Medusa, Doctor Dolly and Esconido impressed when the horses were exercised here on Saturday (July 19) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: Neutralist (A. Gaikwad) 39. Moved freely. Gobby (Prasad) 39. Moved freely.
800m: Encino (Nirmal), Multiverse (Ranjane) 56, 600/41. Former ended four lengths in front. Viking (Ramswarup), Golden Kingdom (Nirmal) 56, 600/42. Former better. Betsy (Merchant), Oh Kay (Gore) 52, 600/39. Former was superior. Son Of A Gun (Mustakim) 53, 600/40. Moved fluently. Silver Strike (Zameer), Bravo Zulu (Merchant) 55, 600/40. Pair moved level freely. El Greco (Ajinkya) 57, 600/42. Easy.
1000m: Doctor Dolly (Merchant), Surfrider/Light (Zameer) 1-6, 800/51, 600/39. Former strode out well and finished four lengths ahead. Medusa (Merchant) 1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Responded well to the urgings. Dream Alliance (Nirmal) 1-9, 600/41. Moved freely. Royal Champ (Nirmal) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. Worked well. Tyrannus (Mosin) 1-8, 800/52, 600/39. Urged. The Milenium Force (T.S. Jodha), The Athabasca (Ajinkya) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. They moved neck and neck freely. Social Butterfly (Mosin) 1-6, 800/52, 600/38. Slightly urged. Kissed By The Sea (Kirtish) 1-8, 600/42. Moved freely.
1200m: Exciting (Kirtish), Brasilier (Siddharth) 1-26, 600/42. They were easy. Nostalgia (Hamir), Phantasmique (Mustakim) 1-22, 600/39. Former was well in hand while the latter who started three lengths behind was urged to end level.
1400m: Golden Dancer (Mosin) 1-37, 800/53, 600/39. Urged in the last part.
Gate practice noted on the inner sand:
1000m: Lara (Mosin), Riptide (Mustakim) and Arlington Heights (A. Prakash) 1-8, 800/53, 600/41. Lara finished four lengths ahead of Riptide who further finished four lengths ahead of the last name. Esconido (Mosin) 1-6, 800/51, 600/38. Jumped out well and moved attractively. Surrealist (Kirtish) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. Moved well.
Mock race noted on July 18:
Race track:
1200m: Celestial (Siddharth), Golden Sparsh (S. Amit), Quicker (Bharat), Magical Moments (C. Umesh), Fidato (Mustakim), Desert Charm (Gagandeep), Bluebird (Kirtish) and Dash (S.J. Sunil) 1-11, 600/36. Won by: 3, Short Neck and 3-1/4. Celestial, who was racing fourth till the bend, easily covered the leeway and won the race by three lengths. Bluebird shifted out soon after the start and refused to gallop, while Dash planted into the starting stalls.
Second mock race:
1400m: Alexandros (Neeraj), Field Of Dreams (Gore), King Ke (A. Prakash), Allez Etoile (C. Umesh), Ardakan (Ajinkya), El Moran (Mustakim), Alpine Star (app), Enforcer (Yash), Caradoc (N. Bhosale) and Jade (Kirtish) 1-28, 600/37. 3/4, 1-1/2 and Neck. Alexandros and Field Of Dreams, who were racing in fourth and fifth positions respectively, made smooth progress and finished in that order.
Published – July 19, 2025 05:46 pm IST
