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Caught The Eye!!!

By Hussain | 29-Jun-2026

The following horses caught my eye in last 2 Bangalore meetings and will be worth following in their future outings!!

1)IRON MIRAGE:-His  pedigree Traces back to Hyderabad Derby winner in 90s STAR OF THE CROP.He is proving that he is chip of the old block.The way he won on tight reins despite not settling well in early part of the race clearly Indicates better things to come for this very talented gelding.

2)KABALI:-Once touted as a promising youngster this gelding lost his way to progress.Won the race in a smart timing under not so enterprising jockey.Now when he has hir the right form can be expected to perform better in future.

3)STEELY CHALLENGE:-It was not a surprise that he won the race but it is the manner in which he trounced the field Anthony Raj held this horse with iron  grip in most part of the race to win in a common canter.Ought to progress further in distance ranging from 1200 to 1600 meters.

4)REIKO:-His report card reads as 6 wins from 8 starts and the 2 times he missed the Bullseye but ran good enough to come 2nd.Rated 25 points lower to the market fancy DREAM SELLER despite that managed to win in a gutsy manner.He has definitely arrived  for big leagues.

 

Regards,

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Golimar said ...

04-Jul-2026

Reiko won't be sited in any major events, not that great horse to gain more laurels. Strictly my opinion/observation.

Hussain said ...

02-Jul-2026

@ Mr Anil

Nice observations.

Regards,

Anil said ...

01-Jul-2026

Dear Sir, Your data is absolutely spot on!

Adding a few more from the same Bangalore card that caught my eye. Just sharing for the love of the sport-built purely on raw winning times and class pars as part of my own personal learning journey, not as an expert or professional tipster.

PROKOFIEV — Set the fastest 1400m of the entire Bangalore season winning the Ranquelino Cup in 85.61s back on Day 2, essentially establishing the Class-II par himself. Rather than stay in his comfort zone, connections stepped him all the way up to 2000m three weeks later in the Civil Service Cup — and he won that too, on a card that was dead-on par, carving out a brand new Class-II distance par in the process. A horse that sets standards rather than chases them, and the trip versatility (1400m to 2000m) marks him as a serious player once he meets similar class again.

ZUCCARO — Campaigned exclusively in Open (4yo+) company and won both starts. First up, an emphatic 84.11s in the H.H. Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Cup, nearly a second inside the 1400m par. Five weeks later, stepped up to 1600m for the H.H. Krishnaraja Wadiyar Cup and won again, landing bang on that par. Two wins at the top open level, at two different trips, is the kind of durability that stands out in a season otherwise dominated by handicap-class form.

KALAMITSI — Won the Kunigal Stud Trophy on Day 3 in a time that later became the very benchmark for Class-I 1200m at the meeting — he essentially wrote the par himself on a card running only marginally slow. A horse who sets the reference point for his grade, rather than being measured against it, is one worth watching next time he steps out.

IMPERADOR — The forgotten name of the season's fastest card. On the day of the meeting's quickest track (Day 18, TV −6.1), most of the field simply benefited from a fast surface — but Imperador's Desert God Plate win in 97.09s came in nearly 2.2 seconds inside the Class-IV 1600m par, the biggest single margin recorded in the entire dataset. Even allowing generously for the fast conditions, that's a performance that stands out from the pack on the same card.

MONEY BAGS — The quiet story of the Soft-day cards. On Day 9, when the whole card was running roughly 5 points slow off soft ground, Money Bags won the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial in 85.67s — just a fraction outside the Good-going Class-II par, effectively running to fast-ground time on a sticky surface. That's the kind of hidden effort that often gets overlooked until the horse repeats it on a normal track

Bob said ...

30-Jun-2026

Hi  sir

As per my Analysis

1) Iron Mirage

2) Rieko

Both are well breed and prepared well for the future races

Let's see the races comming.