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Hotstepper and Highland Magic shine

Mumbai: Hotstepper and Highland Magic shone when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning. (Dec.14).

Inner sand:

600m: Star O’ War (Pradeep) 41.5. Easy. Absolute Reality (S.Chinoy), Black Sapphire (Agarwal) 41. They ended level.

800m: Desert Dust (S.N.Chavan) 52.5, 600/39. Moved freely. Hotstepper (Daniel Grant), Pine Crest (S.N.Chavan) 52, 600/39. Former moved well and finished a distance ahead. Xiamen (Kapoor) 57, 600/42.5. Easy. Autonomy (Daniel Grant) 58.5, 600/43.5. Shaped well. Solid Black (S.Nayak) 54, 600/40.5. Moved fluently. Major Roberts (Rupesh) 53, 600/40. Urged. Pomme De Terre (rb) 53, 600/40. Moved well. Alaska (S.Chinoy), Madamme Bijoux (rb) 56, 600/41. They were level. Victory Star (S.Chinoy), Starlite Express (rb) 54, 600/41. Former superior. St Moritz (Merchant) 57, 600/43.5. Easy. Brad (P.S.Chouhan), Sentinel (C.Rajendra) 57.5, 600/42.5. Pair easy.

Outer sand:

600m: Nanjing (Kapoor) 40. Good. Swept Away (Merchant), Pocket Rocket (Zameer) 40.5. They ended level. Wings Of Law (Belose), Flying Spirit (Dashrath) 39.5. They were urged and ended level.

800m: Reigning Sky (rb) 54.5, 600/42. Moved freely. Tromos (Merchant), Oyster Princess (Shelar) 51.5, 600/38. They moved neck and neck freely. Top Romance (Donoghue), Further Away (M.R.Singh) 54.5, 600/39.5. Former superior. Star Adventure (D.Patel), Sovereign Seal (Donoghue) 53, 600/39.5. Former was well in hand and they finished level. Wishful Thinking (Tony Farina), Veera Wang (Riyaz) 53, 600/39.5. Former ended four lengths in front. Highland Magic (Merchant) 52, 600/39. Moved well.

1000m: Secret Talk (G.Oza), Aristrocratical (Rupesh) 1-9.5, 600/43. Former was two lengths better. Lana Turner (Kapoor), Brave Star (G.Oza) 1-9.5, 800/54, 600/41. Both were urged and former ended four lengths ahead.

1400m: Psychic Strength (Harish) 1-39.5, 1400/600m 54, 600/45.5. Moved freely.

Gate practice: inner sand:

1000m: Liberty Speaks (Donoghue), Rose Bourbon (D.Patel) 1-11, 600/43. They were easy. Gleaming Sky (Srinath), Excellent Gift (M.R.Singh) 53.5, 600/40.5. They moved level freely. Uber Alles (Trainer), Full Faith (S.Nayak) 1-10.5, 600/44. Former finished five lengths ahead. A 2/y/o bay gelding (Broto/Unbiased) (R.Pandey), Go Guzzi Go (Rupesh) 1-10, 600/42. Both were pushed and former ended two lengths in front. Temptation (Pereira) 1-9, 600/43. Ridden out. Uruj (Shailesh), Gorgeous Lady (S.N.Chavan) 1-10.5, 600/44.5. Pair Easy. Arch Rival (Khalander), Tafeta (app) 1-6.5, 600/40. Former strode out well and finished well clear.

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