Sovereign King and Noraiah caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Aug. 17) morning.
Inner sand
600m: Starseed (T.S. Jodha) 41. Easy.
800m: Precioso (Omkar), Mila (T.S. Jodha) 57, 600/41. Former ended two lengths in front. Ashwa Ankara (Peter) 54, 600/41. Moved freely. Shirsa (S.G. Prasad) 52, 600/37. Moved well. Thundering Phoenix (Santosh) 51, 600/38. Moved nicely. Silver Strike (Nazil) 50, 600/38. Urged in the last part. Chakar View (A. Gaikwad) 53, 600/39. Moved freely.
1000m: Shimmer (Akram) 1-8, 800/53, 600/39. Pushed. Lumineer (Peter), Sky Bound (S.J. Sunil) 1-7, 800/51, 600/38. They were urged and finished level. Gunfire (Yash) 1-7, 800/51, 600/38. Pleased. Irish Gold (Gore) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. Worked well. Gunsmoke (S.J. Sunil) 1-8, 800/53, 600/40. Worked freely.
1200m: Shambala (T.S. Jodha) 1-24, 600/42. Moved fluently. Raphael (rb) 1-23, 1000/1-9, 800/55, 600/41. Pressed. Noraiah (Mosin) 1-20, 1000/1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Responded well to the urgings. Sovereign King (Ramswarup) 1-19, 1000/1-5, 800/52, 600/40. Moved impressively.
Gate practice noted on inner sand
1000m: Heaven’s Rhythm (Peter), Horizon (S.J. Sunil) 1-9, 800/54, 600/41. Both were urged and finished level.
Mock races noted on August 16 (race track)
1800m: Fynbos (Vivek G), Duke Of Tuscany (Kirtish) 1-52, 600/35. Fynbos who was racing four lengths behind throughout the race easily covered the leeway in the last 100m and pipped the latter on the post.
Second Mock race
1200m: Chagall (app), Manor House (app), Family Man (app), Lempika (app), Bayridge (T.S. Jodha) and Rules (app) 1-8, 600/34. Won by: Dist, 3L and Short Head. Chagall came very well from the fourth position and won the race by a distance.
Published – August 17, 2026 05:29 pm IST
