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Colonel Duff impresses

BANGALORE: Colonel Duff, Virtuoso, Queen’s Guest and Fantastic Quest impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Nov. 6).

Outer sand:

800m: Powerfuldreams (R. Ravi) 56, 600/42.5. Pleased. Sun Device (Ghous) 56, 600/43. Worked well.

1,000m: Royal Chief (Sapra) 1-10, 800/55, 600/43. Extended.

1,400m: Royal Ambassador (Sapra) 1-39, (1,400-600) 53. Easy.

Inner sand:

800m: Colonel Duff (S. John) 51, 600/39.5. Moved fluently. The Spartan (Ranjeet), Corleone (P. Woods) 53, 600/40. Former finished three lengths ahead. Stormy River (Ranjeet), Leave It To Me (P. Woods) 55.5, 600/42.5. They moved freely. A 2-y-o (Ontario – Ordina) (rb), a 2-y-o (Greensmith – Iquique) (S. John) 54, 600/41. They moved on the bit. Royal Amber (Guruprasad) 51.5, 600/39.5. In fine trim. Rimpuche (Suraj) 53.5, 600/42. Moved freely. Fantastic Quest (B. Prakash) 52.5, 600/40. Moved attractively. Shotgunn (S. John), Aboline (rb) 55, 600/41.5. They shaped well. Zafar (Guruprasad) 51.5, 600/39. Strode out well. Virtuoso (S. John), a 2-y-o (Pennine ridge – Safe Haven) (rb) 52, 600/39. Former showed out. Little Splendour (rb) 54.5, 600/42. Flair Queen (Vivek), Undue (S. Ramesh) 52.5, 600/40. They pleased. Enduring Star (P. Woods), Replenish (R. Ravi) 52.5, 600/40. Former finished five lengths ahead. Spark Of Class (S. John), Spark Of Elegance (rb) 51, 600/38. Former finished six lengths ahead. Spark Of Joy (S. John), Spark Of Marchador (rb) 55, 600/41.5. They finished level. A 2-y-o (Local Talent – Nationwide) (rb), Rashida (L. Marshall) 56, 600/42.5. They moved on the bit. Spark Of Jewel (S. John) 55, 600/42. Lester (Krishnan) 54, 600/41.5. Easy.

1,000m: Classical Dancer (Adarsh), Southern Magic (Sreekanth) 1-8, 800/53, 600/41. Former finished two lengths ahead. Queen’s Guest (D. Patel), Bourbon Bay (B. Prakash) 1-8, 800/51.5, 600/39. Former finished six lengths ahead.

1,200m: Festino (Md. Shafiq), Apertini (Shiva Kumar) 1-21.5, 800/52.5, 600/41.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. Double Elite (Sapra) 1-26, 800/55.5, 600/41.5. Strode out well. Darktan (Adarsh), Lucky Look (Sreekanth) 1-24.5, 800/55.5, 600/44. They were eased up.

1,400m: A 2-y-o (Major Impact – Starafar) (rb) 1-42, (1,400-600) 53.5. Eased up.

Gate practice – Inner sand:

1,400m: Sun Gold (Vivek), Chesterford Touch (Ashok Kumar) 1-30, (1,400-600) 50.5. They jumped out well. Manthara (S. Ramesh), Royal Flynn (rb) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 49. They took a good jump. Hurricane Bolt (rb), Trillion Win (Shobhan), Mercutio (Rajesh Babu) 1-41, (1,400-600) 52. They jumped out well. A 2-y-o (Brave Act – Saddle Star) (R. Ravi), a 2-y-o (Burden Of Proof – Florale) (rb) 1-38, (1,400-600) 51.5. They jumped out smartly. A 2-y-o (Diffident – Post Impression) (rb), Youre Chilubuli (P.S. Chouhan) 1-42, (1,400-600) 54.5.

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