/44. Former finished four lengths ahead. Queen Rania (rb), War Of Attrition (Mark Zahra) 1-39.5, 800/56, 600/44.5. Former impressed. Hotstepper (L. Marshall) 1-41, 800/54, 600/41.5. In fine condition.

1600m: Perfect Tribute (Mark Zahra), Perfect Rhythm (Ranjeet) 1-58, 800/55, 600/42. Former put up a good display. Storm Regent (M.R. Singh), Badge Of Gold (D. Patel) 1-57, 800/57.5, 600/46. They were eased up. Fiddlers Ferry (M. Narredu) 1-58.5, 800/57, 600/44. Stretched out well.

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