Date:02/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010256721600.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Spark Of Joy impresses

BANGALORE: Spark Of Joy, Resounding Glory, Sunny Colours and Icebreaker impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Jan. 1).

Inner sand:

800m: Proof Of Treasure (rb) 54, 600/41.5. Moved freely.

1,400m: My Friend Paul (Gnaneshwar) 1-38, (1,400-600) 55. Easy.

Outer sand:

800m: Spark Of Joy (S. John) 56, 600/42. Moved impressively. Sun Gold (Vivek) 1-1.5, 600/45. Jamaican Bolt (Ashok Kumar) 56.5, 600/42.5. Impressed. Spark Of Vision (S. John) 58.5, 600/44.5. Worked well. Spark Of Ilderim (S. John) 59.5, 600/46. Easy. Queen’s Collection (D. Patel) 1-0, 600/46.5. Moved on the bit. Ziggy Stardust (Shobhan) 56.5, 600/43. Strode out well. Sunny Colours (S. Fargeat) 55.5, 600/42.5. Pleased. Icebreaker (Ranjeet) 56.5, 600/43. Moved fluently. Aksinya (S. Marshall), Going For Gold (Sapra) 57, 600/42.5. Former finished well ahead. Incredible (Sapra), Saqqarah (S. Marshall) 1-0, 600/44.5. Former finished three lengths ahead. Gloriosa (S. Marshall), High Roller (Sapra) 58.5, 600/44. They moved together.

1,000m: Hall Mark (Sapra), Ticket To Ride (S. Marshall) 1-10.5, 800/54.5, 600/43. They moved attractively. African Sky (C.D. Hayes), Paint Me Red (Ruzaan) 1-11.5, 800/55, 600/43. They pleased.

1,200m: Classical Dancer (Adarsh) 1-26, 800/56, 600/43. Strode out well. Amazer (rb), a 2-y-o (Juniper or Tirol – Sweet Golden) (Krishnan) 1-32, (1,200-600) 45. Resounding Glory (S. Babu) 1-25, 800/56.5, 600/44. In fine trim. Mark Of Gibraltar (M.R. Singh) 1-30.5, (1,200-600) 44. Easy.

1,400m: Succeeding Star (S. Marshall) 1-38.5, 800/55, 600/42.5. In fine nick. Conceptual (S. John) 1-39, 800/57, 600/43.5. Stretched out well.

Gate practice – Inner sand:

1,400m: Full Speed (B. Paswan), Gustavo (rb) 1-34.5, (1,400-600) 49.5. They finished level. Simple (Krishnan) 1-34, (1,400-600) 49. Pleased. Table Mountain (S. John), Allonia (rb) 1-34, (1,400-600) 48. Former showed out. Sans Pareil (C.D. Hayes), Cimarron (rb) 1-37.5, (1,400-600) 54. Former impressed. A 2-y-o (Juniper – Russian Maid) (Md. Shafiq), a 2-y-o (Juniper – Medamoiselle) (P. Ramesh) 1-40, (1,400-600) 53. Former finished four lengths ahead. Red Stone (Guruprasad), Crackerjack (Md. Shoaib), a 2-y-o (Sizzling Melody – Ixora) (rb) 1-37.5, (1,400-600) 49. Red Stone impressed. Lock And Load (ex: Ottawa) (rb), Portobello (Selvaraj) 1-37, (1,400-600) 50.5. Former finished well ahead. Lowndes Square (Mallikarjun), Bid For Gold (S. Marshall), Shades Of White (Shiva Kumar) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 47. They jumped out smartly. Aboline (S. John), Greenbro (rb) 1-33, (1,400-600) 47.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. Slavic (Shinde), Isinbayeva (Selvaraj), Chaitanya Jyothi (rb) 1-40, (1,400-600) 51. They took a good jump. Feelit Enjoyit (Sapra), Admiranda (T. Rahul) 1-41.5, (1,400-600) 56. They finished level. Tecnocat (S. John), Dazzling Honour (rb) 1-33.5, (1,400-600) 50. Former finished well in front. Spark Of Bronte (R. Ravi), Spark Of Salerno (S. John) 1-38, (1,400-600) 50. They jumped out well.