Irish Gold and Little John pleased when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (July 1) morning.

Inner sand.

600m: Blue Jet (S.J. Sunil), Paloma (Peter) 41. Pair easy. Mysteriousstranger (Shahrukh), Victory Flair (Nazil) 41. Pair level.

800m: Sukoon (Dashrath), Zephyr (Kaviraj) 54, 600/39. Pair moved level freely. Juracan (S. Kamble), Desert Classic (J. Chinoy) 55, 600/41. Former finished well clear. Absolute Emperor (Kaviraj), Funny Bunny (Dashrath) 55, 600/40. They ended level. Coffee At Eleven (S.G. Prasad), Red Rose (A. Gaikwad) 57, 600/42. Both were level. Tranquila (app), Absolute Serenity (J. Chinoy) 54, 600/41. Former started four lengths behind and finished level. Admirable (Dashrath), Staria (S. Kamble) 54, 600/40. They finished level freely. Impulsive (rb) 54, 600/41. Urged. Caspian (Kaviraj), Absolute Majesty (app) 53, 600/40. Former finished four lengths ahead. Prince Igor (app) 57, 600/43. Easy. Majesticus (J. Chinoy) 55, 600/42. Easy. G Valentino (S. Kamble), Chelsea (app) 53, 600/39. Former was superior. Ardakan (Dashrath) 57, 600/42. Easy. Minari (Hamir) 54, 600/40. Moved freely. Rainbow Connection (S. Kamble), Fire Away (app) 55, 600/41. Former ended three lengths in front. Rock Armour (Kaviraj), Sixty Four Squares (Dashrath) 57, 600/42. Former better. Trail Blazer (N. Bhosale), Caradoc (Gore) 54, 600/41. Former was four lengths superior. Irish Gold (N. Bhosale), Little John (Gore) 51, 600/39. Both moved impressively and finished level. Real Gold (J. Chinoy), Touch Of Mystic (S. Kamble) 55, 600/41. Former made up three lengths and finished level. Algonquin (Gore), Inheritance (N. Bhosale) 53, 600/39. Former ended three lengths in front.

Gate practice — inner sand:

1000m: Darkblue Stocking (Mosin), Age Of Reason (Mansoor) 1-9, 800/54, 600/40. Former was two lengths better.