History for the Horse: DESERT CLASSIC
| Center | RNo | Date | Odds | Cl | Dist | AR | A/S | AWt | CWt | Jockey | Dr | Sh | BP | FP | WinnerT | Timedif | LBh | Winner |
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| PU26 | 57 | 22Aug26 | 8 | 5C4 | 1200 M | 45 | 5g | 59.5 | 59 | S Zervan | 6 | A | 5 | 8 | 1-09.67 | 1-10.84 | 7.25L | SPOTLIGHT |
| Clean jump, settled behind the leading group mid-pack, tracked them past the 800, turned for home looking for splits between horses, could not find a decisive gap and faded back to finish among the later ones | ||||||||||||||||||
| PU26 | 29 | 08Aug26 | 15 | CL4 | 1600 M | 46 | 5g | 62 | 62 | S Zervan | 7 | A | 1 | 11 | 1-39.59 | 1-42.92 | 20L | VORTEX |
| Fluent jump, quickly hustled to the front and led them past the 1200 and 1000, still the leader at the bend in first, surrendered the advantage as Luminosity and Vortex went by, then dropped right out in the straight, finishing last | ||||||||||||||||||
| PU26 | 4 | 17Jul26 | 20 | CL3 | 1200 M | 47 | 5g | 51.5 | 51 | K Pranil | 2 | A | 10 | 7 | 1-08.53 | 1-10.57 | 12.5L | LADY SCARLET |
| Started on even keel, settled toward the rear as the early speed went on, never really improved position along the backstretch, swung wide into the straight from around tenth, stayed on at the same tempo and beat only a few in the closing stages | ||||||||||||||||||
| MU2526 | 166 | 21Mar26 | 42/100 | CL4 | 1000 M | 35 | 5g | 56 | 56 | P Trevor | 1 | A | 2 | 1 | 0-58.16 | 0-58.16 | -L | DESERT CLASSIC |
| Level break, quickly up to sit second inside behind early leader, turned for home in 2nd, surged through to lead by 300, kept going strongly, striding away inside last 100 to win the Times of India Trophy decisively | ||||||||||||||||||
| MU2526 | 149 | 08Mar26 | 10 | 5C4 | 1200 M | 33 | 5g | 55.5 | 55 | N S Parmar | 2 | A | 1 | 2 | 1-10.10 | 1-10.29 | 1.25L | INTERCEPTOR |
| Sharp beginning, quickly showing out in front from the early strides, kept two lengths clear mid-race, home-turn leader, still kicking on with a handy advantage at 300 and inside the furlong, but shortened his strides late and was overhauled, finishing second | ||||||||||||||||||
| MU2526 | 98 | 01Feb26 | 4 | CL5 | 1200 M | 24 | 5g | 58 | 58 | Mukesh Kumar (hyd) | 11 | A | 4 | 1 | 1-10.60 | 1-10.60 | -L | DESERT CLASSIC |
| Level break, settled third early behind the pace, produced on the stand side entering the straight, gathered momentum to tackle Red Mist, strode clear inside the last 100m and stayed on to win comfortably at the post | ||||||||||||||||||
| MU2526 | 35 | 21Dec25 | 9 | CL4 | 1200 M | 27 | 4g | 52.5 | 47 | Sonu Chouhan | 2 | A | 13 | 11 | 1-10.37 | 1-12.84 | 15.25L | EASTERN MONARCH |
| Clean jump but soon dropped towards the rear after Flash Mob and Ministry Of Time, raced third last mid-race, took the turn for home around 13th, came under pressure in the straight and could not improve, finishing well back. | ||||||||||||||||||
| MU2526 | 23 | 07Dec25 | 14 | CL4 | 1600 M | 29 | 4g | 54 | 54 | Shrikant Kamble | 8 | A | 7 | 7 | 1-37.38 | 1-38.49 | 7L | BRASILIER |
| Level start, dropped out to be last from the early stages and remained at the tail through the backstretch, still last turning for home 7, made no significant forward impression in the straight and finished at the rear. | ||||||||||||||||||
