Daddy’s Pride and Excellent Gold showed out when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Sept. 23) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: Sunrise Ruby (Nazil) 39. Easy.
800m: Silver Storm (Santosh), Gold Member (Daman) 53.5, 600/39.5. Former ended four lengths in front. Shivalik Skies (Merchant) 50.5, 600/38. Urged. Silver Locket (Bhawani) 51.5, 600/38. Moved well. Excellent Gold (J. Chinoy) 48.5, 600/37. Pleased. Falconette (Kaviraj) 48.5, 600/36. Urged in the last part. Gold Magic (S. Sunil) 50.5, 600/37. Responded well. Verdandi (Niranjan) 49.5, 600/37. Pressed. Clymene (S. Sunil) 49, 600/36.5. Good.
1000m: Red Carnation (Kaviraj), God’s Decree (J. Chinoy) 1-4, 800/49, 600/37. Pair moved level freely. Thea’s Pet (J. Chinoy), Northern Singer (Aniket) 1-4, 800/49, 600/37. Former moved well. Dazzling Star (Kadam) 1-6, 800/51, 600/38.5. Good. Westeros (Ayyar), Starringo (Pradeep) 1-3.5, 800/49, 600/36.5. They moved neck and neck freely.
1200m: Shapath (T.S. Jodha), Suerte (rb) 1-22, 1000/1-7, 800/52.5, 600/39. Former finished three lengths ahead. Daddy’s Pride (T.S. Jodha), Golden Orchid (rb) 1-19.5, 1000/1-4.5, 800/50, 600/38. Former started two lengths behind and finished a distance ahead. Chezza (Merchant), Cecelia (P. Naidu) 1-19.5, 1000/1-5, 800/51, 600/38.5. Former started four lengths behind and finished three lengths ahead.
Gate practice — inner sand:
1000m: 2/y/os Air Support/Bobcat Greelay (Walkar), Magic In The Wind (D.A. Naik) and Rising Sun (rb) 1-7.5, 800/51.5, 600/38. They jumped out well and moved freely. Jack Flash (Nazil), Periwinkle (Niranjan) 1-4, 800/48, 600/36. They moved well and finished level. Astounding Bay (Kamble), Auspicious (Peter)1-3, 800/49, 600/37. Both jumped out well and finished level. Eyes For You (Parmar) 1-5, 800/50, 600/38. Good. 2/y/os Speaking Of Which/Set Ablaze (Gagandeep), Planetaire/Landmine (Kamble) 1-7, 800/51.5, 600/39. Pair urged and ended level.
Mock race — Sept. 22:
Race track: 1200m: Namaqua (D.A. Naik), Warrior Clan (Shubham), Sawgrass (Kaviraj), Tasch (Zervan), Smoky Haze (Santosh) and Lukas (Merchant) 1-12, 600/37. Won by: 3, 2, 4. Namaqua was racing third till the bend and comfortably won the race. Lukas was slowly off by a distance.
Mock race — Sept. 21:
Race track: 1400m: Gods Plan (Akshay), Watchmyscript (C.S.Jodha), Findlerhof (Zervan) and Whydah (Merchant) 1-27, 600/36. Won by: 5, 1/2, 4. Gods Plan won the race pillar to post.
