Date:24/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092452062000.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Black Sapphire shines

Pune: Black Sapphire shone when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (Sept 23).

Sand track:

600m: Fiery Fortune (Dashrath) (1200/600m) 39.5. Easy. Warcraft (S.N.Chavan) 40.5. Easy.

800m: Arabian Pride (Biramne) 56, 600/41. Easy. Peaches And Cream (S.N.Chavan) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Xiamen (rb) 52, 600/38. Urged . Polar Glow (S.Nayak) 52, 600/39. Moved well. Bourbon Queen (N.Jodha) 53, 600/39.5. Moved freely. Swept Away (Jethu) 56, 600/41. Easy. Balance De Power (S.Fargeat) 53, 600/39. Moved well. Black Sapphire (H. G. Rathod), Blue Daffodils (S.Nayak) 51, 600/38.5. Former started two lengths behind and finished a length ahead. Starlite Express (H.G.Rathod) 52.5, 600/39. Pressed. Forest Native (H.G. Rathod), Noble Deeds (S.Nayak) 54.5, 600/40. Former finished well clear. Shabdeez (Biramne), Sir Taj (rb) 54, 600/40.5. Former finished eight lengths ahead. Chief Warrior (H. G. Rathod) 51.5, 600/38.5. Pushed. Fredericia (Kharadi) 53.5, 600/38.5. Moved freely. Fearless Blaze (rb) 57, 600/42. Easy.

1,000m: Antonios (S. N. Chavan) 1-8, 600/39.5. Shaped well. Yowz (Rathore) 1-12.5, 600/42.5. Easy. Veera Wang (Biramne) 1-8, 600/40. Moved fluently. Congrats (N.Jodha) 1-8.5, 600/40.5. In good shape. Artistic Liason (rb) 1-10, 600/41.5. Good. Belligerent (N.Jodha) 1-11, 600/44. Easy. Young Offender (Jethu) 1-12, 800/56, 600/42. Easy. Highland Crown (Jethu), Insite Soul (Merchant) 1-6.5, 800/53, 600/40.5. They moved level freely. Eagle Mountain (S.Fargeat) 1-12, 800/55.5, 600/41. Moved freely. Lilac Time (S.N.Chavan) 1-9.5, 600/42. Urged.

1,200m: Mountain King (rb), Aristrocratical (Pradeep) 1-26, 600/42. Both were level.

1,400m: Binee (rb) 1-41, 1200/1-25.5, 600/42. Moved freely. Fire Within (H. G. Rathod) 1-40, 6000/43.5. Good.