Date:17/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/17/stories/2008091758021700.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Inspiring Trust impresses

BANGALORE: Inspiring Trust, You’re Wonderful, Local Warrior and Kyles Of Bute impressed when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (Sept. 16).

Inner sand:

800m: Mother’s Pride (S. Marshall) 52, 600/38. Moved with plenty in hand. Local Warrior (S. John) 50.5, 600/38. Pleased. Whisper Valley (A. Velu) 54.5, 600/41.5. Crackerjack (Guruprasad) 52.5, 600/39.5. Strode out well. Acridian (S. Marshall) 51.5, 600/39. Moved well. Rebellious (R. Ravi), Replenish (rb) 51.5, 600/38.5. Former finished about ten lengths ahead. Trafalgar Square (Praveen) 51, 600/38. In fine trim. Valid Bid (A. Velu), Anna Fleetwood (B. Paswan) 51.5, 600/39. They finished level. Stunning Grey (rb) 51.5, 600/39.5. In fine condition. Carabinieri (Zia), Alchesaye (L. Marshall) 53.5, 600/40. They moved freely. Little Splendour (Rajesh) 53.5, 600/40.5. Moved on the bit. Korporate (Praveen) 52.5, 600/40. Shaped well. Rio Bravo (rb) 55.5, 600/41.5. Moved on the bit. Star News (Krishnan) 52, 600/39. Easy. Tina’s Triumph (rb) 53.5, 600/41.5. Moved freely. Superlativo (rb) 54, 600/41. In fine trim. Cimarron (rb) 53, 600/39.5. Unextended. El Gordo (rb) 54.5, 600/41.5. Different Opinion (Chandrashekar) 51.5, 600/39. Moved well. She’s Big (rb), Fly Free (rb) 51, 600/38.5. A fit pair. Sun Zone (Krishnan) 55, 600/42. Easy.

1,000m: Kyles Of Bute (S. John) 1-5.5, 800/50, 600/38. A fine display. Jersey Pride (Ghous) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39.5. Worked well.

1,200m: Dark Horse (rb) 1-21.5, (1,200-600) 37.5. Eased up. Redshift (Sreekanth), Star League (Raja Rao) 1-23.5, 800/55, 600/43. Former finished well ahead.

1,400m: Beauty (Krishnan), Simple (Ashok Kumar) 1-42, (1,400-600) 55. Inspiring Trust (S. Marshall) 1-32, 800/51, 600/38.5. Moved fluently. You’re Wonderful (rb) 1-34.5, 800/51, 600/37.5. Impressed.

Gate practice – Inner sand:

1,400m: Express It (S. John), Sparkling Adventure (Md. Shafiq) 1-34, (1,400-600) 55. Former impressed. Sudden Thunder (rb), Laa Futher (rb) 1-37, (1,400-600) 53. Latter slowly away. Splendid Surprise (S. Ramesh), Platinium Dreams (rb) 1-32, (1,400-600) 48. Former showed out. Money Mantra (rb), Dinesa (rb) 1-40.5, (1,400-600) 52. They jumped out well. Maahi Ve (B. Paswan), Media Man (Shahbuddin) 1-32.5, (1,400-600) 49.5. Former impressed. Red Ruben (R. Ravi), Awesome Fighter (rb) 1-35.5, (1,400-600) 53.5. Former finished distance ahead. Snow Prince (Md. Shafiq), Serengeti Sunrise (Narasimha) 1-40, (1,400-600) 51. Former finished four lengths ahead.