Thalassa and Queen Caroline pleased when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Feb. 25) morning.

Inner sand: 800m: Johnny Mac (Shahrukh) 53, 600/40. Pushed. Wanganui (Umesh), Meadow Springs (Ritesh) 52, 600/39. Former finished six lengths ahead.

1000m: Liban (A. Prakash) 1-3, 800/51, 600/40. Pressed. Commanchero (Gore), Trail Blazer (N. Bhosale) 1-5, 800/52, 600/39. They were pushed and finished level. Gonzalo (David Allan), Sakana (Santosh) 1-8, 800/53, 600/39. Former finished two lengths ahead. Alexios (David Allan) 1-11, 600/41. Easy.

1200m: Tipped Off (David Allan) 1-23, 1000/1-7, 800/53, 600/39. Stretched. Chagall (A. Prakash) 1-24, 600/41. Moved freely.

1800m: Thalassa (Merchant) 2-1, 1400/1-33, 1200/1-19, 1000/1-6, 800/54, 600/41. Responded well to the urgings.

Gate practice noted on inner sand: 1000m: Nine Speed (Shahrukh), Dancing Cloud (S. Amit) 1-8, 800/54, 600/43. Former was slowly off by three lengths and finished six lengths ahead. Go Tonto (rb), Saint Sizzle (rb) 1-6, 800/53, 600/41. Former finished three lengths ahead. Kimiko (Bhawani) 1-7, 800/53, 600/40. Moved well. Heaven’s Rhythm (S.J. Sunil), Donatella (Peter) and Military Code (Akshay K) 1-8, 800/53, 600/40. First and second names were level and finished six lengths ahead of the last name. Queen Caroline (S.G. Prasad), Crown Flame (Shubham) and Chakar View (app) 1-4, 800/50, 600/38. Queen Caroline who finished a distance ahead was impressive.