Menorca and Queen’s Covenant stand out in Pune morning gallops
Menorca and Queen’s Covenant produced the most notable work during morning gallops at Pune on Friday, Nov. 6, with Menorca well in hand in a 1,000m move and Queen’s Covenant finishing a distance clear in gate practice on the inner sand.
The session featured timed pieces over 600m, 800m, 1,000m and 1,200m and included two-year-old trials and a recorded mock race on Nov. 5. At 600m, Theodosius (Avinash) clocked 40 in work described as Easy, while a 600m set of 2-y-o runners — Sunsnow (app), Ripples (Gore) and Okinawa (N. Bhosale) — also recorded 40, with Sunsnow finishing four lengths ahead. A separate 600m move saw Havana Sunrise (N. Bhosale) and Deauville/Victoria Falls (Mosin) both on 40 and described as a Pair level effort.
Over 800m, Skandha (T.S. Jodha) covered the trip in 51 with a 600m split of 38 and was reported to have Moved nicely. Viennoisse (Omkar) posted 57 with a 600m split of 42 and was labelled Easy, while Imperial Dawn (rb) stopped the clock at 54 with a 600m split of 39 and was Pushed.
In the 1,000m work, La Dolce Vita (Omkar) returned 1-9 with an 800m split of 53 and a 600m split of 39 and was said to have Moved well. Menorca (N. Bhosale) and Social Butterfly (Mosin) finished 1-3 over 1,000m with identical 800m/600m splits of 49/38, and "Former was well in hand while the latter was pushed to finish level. Former pleased."
Gate practice on the inner sand produced several notable performances over 1,000m: Flip That Switch (rb) 1-5, 800/51, 600/39 and described as Stretched; Money Spinner (Kirtish) and Valle'e Dela Loire (Neeraj) 1-11, 800/56, 600/42, with Money Spinner jumping out well and finishing four lengths ahead. Two-year-olds Tickled Pink (Siddharth) and Cigalia (Yash) went 1-13, 800/57, 600/43 and were termed easy; Profitable/Realism (Ajinkya) and Moment To Remember (Vivek) recorded 1-9, 800/54, 600/40 and moved level freely. Queen's Covenant (app) and Aegean Sea (Mansoor) ran 1-5, 800/50, 600/38, with "Former moved well and finished a distance ahead."
On the race track over 1,200m, Rosario (Yash), Margaretta (Vivek G), Cosmology (Kaviraj), Puccini (Kirtish) and Rossetti (Ajinkya) posted 1-25 with a 600m split of 35; margins were Won by: 1-1/4, Dist and 1/2. Rosario won pillar to post, while Margaretta who was racing far behind third, covered the leeway impressively and finished good second.
The report was published on November 06, 2026 at 05:23 pm IST, and the preview noted a mock race held on Nov. 5 as part of the recent activity at the Pune gallops.