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Opera Queen impresses

BANGALORE: Opera Queen and Bratz impressed when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning.

Outer sand:

800m: Newmachar (Chary) 58.5, 600/44. Custer (Suraj) 57.5, 600/44.5. Moved well. Tropical Ridge (Neeraj) 58, 600/44. Shaped well. Pal Joey (A. Velu) 58, 600/44. Unextended. Penny Tweedy (Chary) 57, 600/43.5. Maintains form. North Berwick (F. Irani) 59, 600/45. In Vogue (Christopher) 58.5, 600/45. Grantown (A. Velu) 1-0, 600/45. Faizah (Neeraj) 1-0, 600/45. Hugo (rb), Armament (S.S. Baria) 59, 600/44.5. Former finished two lengths ahead. Zest (R. Marshall) 55, 600/42.5. Responded well to the urgings.

1,000m: Queen Of Fashion (Gallagher) 1-12.5, 800/57, 600/43.5. In fine trim. Scottsville (T. Moses), Crown Charter (Zia) 1-14, 800/56, 600/44. Latter moved well and finished a length in front. Zooming (P.S. Chouhan), Perfect Mover (Christopher) 1-13, 800/57.5, 600/45. Former impressed. Opera Queen (P.S. Chouhan) 1-12.5, 800/56, 600/43. In fine nick. Ashwaraaj (Ranjeet) 1-15, 800/56.5, 600/44. Worked well.

1,200m: Full Steele (Mrs. Silva), Zabdiel (B. Paswan) 1-30, (1,200-600) 42. They finished together. Libertador (D. Badel) 1-30, 1,000/1-13, 800/56.5, 600/44. Strode out well. Republic Day (Chary) 1-28, (1,200-600) 42. Retains form.

1,400m: On The Trail (Christopher), Bratz (Suraj) 1-43.5, 1,200/1-27.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 800/56, 600/43. They pleased. Green Bax (P.S. Chouhan), Siroco (Christopher) 1-42.5, 1,200/1-28.5, 1,000/1-14.5, 800/58.5, 600/45. They were extended, former finished three lengths ahead. Big B (rb), Star Of Lords (rb) 1-44.5, 1,200/1-29, 1,000/1-14, 800/59.

1,600m: Formal Invitation (Amarpreet), Aleksei (C. Alford) 1-57.5, (1,600-600) 1-11. Former was handy, latter extended and finished half a length behind. Star Of Windsor (Gallagher), Southern Regent (B. Prakash) 2-0, 1,400/1-43.5, 1,200/1-28.5, 1,000/1-14, 800/58.5, 600/45. Latter started five lengths behind and finished level. Full Speed (Mrs. Silva) 1-58.5, 1,400/1-43, 1,200/1-29, 1,000/1-15, 800/59, 600/45. He moved well within himself.

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