Highground, Shamabala and Golden Eye impress in Pune morning exercise session
Highground, Shamabala and Golden Eye impressed when the horses were exercised in Pune on Monday, October 12, 2026, during a morning session that included timed gallops and gate practice.
The workout programme on Oct. 12 featured runs over 600m, 800m, 1,000m and 1,200m plus inner-sand gate practice, with a range of riders noted alongside each horse. Times and brief performance notes were recorded for multiple horses, while mock races run on the race track on Oct. 11 were also listed in the report. The session report attributed specific splits and finishing margins to participants and highlighted several horses as having moved well or impressively.
In shorter drills, Liam (Omkar) covered 600m in 42. Mila (Omkar) and Precioso (app) were clocked at 55 for 800m with a 600m split of 40 and finished pair level. Skandha (T.S. Jodha) recorded 52 for 800m with 600/37 and was reported to have moved well, while Appalachian (T.S. Jodha) and Starseed (Omkar) both returned 52 for 800m with 600/39 and Appalachian finished three lengths in front. Shamabala (T.S. Jodha) posted 50 for 800m with 600/37 and was described as moving impressively.
Additional 800m work included Nashville (T.S. Jodha) and Empower (app) on 54 with 600/39, with Nashville ending four lengths ahead; Delilah (A. Prakash) and Rosetti (Kirtish) on 57 with 600/42 finished pair level; Commanchero (Gore) did 51 for 800m with 600/38 and was urged; Katame (Nazil) returned 51 for 800m with 600/39 and was slightly urged.
At longer distances, Savage Peacock (Sandesh) covered 1,000m in 1-10 with splits 800/54 and 600/40 and was noted as having moved well, while Rafael (rb) did 1-6 for 1,000m with 800/50 and 600/38 and was reported as pressed. Over 1,200m, Golden Eye (Mosin) and Deavline (Gore) recorded 1-21 for 1,200m with 1,000/1-7, 800/54 and 600/41; Golden Eye moved well and finished four lengths ahead of Deavline.
Gate practice on the inner sand saw Illusionist (Peter) do 1,000m in 1-10 with 800/54 and 600/41 and move freely; Dancing Cloud (Shahrukh) and State Express (Nazil) posted 1-7 with 800/52 and 600/40 after being pushed and finishing level; Highground (Siddharth) completed gate work in 1-4 with 800/50 and 600/37 and was reported to have moved nicely.
Mock races noted on Oct. 11 at the race track over 1,200m listed Spanish Eyes (N.Bhosale), Lickety Split (J. Chinoy) and Pearl Of Grace (Saurav) recording 1-10 with 600/35 in the first race and finishing with margins of 1L and 6L. The second race named Ashwa Veeram (app), Family Man (app), Goddess Of Dawn (app), Priority Road (Kaviraj), Ashwa Yudhvir (app), Absolute Honour (app) and True Promise (app) on 1-9 with 600/34, with winning margins recorded as 5L, 2L and 3L; Ashwa Veeram won that race impressively.
The report was published on October 12, 2026, at 05:37 pm IST and includes the exercise and mock-race results recorded at the Pune sessions on Oct. 11 and Oct. 12.