Date:09/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/09/stories/2009010952302000.htm

Sport - Racing : Horse

Noble Prince impresses

BANGALORE: Noble Prince, Red Renegade and Leave It To Me impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (Jan. 8).

Inner sand:

800m: Lotus Leaf (S. Marshall) 52, 600/38.5. Pleased.

1,400m: Aristos (C.D. Hayes) 1-33, 800/53, 600/41. In fine trim.

Outer sand:

800m: Dock Of Bay (Hitchcott) 59.5, 600/46. Royal Filly (Rajesh), Silver Paris (Shiva Kumar) 59.5, 600/45. Talisker (Ashok Kumar), The Dawn (rb) 1-0.5, 600/45.5. Classical Dancer (Suraj) 57.5, 600/44. Moved freely. Aaj Tak (Krishnan) 55, 600/42.5. Moved fluently. Sarang (Krishnan) 58.5, 600/45. Moved on the bit. Spirit Of Excellence (Ashok Kumar) 55, 600/42. Pleased.

1,000m: Saptashwa (S. Fargeat) 1-15, 800/59, 600/46. Moved freely. Corus (Krishnan), Flower (rb) 1-15, 800/59, 600/46. A fit pair. Fanaa (Shahbuddin) 1-12, 800/57.5, 600/45. Moved well. The Spartan (D. Allan), Celestial Way (C.D. Hayes) 1-15, 800/57.5, 600/43. They finished level.

1,200m: Noble Prince (D. Allan) 1-26, 800/52.5, 600/40. A pleasing display. Red Renegade (Ranjeet), Leave It To Me (D. Allan) 1-29, 800/55, 600/42.5. They moved attractively. Mystic Star (Ashok Kumar) 1-31, (1,200-600) 44. Easy. Chesterford Touch (Vivek), Enforcer (Ashok Kumar) 1-29, 800/57, 600/44. Former finished two lengths ahead. Spread A Smile (Raja Rao), Commandperformance (Shobhan) 1-27.5, 800/57, 600/46. They worked well. Spark Of Gold (R. Ravi), Spark Of Reverence (S. John) 1-26.6, 800/56.5, 600/44. They moved impressively. Royal Amber (Guruprasad) 1-26.5, 800/58, 600/45.5. Moved freely.

1,400m: Everything Nice (Ghous), Darktan (Raja Rao) 1-43, 800/57, 600/45. They finished together.

1,600m: Tecnocat (S. John), Dazzling Honour (rb) 1-36.5, (1,400-600) 52. Former impressed. Magical Verse (Appu), Chintz (C.D.Hayes), Allegro (rb) 1-40, (1,400-600) 50. Magical Verse impressed. Sky Drive (rb), Draupadi (Ranjeet) 1-35, (1,400-600) 49. Former finished well ahead. A 3-y-o (San Francisco – Golden Collection) (rb), a 3-y-o (Ikthyar – Virginia Flapper) (Afsar Khan), Bonzini (Raja Rao) 1-43, (1,400-600) 57. A 3-y-o (Juniper – Medamoiselle) (P. Ramesh), a 3-y-o (Juniper – Russian Maid) (Md. Shafiq) 1-37, (1,400-600) 51.5. They jumped out well. Admiranda (T. Rahul), Feelit Enjoyit (Sapra) 1-41.5, (1,400-600) 51.5. Former showed out. Classerville (D. Allan), Becket (C.D. Hayes) 1-32, (1,400-600) 50. They impressed. Spark Of Bronte (R. Ravi), Spark Of Salerno (S. John) 1-41, (1,400-600) 51. Former finished well in front.