Sugar Bay and Himalayan Queen pleased when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning.
Inner sand
800m: Ashrafie (S.J.Sunil) 56, 600/42. Easy. Aurelio (Pradeep), Pitbull (Sandeep Jadhav) 50, 600/38.5. Former finished a distance ahead. Iridescence (Sandesh) 56, 600/43. Easy. Administrate (Neeraj), Minister (rb) 54, 600/40. Former ended three lengths in front. Incentio (J.Chinoy), Light The Sky (rb) 53, 600/40. They finished level freely. Remember The Time (Baandal), Corabella (V.Jodha) 52.5, 600/39.5. Former strode out well and finished four lengths ahead. Rachael (Merchant) 52, 600/39. Moved well. Top Wizard (A.Gaikwad), Running Cloud (Chandrakant) 52, 600/39. Former was two lengths superior. Judicious (Merchant) 50, 600/37. Moved attractively. Jeannine (G.Amit), Batman (rb) 51, 600/38. Former finished five lengths ahead.
1,000m: Sugar Bay (Pradeep), Archimedes (Sandeep Jadhav) 1-3.5, 800/50.5, 600/38.5. Former impressed. Classic Moment (V.Jodha), Siddhi (Baandal) 1-4, 800/50, 600/37.5. Former was two lengths superior. Frankanella (Pradeep), Emperor Of France (Sandeep Jadhav) 1-4.5, 600/39.5. Former finished a distance ahead. Cannonball Run (rb), Daytona (J.Chinoy) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. Former superior. Jazzmmyn (Sandesh), Veronique (S.J.Sunil) 1-8, 600/40. Former finished four lengths ahead. Spreadeagle (Neeraj) 1-6.5, 600/38.5. Moved freely. Spider Man (F.Irani) 1-5, 800/51, 600/39. Moved well. Mr Gorgeous (Neeraj) 1-9, 600/42. Moved freely. Snowdrift (Neeraj) 1-8, 600/40.5. Moved fluently. Tahrir (F.Irani) 1-5, 800/52, 600/39. Moved freely.
1,200m: Congressional (Neeraj) 1-20, 1,000/1-5, 800/52, 600/38.5. Worked well. Joss (J.Chinoy) 1-20, 800/52, 600/39. Moved attractively. Ad Astra (J.Chinoy) 1-21.5, 600/39.5. Moved well.
Outer sand
1,000m: Sumaaq (F.Irani), Marcus Aurelius (G.Amit) 1-8, 600/42. They were pushed and former finished four lengths ahead.
Race track
600m: Jettaway (Yash Narredu), Janeiro (S.N.Chavan) 38.5. They moved freely. A dark bay filly (Oath/Wanasah) (app), Speed Of Sound (rb) 38. Former ended four lengths in front. Champagne (S.J.Sunil), Shukran (K.Kadam) 40. Pair moved freely.
800m: Oreius (app), Sentosa Cove (K.Kadam) 51, 600/37. Former was two lengths better. Blockbuster (rb), Frankest (Merchant) 52, 600/36. They ended level. Ageneya (N.Rawal) 50, 600/37. Moved well.
1,000m: Enthralling (Dashrath), Bhramhachari (Darren Williams) 1-5, 800/50, 600/34.5. Former was well in hand and finished two lengths ahead. Vice Admiral (Sandesh), Doc Holiday (Ikram) 1-4, 600/35. Both moved neck and neck freely. Soul Speak (Dashrath) 1-1, 600/34.5. Moved well.
1,200m: Godsent (Kavraj), Royal Classic (Daman) 1-16.5, 1,000/1-3, 600/34. Former easily finished four lengths ahead.
Gate practice (Inner sand)
1,000m: Rare And Gorgeous (Ajinkya), Light Force (rb) 1-5.5, 600/41. Former finished a distance ahead. Himalayan Queen (Shelar) 1-4.5, 600/39. Moved attractively. Shivalik Story (Pradeep), Honourious (app) and Torpedo (S.K.Jadhav) 1-6, 600/40.5. They jumped out well and moved freely. Limekilns (Dashrath), Seahorse (Neeraj) and Fast Lady (Hamir) 1-6, 600/41. Limekilns was the pick.
Mock race (Race track) — March 22
1,200m: Airco (Trevor), Zabisco (Santosh), Arctic Convoy (Dashrath), Vasco Da Gama (V.Walkar), Huracan (Neeraj), Indian Serenade (S.Kamble), Ramesses (Kharadi) and Be Ready (J.Chinoy) 1-12.5, 600/37. Won by 3/4, 5, 2. Airco who was running fifth till the bend came very well on the outside and won.
Second mock race
1,400m: Mountbatten (S.J.Sunil), Anvill Star (Darren Williams), Argonautica (D.K.Ashish) and Miles Soldier (S.K.Jadhav) 1-25.5, 600/37.5. 6l, dist, dist. Mountbatten won easily.