Date:24/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092451382000.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Rare And Precious pleases

BANGALORE: Rare And Precious, Own Voice, Sugar Ray and Chimerique pleased when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (Sept. 23)

Inner sand:

800m: Major Asset (S. Ramesh), Undue (rb) 53.5, 600/41.5. They moved freely. Crackerjack (Guruprasad) 51.5, 600/38.5. Strode out well. All My Colours (D. Patel) 52.5, 600/40. In fine trim. Scramjet (L. Marshall), Marcegalia (Zia) 52.5, 600/40. Former finished three lengths ahead. Talk Of The Devil (Shahbuddin) 53.5, 600/41. Easy. Kyles Of Bute (S. John) 51, 600/38.5. In fine condition. Neel Gagan (Rajesh), Little Splendour (P.S. Chouhan) 50, 600/38. They strode out well. Dark Horse (rb) 52, 600/39. Moved fluently. Burning Ambitions (Chandrashekar) 53, 600/40.5. Moved well. Flip Your Destiny (Sapra) 54.5, 600/41.5. Moved on the bit. Dinesa (Selvaraj) 52, 600/39. Moved attractively. Jersey Pride (Ghous) 52, 600/40. Shaped well. Sheer Gold (Shobhan) 50, 600/37. Fit for the fray. Fantabulous Hero (Guruprasad) 55, 600/41.5. Star League (Sreekanth), Imperial Applause (Sapra) 52, 600/39. A fit pair. Rare And Precious (Md. Shafiq) 50, 600/38.5. Impressed. Sprawling Elegance (Chandrashekar), Solitary Champ (rb) 53, 600/39.5. Former finished well ahead. El Gordo (rb), Luminous Gold (Chethana) 53.5, 600/40. They worked well. Symbol Of Speed (Raja Rao) 54, 600/41.5. Easy. Stylish Bay (Koch) 54, 600/39. Pleased. Awesome Beauty (Appu) 54.5, 600/40. Shaped well. Everything Nice (Sreekanth), Commandperformance (Sapra) 52.5, 600/38.5. Former finished eight lengths ahead.

1,000m: Superior Surprise (Appu) 1-8, 800/51, 600/38. Moved impressively. Read My Mind (Appu), Jersey Rock (Ghous) 1-6.5, 800/51.5, 600/39.5. They finished level. An Equal Music (Suraj), Replenish (rb) 1-9, 800/51, 600/38. They moved fluently.

1,200m: Stunning Grey (P.S. Chouhan) 1-24, 800/50.5, 600/37.5. In fine fettle. Ahira (rb), Cannavaro (rb) 1-26, (1,200-600) 41. They moved freely.

1,400m: Royal Hero (Vivek) 1-40, (1,400-600) 52.5. Eased up. Own Voice (B. Prakash), Queen’s Guest (D. Patel) 1-35.5, 800/48.5, 600/37. Former put up a pleasing display. Sugar Ray (rb) 1-30.5, 800/50.5, 600/39.5. In fine trim. Chimerique (rb) 1-30, 800/50.5, 600/39. Impressed.

Gate practice – inner sand:

1,400m: Super Spear (Raja Rao), Darktan (Adarsh), Hurricane Spirit (Shahbuddin) 1-35.5, (1,400-600) 50.5. Super Spear impressed. Sunny Baba (Gnaneshwar), Let The River Run (A. Velu) 1-34, (1,400-600) 55. Former showed out. Express It (rb), Allonia (S. John) 1-33, (1,400-600) 49. They jumped out well. Centrumm (B. Paswan), Fair Weather (Selvaraj) 1-45, (1,400-600) 55. Latter slowly out.