Phoenix Tiger impressed when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Nov. 30).
Inner sand
600m: Oscillation (rb), Acker Bilk (K.Kadam) 40. They were level. Unico Corazon (T.S.Jodha) 41. Easy. Running Wild (Parbat), Captain Abdon (Daman) 40.5. They ended level. Flashing Honour (Sandesh) 41.5. Easy.
800m: Christmas Eve (S.S.Rathore) 54.5, 600/39.5. Moved freely. Western Lights (Kuldeep) 54.5, 600/39.5. Easy. Super Icon (Kuldeep), Gold Streak (rb) 56, 600/41.5. Former was one length better. 2/y/o’s Pugnacious (Merchant), Reds Revenge (Shelar) 56.5, 600/43. Pair level. California Dream (Donoghue), (Varenar/Oh So Romantic) (S.K.Jadhav) 56.5, 600/42. Pair level. 2/y/o’s (Phoenix Tower/Kalpita) (Donoghue), Star Scholar (Zervan) 56, 600/41. Former ended three lengths in front. Millennium Falcon (A.Gaikwad) 51, 600/38.5. Urged in the last part. Rider On The Storm (rb) 55.5, 600/41.5. Easy. Lancelot (Agarwal), Absolute Jewel (C.S.Jodha) 55, 600/41.5. Former superior. Rising Concert (J.Chinoy) 55, 600/40.5. Moved freely.
1,000m: Sawgrass (Zervan), Wentworth (rb) 1-10, 800/54.5, 600/40. Former was three lengths superior. Vistana (Zervan), Ensign (Santosh) 1-10.5, 800/54.5, 600/40. They moved level freely. Airco (Suraj Narredu), Bullion Express (Hamir) 1-9.5, 800/55, 600/41. Both moved level freely. Majestic (Suraj Narredu), Velvet Amari (Yash Narredu) 1-8.5, 600/41.5. Former moved well and they finished level. Top Wizard (Dashrath), Wajood (J.Chinoy) 1-10, 600/40.5. Former better. Maqsad (rb) 1-7, 600/41. Pushed.
1,200m: Phoenix Tiger (Donoghue) 1-19.5, 1,000/1-5, 800/51.5, 600/38.5. Moved impressively.
Outer sand
600m: Barringo (rb), Riposte (Merchant) 39. Former was one length better.
Gate practice (Inner sand)
1,000m: Critics Choice (Kharadi), Flying Show (rb) 1-9, 800/55, 600/42. They jumped out well and moved level freely. 2/y/o’s Hurricane (J.Chinoy), Knight At Arms (Nazil) 1-10, 600/43. Former finished a distance ahead. Coat Of Arms (rb), Allegiance (A.Gaikwad) 1-11, 600/44.5. Former finished five lengths ahead. 2/y/o Arak (T.S.Jodha) 1-12, 600/45. Easy. Bethpage (Santosh), 2/y/o Kingston Heath (Zervan) 1-9, 800/56, 600/44. Former superior. Noble Lady (Raghuveer), Mzuri (Ajinkya) 1-10, 600/42. Former finished six lengths ahead. 2/y/o Forever Free (Dashrath), 2/y/o Mizilla Gold (Mansoor) and The Giver (D.S.Rathore) 1-10, 600/43. First named was the pick. 2/y/o’s Country Music (G.Amit), (Ace/Evatina) (Agarwal) and Royal Mews (S.Sunil) 1-11, 600/42. They were easy.
Mock race (Race track) — Nov. 29
1,400m: Quasar (Yash Narredu), Adam (P.S.Chouhan), Rigoletto (Suraj Narredu), Costa Del Sol (Parmar), Congressional (Zervan), Ostwind (R.Vaibhav), Shooting Star (Akshay) and Admiralty (Trevor) 1-23, 600/34.5. 1, 3/4, 6. Quasar who was racing fifth till the bend covered good ground on the outside and won comfortably.