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Rare And Precious shines

BANGALORE: Rare And Precious, Noble Prince, Rhapsidion Snow and Astral Flash shone when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (July 2).

Inner sand:

600m: Fly For Sure (Milan) 40. Moved on the bit. Nearco Master (Rajesh) 39. Strode out well. Silver Paris (Faraz), Black Splendour (Shadab) 39. Former finished three lengths ahead. Black Beauty (Rajesh) 39.5. In fine trim. Noble Sacrifice (Rajesh), Neel Gagan (Md. Shoaib) 38. Former impressed. Aston Park (A. Velu) 39.5. Strode out well. Carnival Of Joy (Zia) 40. Moved well.

1,000m: Spandau Ballet (L. Marshall), Seven Star (Zia) 1-6.5, 600/39.5. Former finished four lengths ahead. Chaitanya Jyothi (rb) 1-7.5, 600/41. Moved freely.

1,400m: Royal Premier (rb), Celestial Princess (Milan) 1-37, (1,400-600) 40. Spirituall (Neeraj) 1-33.5, (1,400-600) 52. Eased up. Diamond Shower (T. Rahul) 1-35, (1,400-600) 51.5. In fine shape.

1,600m: Caspian Sea (B. Mahesh), Desert Rule (S. Marshall) 1-52.5, (1,600-600) 1-10. They moved on the bit.

Outer sand:

600m: Take My Word (Shahbuddin), Secret Girl (T. Rahul) 44. Former moved better. Lone Ranger (S. Marshall) 41.5. Pleased. Aspiring Seven (P.S. Chouhan) 46. Only A Vision (Ghous) 43.5. Moved well. Real Gladiator (Gautam), She’s A Lady (Raja Rao) 43.5. They moved impressively. Saptashwa (Rajesh Babu) 44.5. Easy.

1,000m: Gallant Prince (Ghous) 1-14.5, 600/44. Moved freely. Spark Of Solitaire (S. John) 1-13, 600/42. Impressed. Classical Dancer (Appu), Bolzano (Raja Rao) 1-15, 600/41.5. They moved fluently. I Fancy You (Shahbuddin), Another Destiny (Gautam) 1-10.5, 600/42.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Star Gleam (S. John), Constance (Ghous) 1-14, 600/43.5. Former finished seven lengths ahead. Pretty N Fast (Shahbuddin), Western Palace (Raja Rao) 1-12, 600/44. Former finished five lengths ahead. Edmondo (S. John) 1-10, 600/41.5. Moved impressively. Diamond Hunter (Appu) 1-11, 600/42. Extended. Spark Of Bronte (S. John) 1-11, 600/42. In fine condition. Live It Up (Md. Shafiq) 1-13, 600/44.5. Moved on the bit. Star Presentation (Vivek) 1-12.5, 600/43.5. Worked well. Crackerjack (Guruprasad) 1-15, 600/45. Easy. Kyles Of Bute (S. John) 1-13.5, 600/42. In fine shape. Pelikano (W. Smith) 1-13.5, 600/41.5. In fine fettle. Duke Of Edinburgh (Koch), El Gordo (rb) 1-15.5, 600/44. They finished level. Soundofthewind (Gautam) 1-10.5, 600/43. Stretched. Chinatown (S. Marshall) 1-13, 600/44. Easy. In The Zone (S. John) 1-12.5, 600/41. Pleased.

1,200m: Nox (rb) 1-23.5, (1,200-600) 38. Eased up. Persian Rock (S. Babu), Northern Splendour (Raja Rao) 1-28, (1,200-600) 42. Silken Thomas (Harish) 1-28, (1,400-600) 38. Eased up. Asiaticus (R. Marshall), Chintz (Neeraj) 1-27, 1,000/1-12, 600/43. Latter moved attractively. Rare And Precious (Md. Shafiq) 1-23, 1,000/1-8.5, 600/41. Responded well to the urgings.

1,400m: Spark Of Class (Selvaraj), Mr Greedy (Neeraj) 1-41, 1,000/1-10, 600/42.5. They moved with plenty in hand. Dancing Dynamite (Lisa) 1-42, 1,000/1-13, 600/45.5. Moved freely. Arabian Knight (S. Breux) 1-44.5, 1,000/1-15, 600/44.5. Moved on the bit. Rhapsidion Snow (W. Smith) 1-37.5, 1,200/1-20, 1,000/1-7, 600/40. Worked attractively.

1,600m: Star Of Marmalade (B. Prakash), Phoenix Reach (Vivek) 1-52.5, 1,400/1-38.5, 1,200/1-25.4, 1,000/1-12, 600/45. Former started three lengths behind and finished two lengths ahead. Astral Flash (Neeraj), Bruckner (M. Narredu) 1-53, 1,400/1-38, 1,200/1-24.5, 1,000/1-10.5, 600/43.5. Former impressed. Bourbon Bay (Vivek), Step In Style (M.R. Singh) 1-57, 1,000/1-13, 600/44. They moved freely. Jacqueline (M. Narredu) 1-59.5, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/42. In fine nick. Diego Rivera (Neeraj) 1-59, 1,000/1-10, 600/42. In pink of condition. Noble Prince (W. Smith) 1-52, 1,400/1-35, 1,200/1-20.5, 1,000/1-7, 600/41. A fine display. Fleet Indian (S. Ramesh) 2-0, (1,600-600) 1-14. Easy.

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