Undercover, Merchantofvenice and Cassat pleased when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Jan. 14) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: Esconido (Abhay) 40. Easy. Bohemian Rhapsody (Shahrukh) 39. Urged. Lightning Spear (R. Manish), Sporting Alice (Abhay) 41. Pair level. Phantasmique (Umesh) 38. Pushed. Divine Star (A. Gaikwad) 40. Easy. Eastern Monarch (Gore), Dreams Come True (Walkar) 37. They moved neck and neck freely. Grey Beauty (Ritesh) 37. Pressed. Beat The Heat (rb) 40. Easy. Endurance (Yash) 39. Moved fluently. Dancing Cloud (Shahrukh) 38. Pushed. Neptune (Nirmal) 39. Moved freely.
800m: Bee Magical (Neeraj), Market King (Hamir) 52, 600/39. Former started three lengths behind and finished level. Golden Eye (N. Bhosale), Lion Heart (Gore) 53, 600/39. Former finished three lengths ahead.
1000m: Willy Wonkaa (app) 1-9, 600/42. Moved freely. Staria (S. Kamble), Tempo (Ajinkya) 1-8, 600/40. Former moved well and finished three lengths ahead. Caspian (Ajinkya), Absolute Serenity (S. Kamble) 1-10, 600/41. Former ended three lengths in front.
1400m: Dream Seller (Ajinkya) 1-34, 1000/1-9, 600/44. Eased up in the last part.
Gate practice — inner sand: 1000m: Asterion (Bhawani) 1-12, 600/43. Easy. Hagibis (rb) 1-7, 600/40. Urged in the last part. Undercover (Umesh), Desert Diamond (Merchant) 1-5, 600/39. Former strode out well and finished six lengths ahead. Storm (T.S. Jodha) 1-11, 800/55, 600/43. Slowly off. Highground (Peter) 1-11, 600/41. Easy. Merchantofvenice (T.S. Jodha), Cassat (Ramswarup) 1-6, 600/40. They moved impressively. Demetrius (Ramswarup), Lord Frankel (rb) 1-12, 600/43. Former finished well clear.
Published – January 14, 2026 05:35 pm IST
