Don Valentino and Icebreaker impressed when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Sunday.
Outer sand:
1000 metres: Afionado (rb) 1-16, 600/45, handy.
1200 metres: Golden Dixie (V.R. Jagdeesh), Trend Tracker (Khursad Alam) 1-31, 600/45, almost level. Star Wave (A. Imran Khan) 1-29, 600/42.5, good. Spot On (R. Rupesh), Good Gift (I. Chisty) 1-28, 600/42.5, both moved neck and neck. Classic Charge (Gaurav Sapra), Luminous Gold (Tauseef Ahmed) 1-31.5, 600/46. Rosemead (rb), Basin Reserve (rb) 1-30, 600/45, former showed out.
1400 metres: Don Valentino (P.S. Chouhsn), The Leader (rb) 1-37, 1000/1-10, 600/44, former trounced. Icebreaker (R. Rupesh) 1-38.5, 1000/1-10, 600/42.5, impressed.
Mock race (Saturday):
1200m:
1st mock race: Onassis (R. Marshall), Vijay Damini (P.S. Chouhan), Cotswold Arms (Harish), Cielo Rey (Y.S. Srinath), Astral Flash (S. Zervan), Sans Pareil (J.G. Sampson), Rapture Of Victory (P. Venkat), Arya Veer (R. Rupesh), Aloisia (N.M. Sequeria), Retaliate (R. Umesh), Heart N Soul (M.F. Ali Khan) Won by: 1-1/4L, 1/2L, 4-3/4L, 3/4L, Shd, 1-3/4L, 1/2L, Distance, Distance and 2-1/2 lengths. Time: 1-14.23.
2nd mock race:
Alacrity (Imran Chisty), Ticket To Ride (B. Mahesh), Duke Of Edinburgh (Suraj Narredu), Noble Sacrifice (Vivek), Lady Duff (M. Naredu), Rimpuche (S. Shiva Kumar), Sun Control (S. Selvaraj), Karisini (Md. Shafiq), Spark Of Joy (R. Rupesh), African Sky (R. Marshall), Tulasi (Ashok Kumar. A) 2L, 3L and 2-1/2 lengths. Time 1-14.80. Spark Of Joy, African Sky and Tulasi were slowly off.