15:10 Meydan

Friday 21 January 2022

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UAE 2000 Guineas Trial Presented By Al Furjan By Azizi Stakes - Dirt

Off time: 15:11 | Winning time: 1m 24.32s

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Kiefer^t1⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: H Lazo| T: R Colombo| D

9/2

Promising sort. Three wins from 3 runs last year. Won 8-runner minor event at Maronas (7.4f) 61 days ago. Obvious claims bidding to maintain unbeaten record on UAE debut.

Form: 111-

(2)

Quality Boone²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: V Leal| T: A Cintra Pereira| OR: 82| CD

11/4

Useful colt. Two wins from 3 runs last year. 16/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, won 15-runner handicap at this C&D 29 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 611-

(4)

Albahr¹²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby| OR: 111| D

5/6

Useful gelding. Four wins from 5 runs last year. 65/100, career best when winning 9-runner Summer Stakes at Woodbine (8f, good) by 2¼ lengths from Grafton Street. Off 124 days. Big player.

Form: 31111-

(3)

Mujeer^v1⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: R Dawson| T: A Bin Harmash| CD

28/1

Fairly useful colt.16/1, won 12-runner maiden at this C&D 50 days ago. Should have more to offer, but lack of experience could hold him back up in grade.

Form: 1-

(1)

Night Of Luxury²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: G Malune| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 75

40/1

Fair gelding. Fourth of 6 in minor event (8/1) at this course (8f) 20 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 273-4

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Rawy⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: M Barzalona| T: S Ghadayer

16/1

Fair colt. 5/6, second of 8 in maiden at Jebel Ali (6f) 6 days ago. Difficult ask in this company.

Form: 2-2

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Steinar⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Fernando Jara| T: Susanne Berneklint

40/1

Fairly useful colt. Two wins from 2 runs last year. Won 7-runner minor event at Jagersro (8f) 75 days ago. Open to improvement, so not a forlorn hope for all this looks much tougher.

Form: 11-

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Hear The Drums⁷⁵

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: N Petersen J: P Cosgrave

Forecasts

Albahr (5/6), Quality Boone (11/4), Kiefer (9/2), Rawy (16/1), Mujeer (28/1), Hear The Drums (33/1), Night Of Luxury (40/1), Steinar (40/1)

ALBAHR was highly progressive last year, notching up a four-timer in the Summer Stakes at Woodbine 4 months ago and, while this looks a bit tougher, there's likely more to come from Charlie Appleby's charge, so he's marginally preferred to the South American duo Kiefer and Quality Boone, who both have plenty to recommend them.