Ardakan and Merchant Of Venice show out

Ardakan and Merchant Of Venice showed out when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Mar. 23) morning.

Inner sand:

600m: Renaissance (Yash) 39. Moved fluently. Spectra (V. Walkar) 39. Moved freely.

800m: Rizz (Nirmal), Minimus (Santosh) 54, 600/39. Pair moved together freely. Avener (Sandesh), Shimmer (Akram) 51, 600/38. Former easily finished a distance ahead. Queen Caroline (Prasad) 51, 600/37. Moved well. Eastern Monarch (rb) 53, 600/39. Worked freely. Azaadi (Dashrath), G Valentino (S. Kamble) 51, 600/37. They moved neck and neck freely. Absolute Emperor (Dashrath), Tranquila (S. Kamble) 51, 600/37. Former made up two lengths and finished level.

1000m: Brahmastra (J. Chinoy) 1-6, 800/52, 600/38. Pressed. Earth (V. Walkar) 1-7, 800/52, 600/38. Moved nicely. Provenance (app) 1-11, 600/43. Easy. Bezalel (S. Kamble), Taaqath (Dashrath) 1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Former was superior. Tempo (Ajinkya), Rainbow Connection (N.B. Kuldeep) 1-8, 800/53, 600/38. They moved level freely. Sequential (J. Chinoy) 1-5, 800/51, 600/37. Stretched. Caccini (Bhawani) 1-5, 800/51, 600/39. Retains form. Ardakan (Ajinkya), Your Unforgettable (S. Kamble) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Former started three lengths behind and easily finished level. Caspian (Ajinkya), Havoc (N.B. Kuldeep) 1-6, 800/52, 600/38. Former moved well and they finished level.

Outer sand: 800m: Johnny Mac (Shahrukh) 55, 600/41. Slightly urged.

Race track: 800m: Cornucopia (S.J. Sunil) 53, 600/38. Moved well. Lucio (Aditya) 49, 600/ 35. Moved well. Tempest (Zeeshan) 51, 600/36. Urged.

1000m: Lucky Diamond (J. Chinoy) 1-1, 800/48, 600/36. Pressed. Mirae (H.G. Rathod), Theodosius (J. Chinoy) 1-4, 800/50, 600/36. They were pushed and finished level. Loyal Lover (Nazil) 1-3, 800/50, 600/37. Moved attractively. Big Red (Mosin) 1-1, 800/48, 600/34. Worked well. Red Lightning (J. Chinoy), Marcus (Nazil) 1-5, 800/50, 600/35. Both were pushed and former finished a distance ahead. Rafael (Bharat) 1-7, 800/51, 600/36. Moved well.

Gate practice — inner sand:

1000m: Asterion (Bhawani) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. Jumped out well. Darkblue Stockings (app), Wise Approach (Mosin) and Acrobatic (app) 1-9, 800/54, 600/40. First name who finished three lengths ahead was the pick. Kaiser (Dashrath) 1-9, 800/54, 600/39. Moved freely. Merchant Of Venice (T.S. Jodha), Gonzalo (Santosh) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Former easily finished a distance ahead.