Date:22/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/22/stories/2006082201231700.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Don Gama shows out

Pune: Don Gama and Red Dawn showed out when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (Aug. 21).

Sand track:

600m: Etoile (Baandal) 40. Handy.

800m: Nach Baliye (rb) 55.5, 600/41. Easy. Fiery Fortune (Belose), Alishan (Dashrath) 52, 600/39. Former superior. Supreme Sword (Shelar) 52, 600/39.5. Moved well. Don Gama (Baandal) 50, 600/38. Moved attractively. Ruby Rosa (S. N. Chavan) 53.5, 600/40.5. Moved freely. Light Of Justice (S. Nayak) 52, 600/39. Moved well. Win For Me (S. Chinoy) 54.5, 600/42.5. Worked well. Tearaway (Rupesh) 52, 600/39. Pushed. Mustang Sally (Rathod) 52.5, 600/37.5. Urged in the last part.

1,000m: Crimson Red (App), Notable Runner (Dashrath) 1-9, 600/41. Former ended four lengths in front. Nightingale (Dashrath), Kingdom Come (Neeraj) and A Royal High (Belose) 1-9.5, 600/41. They moved freely. Red Dawn (Rupesh), Glorious Fantasy (rb) 1-7, 600/40. Former strode out well and finished five lengths ahead.

1,200m: Gold Star (C. S. Jodha) 1-22, 600/41. Moved well. Flying Rani (rb) 1-24, 600/42. Moved fluently.

Gate practice (Sand track):

1,000m: Donegal Bay (Ikram), Intimacy (Neeraj) and Insearchofsunrise (Chandrakant) 1-10, 600/43.5. They jumped out well and the first two finished well ahead. Raiba (J. Chinoy), Sirius Black (Bernard) 1-12.5, 800/55.5, 600/42.5. They were urged and ended level. Thundering Hero (C. Rajendra), Stroll In The Park (Mansoor) 1-9, 600/40.5. They finished level.

Mock race (race track) — Aug. 20:

1,000m: Pampered Princess (Belose), Diffiant (S. N. Chavan), Beloved (S. Chinoy) and Take On (Dashrath) 1-3.5, 600/36. Pampered Princess won comfortably. Note.