Diego Garcia and Dash impress

Diego Garcia and Dash impressed when the horses were exercised here on Sunday (Jan. 12) morning.

Inner sand:

600m: Mojito (Parmar) 37. Pressed. Desert Charm (N.B. Kuldeep), Mulan (Shubham) 42. Pair easy. Gunsmoke (S.J. Sunil), Eaton Square (app) 41. Both were level.

800m: Flashman (T.S. Jodha), Mila (app) 55, 600/40. Former was one length better. Higher Love (T.S. Jodha) 54, 600/41. Moved fluently. Neutron (P. Dhebe), Dreamer (Parmar) 57, 600/42. Pair easy. Heart (S.J. Sunil), Quicker (app) 53, 600/40. Former started three lengths behind and easily finished five lengths ahead. Warlock (Merchant) 56, 600/41. Easy. Tyrannus (Likith Appu), Bright Button (Hamir) and Phantasmique (V. Bunde) 55, 600/41. Tyrannus who finished four lengths ahead was the pick. Big Bay (S.J. Sunil) 53, 600/39. Worked well. Jaisalmer (Saba), French Navy/Gold Bag (N.B. Kuldeep) 56, 600/41. They ended level.

1000m: Sovereign King (C.S. Jodha), Rafael (S. Kamble) 1-8, 800/54, 600/41. They were urged and finished level. Arrived (Sandesh), Wholehearted (Nirmal) 1-11, 600/42. Pair moved together freely. Diego Garcia (Sandesh), Multiverse (S. Kamble) 1-6, 800/51, 600/40. Former made up three lengths and easily finished four lengths ahead. Former should make amends.

1200m: Exuma (Parmar), Fortunate Son (Dhebe) 1-20, 1000/1-6, 800/53, 600/40. Former was urged and finished a distance ahead. Dash (S.J. Sunil) 1-21, 1000/1-6, 800/51, 600/38. Moved impressively. Nostalgia (V. Bunde), Arise And Shine (Likith Appu) 1-22, 1000/1-7, 800/53, 600/40. Former easily finished six lengths ahead.

1400m: Seeking Alpha (Vivek G) 1-39, 600/41. Moved freely. Regal Command (Bhawani) 1-34, 1200/1-19, 1000/1-6, 800/53, 600/40. Pressed.

Gate practice — inner sand:

1000m: Rasputin (V. Bunde) 1-6, 800/52, 600/40. Moved well. Fast Approach (S.J. Sunil) 1-6, 800/51, 600/39. Urged in the last part.

Mock races noted on January 11. (race track):

1st mock race: 2000m: Santissimo (C. Umesh), Mighty Sparrow (N. Bhosale) and Bugatti (Vivek G) 6-1/4, 9L, 2m 3. 50s, 600/37. Santissimo who is in great heart, was racing second till the home straight, easily went on to win the race without any sweat.

2nd mock race: 1400m: Dedication (Trevor), Marcus (Zervan), The Sengol Queen (Prasad) and Alexandria (I. Shaikh) 3-1/4, 1-3/4 and Neck. 1m 26. 90s, 600/38. Dedication, who was racing almost a distance behind near the bend, came with a gigantic strides on the outside to win the race. Dedication impressed a lot.