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Miami Vice, Menorca impress in Thursday trackwork
Miami Vice and Menorca were among the prominent performers during Thursday morning’s exercise, The Hindu reports. Miami Vice covered 1,000 metres in 1-7, 800 in 51 seconds and 600 in 37 seconds,…
The Story in Brief
Miami Vice and Menorca were among the prominent performers during Thursday morning’s exercise, The Hindu reports. Miami Vice covered 1,000 metres in 1-7, 800 in 51 seconds and 600 in 37 seconds, finishing six lengths ahead of Maratha Admiral. Menorca completed 1,200 metres in 1-22, with 1,000 in 1-7, 800 in 52 and 600 in 39 seconds, responding well.
The previous morning, Turn And Burn and Vortex also caught attention. Turn And Burn clocked 50 seconds for 800 metres and 35 for 600, while Vortex covered 1,200 metres in 1-22 and finished four lengths ahead of Giant Gold. The workouts took place on the inner sand track.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy reading is that a fast morning workout guarantees a winner, while a slower one proves a horse is out of form. Neither claim holds from exercise notes alone. Track conditions, rider instructions and race distance can alter the meaning of a time. The practical test is how these horses perform under race-day pressure, not who tops a training sheet.
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