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14:00 Meydan
Friday 10 February 2023
All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30
Race 1 Handicap
- 3YO plus | 1m 2f | Good | 14 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 59.2s
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Twelfth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 20/1) 14 days ago. Lightly raced for this yard and mark looks tough on more recent evidence.
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Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Bit below form seventh of 13 in handicap (10/1) at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago. That should have blown away the cobwebs.
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28/1 and tongue strap on for first time, first run since leaving John & Thady Gosden when tenth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago, finding test too much. Stamina still to prove kept to this trip. Cheekpieces added.
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Respectable fifth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 5/1) 14 days ago. Needs to learn to settle to advance his form but he's in top hands.
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8/1 and tongue strap on for first time, creditable 6¼ lengths sixth of 10 to Global Heat in listed race at this course (14f, good) 21 days ago. Down in trip.
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7/1 and tongue strap on for first time, creditable third of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago. Shortlist material from an unchanged mark.
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Ninth of 13 in handicap (17/2) at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago, unable to land a blow. Cheekpieces back on.
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Eleventh of 13 in handicap (10/3) at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago. Soft ground may have been against him on that occasion and better expected here with cheekpieces reached for.
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Two wins from 5 runs last year. Latest win at Kempton in September. Thirteenth of 16 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 22/1) 28 days ago. Back up in trip with headgear on but he has a bit to prove after that.
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One win from 3 runs last year. 19/10, career best when winning 10-runner minor event at Chantilly (9.4f). Off 12 months. First run for yard after leaving Francis-Henri Graffard and far from out of this if he's fully tuned up.
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5/1, first run since leaving M. Al Mheiri when eighth of 9 in handicap at this course (11.9f, good). Off 12 months. First run for yard after leaving H. Alalawi.
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Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 33/1) 14 days ago. That is probably his level these days.
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25/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at this course (12f, good) 7 days ago.
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Latest win at Abu Dhabi in November. 15/2, ninth of 12 in handicap at this course (9.4f, good) 5 days ago.
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Forecasts
Falling Shadow (15/8), Blue Trail (5/1), Brilliant Light (6/1), Felix (8/1), New Comedy (9/1), First View (14/1), Zaman (16/1), Count Rostov (20/1), Magical Morning (22/1), Green Team (25/1), Annerville (25/1), Maydanny (28/1), Mordin (28/1), Good Tidings (33/1)
Several of these failed to fire in a soft-ground handicap over C&D a fortnight ago, but FALLING SHADOW acquitted himself very well and this lightly-raced 4-y-o looks the one to be with. Better is expected from Brilliant Light with cheekpieces back on, while Count Rostov is interesting on return for a new yard following a year off.
- Falling Shadow15/8
- Count Rostov20/1
Prize Money
1st: 158,399.00 AED2nd: 59,916.00 AED3rd: 29,765.00 AED4th: 13,622.00 AED5th: 6,866.00 AED6th: 4,098.00 AED
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