Date:14/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/14/stories/2008121456011500.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Jersey Pride excels

BANGALORE: Jersey Pride, Star Of Marmalade, Desert Realm and Mistic Quest excelled when the horses were exercised here on Saturday morning (Dec. 13).

Inner sand:

800m: Spicy Star (Gnaneshwar) 51.5, 600/38.5. In fine nick. Cart Wheel (S. John) 52, 600/39. Impressed. Zafar (Guruprasad) 51.5, 600/39. Strode out well. Alacrity (S. Marshall), Bid For Gold (S. Golam) 53, 600/41. They moved freely.

1,200m: Applique (De Sousa) 1-25, (1,200-600) 41. Easy. A 2-y-o (San Francisco – Golden Collection) (Sreekanth), Mr. President (Ghous) 1-22, (1,200-600) 40. They moved well.

1,400m: Mac (rb) 1-36, (1,400-600) 52.5. In fine shape.

Outer sand:

800m: Tecnocrat (S. John), Dazzling Honour (C.D. Hayes) 59, 600/44. Former finished four lengths ahead. Lowndes Square (S. Marshall), Trend Tracker (S. Golam) 56, 600/44. Former showed out. Quiet Achiever (rb) 59, 600/46. Moved on the bit. Red Renegade (D. Allan), Leave It To Me (P. Woods) 59, 600/43.5. They moved impressively. Retro Queen (rb) 58, 600/46. Eased up. Timeless Treasure (P. Ramesh), Prayatna (Md. Shafiq) 56, 600/43. They pleased. Look Alike (rb) 58, 600/45. Moved freely. Jersey Pride (Ghous) 55, 600/43. Moved fluently. Manthara (S. Ramesh), Royal Flynn (rb) 57, 600/44.5. They moved well. Mighty Heart (Gnaneshwar) 55.5, 600/42.5. Impressed. Star Blue (V. Patel) 1-0.5, 600/46.5.

1,200m: Double Elite (V. Patel) 1-30, (1,200-600) 43. Man United (Ashok Kumar) 1-28, 800/58.5, 600/45. Moved freely. Star Of Marmalade (Srinath), Desert Realm (D. Patel) 1-29, 800/56, 600/42.5. They moved attractively. Festino (rb) 1-31.5, (1,200-600) 39.5. Eased up. Royal Amber (Guruprasad) 1-30.5, 800/55.5, 600/42.5. Strode out well.

1,400m: Splendid Surprise (rb) 1-42, (1,400-600) 56. Moved on the bit. Star Of Washington (B. Prakash), Blushing Beam (M. R. Singh) 1-43.5, (1,400-600) 57.5. They shaped well. Mistic Quest (B. Prakash), Forever Mark (M. R. Singh) 1-43, 800/55, 600/43. They moved fluently. Jersey Rock (Appu) 1-44.5, 800/58, 600/43.5. Stretched out well.