17:35 Meydan

Friday 8 March 2024

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Race 8 - Emaar South Handicap - TURF

Off time: 17:37 | Winning time: 1m 24.95s

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(14)

Desert Safari^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer

12/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. 9/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap at Jebel Ali (6f) 7 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 246-260

(8)

Elraaed^b1,t1²³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: B M Coen| T: M Costa

11/2

Lightly-raced winner. Good third of 9 in handicap (6/1) at Ascot (10f, good to soft). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Owen Burrows. Represents interesting connections.

Form: 5/513-

(11)

Resolute Man¹⁸³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: A Al Shemaili| D

16/1

Lightly-raced winner. 7/2, last of 5 in handicap at Salisbury (8f, good to firm). Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Roger Varian. Worth market check.

Form: 1/3435-

(5)

Border Edge¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| CD

4/1

C&D winner in January. Good ¾-length second of 13 to Al Muzn in handicap at this course (6f, 9/2) 14 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 6/79-172

(1)

Elusive Terry⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar

7/1

7/4, won 7-runner maiden at Jebel Ali (6f) on debut 41 days ago. Makes handicap debut. May well do better.

Form: 1

(13)

Al Maroom^b²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: R Mullen| T: B Seemar| C

16/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 18/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Meydan (8f, good) 28 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6552-30

(4)

Nyaar²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| C

3/1

Didn't need to improve to win 13-runner maiden (7/4) at this course (8f) 21 days ago. Expected to be bang there back in a handicap.

Form: 452-221

(2)

Triple Venture²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Bin Harmash| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 5/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at this C&D 21 days ago.

Form: 234-834

(9)

Al Muzn^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: J Da Silva| T: Salman Sabri| C| D

18/1

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap (8/1) at this course (6f) 14 days ago by ¾ length from Border Edge.

Form: 49-3341

(3)

Mayaadeen¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-3| J: Jim Crowley| T: D Watson| CD

15/2

3-time C&D winner, latest in February. Respectable 4 lengths fourth of 13 to Al Muzn in handicap (7/2) at this course (6f) 14 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 744-414

(6)

Shanty Star^t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: O Isaac Hernandez Salas| T: R Bouresly| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Seventh of 11 in handicap (28/1) at this course (8f) 14 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 77-9647

(12)

My Kinda Day⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Luciano Emanuel Cabrera| T: R Bouresly

66/1

Thirteenth of 15 in handicap (28/1) at Jebel Ali (6f) 7 days ago.

Form: 3536/00

(10)

Chief Scribe^p,t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: Jules Mobian| T: E Jeanne

50/1

18/1, 22 lengths tenth of 13 to Nyaar in maiden at this course (8f) 21 days ago.

Form: 75-8480

(7)

Imprison^b²⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 8-5| J: O Chavez| T: R Bouresly

50/1

22/1, respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at Jebel Ali (8f) 27 days ago.

Form: 83-7867

Forecasts

Nyaar (3/1), Border Edge (4/1), Elraaed (11/2), Elusive Terry (7/1), Mayaadeen (15/2), Triple Venture (10/1), Desert Safari (12/1), Al Maroom (16/1), Resolute Man (16/1), Al Muzn (18/1), Shanty Star (40/1), Imprison (50/1), Chief Scribe (50/1), My Kinda Day (66/1)

NYAAR looks marginally the pick of this bunch but will need everything to fall right. Debut winner Elusive Terry makes appeal switching to handicaps and could be the leading challenger, while Border Edge is perhaps the most interesting of the others.