Shambala and Mojito excel – The Hindu

: Shambala and Mojito excelled when the horses were exercised here Monday (Sept. 22) morning.

Inner sand:

800m: Cellini (Mosin) 52, 600/37. Moved freely. Baleno (Bhawani) 53, 600/39. Worked freely. Empower (T.S. Jodha) 54, 600/39. Easy. Luca (Ritesh) 52, 600/39. Slightly urged. Caliph (Bharat) 49, 600/36. Moved well. Skandha (T.S. Jodha) 57, 600/42. Easy. Desert Charm (Santosh), Sakana (Ramswarup) 50, 600/36. Former finished three lengths ahead. Caccini (Bhawani) 52, 600/39. Worked freely. Trail Blazer (N. Bhosale) 50, 600/37. Worked well. Son Of A Gun (Mustakim) 50, 600/38. Pressed in the last part.

1000m: Shambala (T.S. Jodha) 1-2, 800/49, 600/38. Excellent work. Ange Raphael (Ritesh) 1-4, 800/51, 600/39. Pressed. Red Bishop (Kirtish) 1-12, 600/44. Easy. Kimiko (Bhawani) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Good work. Algonquin (N. Bhosale), Jackson (Gore) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Former ended three lengths in front. Dentetsu (Ritesh) 1-5, 800/49, 600/36. Urged. Shubhankar (Bhawani) 1-6, 800/52, 600/39. Moved freely.

1400m: Fontana (Pranil) 1-37, 1200/1-24, 1000/1-11, 800/57, 600/43. Moved fluently.

Gate practice — inner sand:

1000m: Opus Dei (Mosin), You (Nazil) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. They moved neck and neck freely. Mojito (D.A. Naik), Key West (P. Dhebe) and South Beach (Parmar) 1-2, 800/48, 600/37. Mojito moved impressively and finished a distance ahead. Silver Strike (Gore), Bravo Zulu (Merchant) 1-4, 800/49, 600/37. Former finished four lengths ahead. Jaisalmer (P. Vikram), Red Mist (Ramswarup) 1-5, 800/51, 600/39. Former was two lengths superior. Highground (P. Vikram) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Jumped out well.

Mock race — Sept. 21: Race track.

1200m: Eaton Square (S.J. Sunil), Esteban (Umesh), Vegatha (Ajinkya), Ma Cherie (P. Vikram), Whisper (P. Vinod), Magical Moments (Nazil) and Break Point (Pranil) 1-11, 600/36. Won by: 7, 1-1/4 and 3/4. Eaton Square who jumped out well was racing fifth till the bend, thereafter came with a rattle to win the race by seven lengths.