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Ruben Star impresses

Pune: Ruben Star and Count Du Monet impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Oct. 12).

Sand track:

600m: Golden Key (T. S. Jodha) 41. Easy. Red Mesa (T. S. Jodha), Lovely Feelings (Raju Singh) 38. They were pushed and finished level. Evatina (B. Prakash) 41.5. Handy. Hawke Bay (Kamlesh) 41. Easy.

800m: Strikealite (Prashant) 54, 600/40.5. Moved freely. Spade Of Ace (Ranjane), Firefoot (N. Jodha) 55, 600/42. They ended level. Wild Cat (V. Walkar), Sonic Boom (S. Nayak) 55, 600/42. Former was easy while the latter was pushed to end level. Fantastic Fury (Pradeep) 54, 600/41.5. Pushed. Fall Of The Hammer (Aadesh), Cosmic Flower (T. Mahesh) 53, 600/39.5. They moved level freely. Sail Away (rb) 54.5, 600/41.5. Easy. Desert Rally (Merchant), Flymetothestars (Shelar) 54, 600/40.5. Former superior. Pine Crest (T. S. Jodha) 55, 600/41. Easy. Maurya (Bernard) 55, 600/42. Urged. Dream Destiny (Ruzaan) 53, 600/39.5. Moved well. Rococo (Kamlesh) 56, 600/41. Handy. Count Du Monet (Ruzaan) 51, 600/38. Can upset. Royal Princess (Rupesh) 51.5, 600/38.5. Shaped well. Spinoza (Kamlesh), Divine Protocol (Neeraj) 53, 600/40. Former ended two lengths in front. Oyster Cove (T. S. Jodha), Convenience (T. Mahesh) 54, 600/41. Former was hard held while the latter was pushed to finish level. Note. Somethingabouther (Ruzaan) 51.5, 600/38.5. Urged in the last part. Chagall (Ruzaan) 53, 600/40. May make amends. Stunning Star (Rathod) 58, 600/43. Easy. Siebel (Ruzaan) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Diffiant Gal (S. N. Chavan) (1,400-600) 57. Easy.

1,200m: Star O' War (Kharadi), Great Alliance (Pradeep) 1-27.5, 600/44.5. Former ended three lengths in front. Ruben Star (B. Prakash), Empirical (M. R. Singh) 1-23, 600/42.5. Former was well in hand while the latter was pushed to end level. Former pleased.

Gate practice — Sand track:

1,000m: Daring Boss (S. Nayak) 1-11.5, 600/43.5. Easy. Royal Panache (rb), Generous Grey (Neeraj) 55, 600/43. They jumped out well. Courageous (rb), Strokeofbrilliance (T. S. Jodha) and Kaikam's Pride (Bernard) 1-10.5, 600/42.5. Second named is a 2-y-o and they were urged. Champion's League (Aadesh), Desert Sunrise (C. Rajendra) 1-11, 800/55.5, 600/42.5. They jumped out well and former finished well clear. Latter was not urged.

Bonanza awaits punters

The Nanoli Stud Pune Derby, which will be run on Oct.15, will have enough thrills to draw a mammoth crowd. The big lure will be five prizes of two tickets each for the ICC Champions Trophy final at the Brabourne Stadium, on Nov. 5 and a Compaq Champion sereis Intel Computer will also be offered on a contest of skill.

The Nanoli Stud will also offer cash prizes of Rs. 20,000 each to the leading trainer and jockey of the week-end (upto the Derby race) based on a simple point system called The Nanoli Stud Pune Derby Turf Challenge.

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