African Gold and Shambala excel

African Gold and Shambala excelled when the horses were exercised here on Monday (March 2) morning.

Inner sand:

600m: Starseed (T.S. Jodha) 40. Easy. Phoenix Tower/Bloomsbury (Santosh), Mount Washington (Akram) 40. Pair level.

800m: The Olive Crown (Dashrath), Viking (Sandesh) 53, 600/40. They moved level freely. Santana Row (Akram) 53, 600/39. Moved freely. Your Sri Shakthi (Bhawani) 57, 600/43. Easy. Ataash (T.S. Jodha) 55, 600/40. Easy. Mirae (H.G. Rathod) 53, 600/40. Urged. Avener (Sandesh), Vermeer (Akram) 55, 600/40. Former ended five lengths ahead. Seneca (Nrmal) 54, 600/40. Moved freely.

1000m: Tranquila (S. Kamble), Azaadi (N.B. Kuldeep) 1-8, 800/53, 600/39. They moved level freely. Ardakan (Ajinkya), Youreunforgettable (N.B. Kuldeep) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. They moved neck and neck freely. Shimmer (Akram), Powerofattitude (Sandesh) 1-7, 800/52, 600/39. Former was one length superior. Appalachian (Omkar), Magenta (T.S. Jodha) 1-9, 800/53, 600/39. Pair moved together freely. Taaqath (Dashrath), Absolute Serenity (S. Kamble) 1-6, 800/51, 600/38. Pair urged and ended level. Avante (Nirmal), Mulan (Santosh) 1-7, 800/52, 600/38. Former was superior. Chelsea (Dashrath) 1-6, 800/51, 600/38. Moved well. Desert Classic (Ajinkya) 1-8, 800/53, 600/39. Worked well.

1200m: Monterey (Nirmal), Old Fashioned (Sandesh) 1-23, 1000/1-8, 800/54, 600/40. Former moved well. Sovereign King (Santosh) 1-20, 1000/1-6, 800/52, 600/39. Moved nicely. Shambala (T.S. Jodha) 1-16, 1000/1-2, 800/49, 600/37. Moved impressively. African Gold (Bhawani) 1-16, 1000/1-2, 800/49, 600/37. Excelled.

Race track: 800m: Ma Cherie (Peter) 51, 600/36. Moved freely.

1000m: Neutralist (A. Gaikwad) 1-00, 800/48, 600/35. Pleased. Queen Caroline (Prasad), Crown Flame (rb) 1-10, 600/41. They ended level. Alpine Star (H.G. Rathod) 1-2, 800/48, 600/35. Urged. Alpha Gene (rb) 1-10, 600/40. Easy. Lickety Split (A. Prakash), Brahmastra (H.G. Rathod) 1-00, 800/47, 600/35. Former easily finished four lengths ahead. Loyal Lover (A. Prakash), Theodosius (app) 1-1, 800/48, 600/35. Former finished a distance ahead.

Gate practice — inner sand:

1000m: Gold Bar (Santosh), Cassat (Akram) 1-5, 800/51, 600/38. Former ended two lengths in front. Miami Vice (P. Dhebe), Shamara (S.J. Sunil) 1-9, 800/55, 600/41. They finished level freely. Rinella (Gore), Aswha Gypsy (rb) 1-4, 800/51, 600/38. Former finished four lengths ahead. Sequential (N. Bhosale), Red Lightning (A. Prakash) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Former finished three lengths ahead.

Published – March 02, 2026 05:37 pm IST