Brave Heart, Mandalay, Hold Your Breath and Renoir shine in Bengaluru morning gallops
Brave Heart, Mandalay, Hold Your Breath and Renoir produced notable workout performances during horse exercise at Bengaluru on Wednesday morning, October 7. Timed gallops and gate-practice sessions at the course covered distances from 600m to 1,400m.
In a 1,000m trial Shining Way (Suraj) posted 1-7.5 with a 600/39 split and was reported as Pleased. Short sprint works at 600m included Whatadynamicstride (Laxman S) 45 (Easy), Tiger Bay (Kiran Rai) 45 (Moved well), Blue Saint (Asirvatham) and Flamingo Dream (B. Paswan) 46 (They moved freely), Mega Success (Jagadeesh) 45 (Easy) and Solo Prince (Anish) 44.5 (Worked well).
Three other 1,000m efforts were recorded: Bellavita (Sachin) 1-11.5, 600/44.5 (Strode out well), Sensuous (Asbar) 1-15, 600/45 (In fine trim) and Inicio (Sachin) 1-11, 600/43 (Stretched).
At 1,200m Bezawada Sultan (Sachin) covered the distance in 1-31.5 with a (1,200-600) 43.5 and was described as Easy. Mystic Dew (Shinde) and Lasya (Reza) each clocked 1-29 with 1,000/1-14, 600/45; the report noted the former started two lengths behind and finished four lengths ahead. Mandalay (Antony) recorded 1-27, 1,000/1-10.5, 600/42 (Impressed), while Superstar (Asbar) was 1-29, 1,000/1-14.5, 600/46 (Moved freely) and Brave Heart (Sachin) 1-23.5, 1,000/1-8, 600/43 (In fine nick).
Longer gallops included Gold Empire (Suraj) 1-43, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-13, 600/44 (In fine shape) and Echoes Of Time (Asbar) 1-40, 1,200/1-26, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/46 (Eased up in the last part).
Gate-practice on the inner sand over 1,200m saw Ashwa New York (Darshan) and Echo Of Hooves (Saddam H) 1-26, (1,200-600) 41 (They took a good jump and finished level); Qualify (Praveen) and Dowsing (Vikrant) 1-25.5, (1,200-600) 42.5 (Former finished four lengths ahead); Fine Silver (R. Pradeep) 1-30, (1,200-600) 43 (Jumped out well); Burevestnik (Aliyar) and Zenzele (Shreyas) 1-22.5, (1,200-600) 40 (Former finished two lengths ahead); N R I Victory (S. Qureshi) 1-21, (1,200-600) 41 (Jumped out smartly); Absolute Thunder (Sachin) and Speed Company (Arul) 1-23, (1,200-600) 40 (Former showed out).
In 1,400m gate-practice Hold Your Breath (P. Mani) posted 1-35, (1,400-600) 52 (Pleased) and Forseti (Lave K) recorded 1-35, (1,400-600) 51 (Took a good jump). Renoir (Shinde) and Southern Force (Tousif) were timed at 1-34.5, (1,200-600) 52.5 with Renoir finishing distance ahead; Oxytocin (Ranjeet K) and The Golden Dream (P. Mani) covered 1-41, (1,400-600) 59 with Oxytocin finished six lengths ahead.
This report was published on October 07, 2026 at 05:11 pm IST and documents the exercise session held in Bengaluru on the morning of October 7.