Walk The Talk and Live By Night caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday (Jan. 2) morning.
Inner sand:
600m: Frieze (Shubham) 41. Easy. Rubik Star (Bhawani) 38. Moved freely. Finest Moment (Bhawani) 40. Easy. Benevolence (Hamir) 40. Easy.
800m: Renala (Nicky Mackay), Gusty Girl (Vinod) 52.5, 600/39.5. They moved level freely. Periwinkle (Nazil) 57, 600/43. Easy. Be Frank (C.S. Jodha) 53.5, 600/39. Moved freely. On Va Danser (Dashrath) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Mount Olympus (Kaviraj) 50, 600/38. Pressed in the last part.
1000m: Live By Night (V.Jodha), Intense Approach (C.S. Jodha) 1-7, 800/53, 600/40. Former was hard held while the latter was pushed to finish level. Majestic Warrior (Sandesh) 1-6.5, 800/52.5, 600/39.5. Moved well. Truly Epic (C.S. Jodha) 1-7, 800/52.5, 600/39.5. Moved well. Major General (Sandesh), Rising Sun (rb) 1-7.5, 800/54, 600/41. Former finished well clear. Eagleinthesky (Parmar) 1-9, 600/40. Moved freely.
1200m: Dumas (Akshay) 1-22, 1000/1-6.5, 800/52.5, 600/39.5. Moved well.
1400m: Sultan Suleiman (David Egan) 1-37, 1200/1-22, 1000/1-8, 800/54, 600/40.5. Urged.
1600m: Roberta (Kharadi) 1-51, 1400/1-36, 800/52, 600/38.5.
Outer sand:
800m: Starringo (Nathan Evans) 1400/600m 55. Easy.
Gate practice — inner sand:
1000m: Pepper (S.J. Sunil), Alita (Nicky Mackay) 1-8, 800/53, 600/39.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. Victorious Spirit (Kadam), Soaring High (Akshay) 1-11, 600/42. Pair easy. Tanahaaiya (P. Naidu), Phoenix Tower/Caborig (S. Sunil) 1-8.5, 600/39.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Walk The Talk (David Egan), Gloriosus (Nathan Evans) and Seniority (C.S. Jodha) 1-5, 800/51, 600/38.5. First named who finished six lengths ahead was the pick. Zanzibaar (S.J. Sunil) 1-7, 600/40. Urged.
