Little John, Rainbow Connection and Magical Star please during Pune morning exercise

Little John, Rainbow Connection and Magical Star pleased when exercised at Pune on Wednesday (Nov. 11) morning, officials reported.

The session at Pune featured timed works over a range of distances, with groups recorded at 600m, 800m, 1,000m, 1,200m and 1,400m, and gate practice noted on the inner sand at 1,000m. The report lists each horse with the rider in parentheses and the clocked margins or sectional figures alongside brief comments on how they moved.

At 600m, Wyoming (T.S. Jodha) and Bayridge (Omkar) clocked 42 and were described as a pair easy; Skandha (T.S. Jodha) covered 600m in 40 and "Moved fluently"; Ocean Of Love (Gore) recorded 41 and was "Easy"; Satyavan (N. Bhosale) and 2/y/o Carrina (Mosin) posted 39 and the "Pair moved together freely."

In the 800m set, Rules (Omkar) and Nashville (T.S. Jodha) were 51 with a 600/37 split and were said to have moved "neck and neck freely." Avante (Akram) did 52, 600/39 and "Moved freely," while El Moran (Avinash) finished 54, 600/41 and "Worked freely."

The 1,000m group included Wandermore (Ramswarup) and Tanaka (Akram) at 1-7 with 800/53, 600/40; both were "urged" and the former finished four lengths ahead. Sir Churchill (Ajinkya) was 1-11, 600/42 and "Easy." State Express (Shahrukh) returned 1-13, 600/44 and "Easy," and Kings Gambit (Neeraj) ran 1-11, 600/43 and was "Easy."

Little John (Gore) covered 1,200m in 1-20 with intermediate figures of 1,000/1-5, 800/51 and 600/39 and was noted to have "Moved impressively." Over 1,400m, Myrina (Yash) and Money Spinner (Kirtish) were 1-38 with 1,200/1-23, 1,000/1-8, 800/53 and 600/40; the report states the "Former started three lengths behind and easily finished level."

Gate practice on the inner sand at 1,000m recorded Crown Invictus (Nazil) 1-8, 800/54, 600/41 and "Moved well." The listing also included 2/y/o Punjab Regiment (app) and Gran Falco (app) 1-13, 800/57, 600/42 ("Pair level"); Stormy Dancer (Prasad) and AR Legend (A. Gaikwad) 1-10, 800/55, 600/41 ("Pair moved level freely"); Zacharias (Kirtish) and 2/y/o Final Authority (Yash) 1-7, 800/52, 600/40 ("They jumped out well and moved level freely"); 2/y/os Mach One (Siddharth) and King Of Kings (Dhebe) 1-11, 600/43 ("They finished level freely"); Thunder (Vishal) and Word Of Honour (Gore) 1-12, 600/42 ("Former ended three lengths in front"); 2/y/os Lazuli (P. Vinod) and Cobain (T.S. Jodha) 1-12, 600/42 ("Pair easy"); 2/y/o Victory Star (Ramswarup) and Nicolo (rb) 1-14, 800/57, 600/42 ("Pair level"); and Rainbow Connection (Kaviraj) and Magical Star (app) 1-6, 800/50, 600/38 ("They jumped out well and moved impressively").

This report was published on November 11, 2026 at 05:21 pm IST and updated at 05:29 pm IST with the location recorded as Pune; readers are advised that comments must be in English and that the site has migrated to a new commenting platform requiring users to log in to post.