Becket, The Leader and Bhagirathi excelled in the workouts when the horses were exercised on the trial track here on Sunday.
Outer sand
600 metres: Orange Orchard (V.R. Jagadeesh) Black Blossom (rb) 45. Golden Dixie (rb) 45.
1000 metres: Char Chand (rb) Neel Gagan (Ramandeep S. Bal)) 1-14, 600/44, former three lengths clear. Spot On (R. Umesh) 1-12.5, 600/41.5, fit.
1200 metres: Kohinoor Wish (Trainer) 1-28, 1000/1-13, 600/44. Bhagirathi (S. Selvaraj) 1-21, 1000/1-7.5, 600/41.5, excelled. Soberano (S. Selvaraj) 1-23.5, 1000/1-9.5, 600/43, impressed.
1400 metres: Rose Mead (Kuldeep Singh) Lambourn (B. Mukesh) 1-42, 1200/1-26.5, 1000/1-11.5, 600/44. Thundering Don (Ramandeep S. Bal) 1-44.5, 1200/1-29, 1000/1-16.5, 600/49, eased. Smart Cooky (rb) 1-45.5, first 800/57. Sunset Boulevard (B. Prakash) Eloise (R. Marshall) 1-40.5, 1200/1-25, 1000/1-9.5, 600/42, former started three lengths behind, finished two lengths in front. Edmondo (B. Sreekanth) 1-46.5, first 800/57.5, eased. Leon Cavallo (B. Sreekanth) 1-46, 1200/1-30.5, 1000/1-16, 600/47.
1600 metres: Becket (rb) 1-55.5, 1400/1-37.5, 1200/1-24, 1000/1-10, 600/41, moved attractively. The Leader (Srinath) Star Experience (rb) 1-57.5, 1400/1-38, 1200/1-24, 1000/1-11, 600/44.5, latter joined at 1400 metres, finished a distance behind.
Inner sand
1200 metres: Hillary (S. Zervan) 1-19.5, 1000/1-7.5, 600/41.5, may strike soon.
1400 metres: One For The Money (B. Sreekanth) 1-34.5, 1200/1-21.5, 600/43.5, good.
Mock race (Saturday)
1200 metres: Best Time (R. Koch) Sun Dawn (Vivek) North Cape (Harish) Amazing Performer (S. Mallikarjun) War Artist (T.S. Jodha) Tulasi (Ashok Kumar). Won by: 3, 5, 1 ¼, Nk, Distance. Time: 1:19.77. North Cape was slowly off. Tulasi planted in the stall and raced far behind the field.
1400 metres: Moonlight Romance (I. Chisty) Enduring Star (M. Mark) Mother’s Pride (T.S. Jodha) Leonardo (S. Selvaraj) Sun Kingdom (Suraj) Sun Spirit (B. Sreekanth) Sunnys Secret (Shoban Babu) Cannavaro (Vinod Shinde). Won by: 1 ¼, 1 ½, 1 ½, 1, 1 ½, ½, 2 ½. Time: 1:32.22.