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Autonomy shows out

Mumbai: Autonomy, Congrats and Scenic Silver showed out when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (March 2).

Inner sand:

600m: Captain Smart (Belose), Black Partridge (Dashrath) 37. Former is in good shape and finished two lengths ahead. Strong Foundation (rb), Flying Rock (Shelar) 39. Both were pushed and former finished four lengths ahead. Guns N Roses (Chandrakant) 37. Moved well. Swept Away (Sameer) 40. Easy.

800m: Here Comes Don (S.N.Chavan), Palermo (H.G.Rathod) 50, 600/38. They finished level freely. Titan (rb) 48.5, 600/36.5. Moved well. Pretty Commission (rb), Star Attraction (Bernard) and Geronimo (rb) 49.5, 600/38.5. First and second named finished five lengths ahead of the last named. Chamberlain (Hamir) 50.5, 600/38.5. Moved well. Highland Crown (Jethu) 49, 600/36. Moved attractively. Starpresentation (B.Prakash) (1400/600) 53. Moved freely. Just Once More (Pradeep), Ponyta (rb) 54, 600/40. They ended level.

1000m: Yankee Woman (M.Narredu) 1-8, 600/40. Pressed. Red Cloud (N.Alam) 1-6, 800/53, 600/40. Moved well. Asceleipion (S.Fargeat) 1-5, 800/50, 600/36. Moved fluently. Congrats (C.Rajendra) 1-3, 800/50, 600/38. Maintains form. Azul (Srinath), Bravado (Aadesh) 1-7, 800/52, 600/38. Former finished a distance ahead.

1400m: Try Your Luck (Pradeep) 1-38, 1000/1-9, 800/55, 600/42. Urged in the last part.

1600m: Black Phantom (H.G.Rathod), Brezhnev (N.Alam) 1-52, 1400/1-38, 1000/1-9, 600/40. Former was two lengths better.

Outer sand:

800m: Theodoros (rb), Adams Pleasure (rb) 54, 600/41. They moved freely. Moonstorm (Mahesh) 51.5, 600/38.5. Moved fluently. Patek Philippe (Neeraj) 52.5, 600/39. Moved freely. Sunburst (Kharadi) 52, 600/39. Moved freely.

1400m: Flaring Sun (McCullagh) 1-35, 1200/1-21, 1000/1-7, 600/41.5. May repeat.

Race track:

600m: Star Crowned (C.Rajendra) 42. Easy. Native Knight (Parmar), Saint Vincent (C. Rajendra) 39.5. Pair level.

800m: Lone Monarch (C.Rajendra), Extraordinaire (S.Fargeat) 54.5, 600/39. They were easy.

1000m: Blade Runner (Srinath), Royal Companion (C.Rajendra) 1-5, 800/49.5, 600/35.5. Former superior. Crakatoa (Aadesh) 1-9.5, 800/54, 600/39. Moved freely. Highland Flame (Shelar), Highland Quest (Tograllu) 1-6, 800/50.5, 600/36.5. They were urged and ended level. River Blossom (C.S.Jodha), Chanakya (Shelar) 1-2.5, 600/35.5. Former moved well and they finished level. Highland Warrior (Aadesh), Oyster Blue (Shelar) 1-7, 800/51.5, 600/37. Former superior. River Memories (C.S.Jodha), River Pride (Tograllu) 1-5, 600/36. Former was well in hand and they finished level. Star Of Washington (B.Prakash), Golden Symbol (Oza) 1-11, 600/39. They moved freely. River Rule (C.S.Jodha), Calypso Dancer (Shelar) 1-7, 800/50, 600/35.5. They moved neck and neck freely. Benedictus (Zervan), Cabriolet (McCullagh) 1-6, 600/37. Both moved well. Amore Mio (McCullagh), Anastasia (Zervan) 1-5.5, 800/50.5, 600/35.5. Former better. Accomplished (S.Fargeat), River Route (Shelar) 1-5.5, 800/52.5, 600/37.5. They finished level freely. Jacqueline (Shelar), Truinfo (Zervan) 1-6.5, 600/37. Former easily finished five lengths ahead. Former is in good shape.

1200m: Autonomy (rb), Pillatus (S.N.Chavan) 1-16.5, 1000/1-1, 800/49, 600/36. Former finished well clear. De Nada (McCullagh), Bright Future (Zervan) 1-21, 1000/1-4, 800/49, 600/35. They were well in hand and finished level.

1600m: Handsome Returns (C.S.Jodha), Western Challenge (Shelar) 1-47, 1400/1-33, 1000/1-3, 600/35.5. They were urged and ended level.

Gate practice: inner sand:

1000m: Wings of Angels (Kharadi), Track Thunder (Aadesh) and Mariposa (rb) 1-7.5, 600/41. First named finished four lengths ahead. Scenic Silver (Bernard), Irish Queen (rb) and Starfall (rb) 1-2.5, 800/50, 600/38. Scenic Silver moved like a bullet and finished a distance ahead of her companions. Claim To Fame (S.N.Chavan), Golden Spurs (Shelar) and Mythical (rb) 1-8, 600/41. They moved freely. Nonios (Pereira) 1-2, 800/48, 600/36. Moved attractively. The Tempest (S.Fargeat), Aesthetics (rb) 1-5, 600/38.5. Former finished a distance ahead. Noble Sardar (S.N.Chavan), Pine Crest (Hanumant) 1-5, 800/51.5, 600/40. They jumped out well and finished level. Finfoot (McCullagh) 1-5, 600/39. Moved well. Anemos (Zervan), Snowden (Kharadi) 1-5, 600/39. They finished level. Wilna (Srinath), Satsuma Star (C.Rajendra) and Blue Marine (Hamir) 1-3.5, 600/37. Wilna who finished six lengths ahead was the pick.

Mock race: March 1 (race track):

1400m: Fire Zone (Srinath), Queens Collection (B.Prakash), Flaming Ace (Oza), Little Warrior (C.Rajendra), Rodrigo (I.Shaikh) and Esperance (Khalander) 1-25.5, 600/38. Won by: 1L, 2L, 4L. Fire Zone who was racing third till the bend came well in the straight and won the race. Queens Collection and Flaming Ace also impressed.

Second mock race:

1200m: Estevez (Aadesh), Highland Music (Daniel Grant) and Classic Ruler (Merchant) 1-14, 600/37. Won by: 3L, 4L. Estevez was pushed to win the race. Other two were not urged.

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