12:45 Jebel Ali

Saturday 1 February 2025

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Race 7 - Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Maiden Stakes

Off time: 12:46 | Winning time: 1m 39.13s

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(1)

Akaarim⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: R Dawson| T: O Refai

33/1

Fair gelding. Eleventh of 13 in maiden at Meydan (8f, 50/1) 57 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 70/20-

(4)

Bad Desire²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| OR: 96

6/5

Useful colt. Remains a maiden after 10 Flat runs. Fifth of 7 in minor event at this course (9f, 15/2) 26 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 34283-5

(8)

Chef De Partie⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: R Mullen| T: M Mardood| OR: 73

28/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 23 Flat runs. Tenth of 16 at Abu Dhabi (8f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: 37730-0

(7)

Elzaami⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Coen| T: M Costa

3/1

Modest gelding. 8/1, fourth of 9 in maiden at this C&D. Off 91 days. Should come on for that.

Form: 4-

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Hopefully Yes¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: S Ghadayer

11/1

Fair gelding. Sixth of 8 in maiden (9/2) at this course (9f) 14 days ago. Place prospects on pick of efforts.

Form: 6-46

(10)

Impressive Act⁵³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar| OR: 81

8/1

Lightly-raced gelding. 10/3, sixth of 8 in nursery at Leicester (6f, good to firm). Off 17 months. Significantly up in trip and makes dirt debut. First run for powerful yard after leaving Charlie Appleby and one to note in betting.

Form: 23426/

(9)

Mulhim¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: R Ffrench| T: K Ramadan| OR: 58

66/1

Remains a maiden after 13 Flat runs. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap at this course (7f, 33/1) 14 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 00670-0

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Redan³²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson

16/1

Fourteenth of 16 in minor event (40/1) at this course (7f). Off 10 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 50-

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Shepperton Lodge⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: S De Sousa| T: M Mheiri

4/1

Fair colt. Third of 16 in maiden at Abu Dhabi (8f, good) 7 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 47-3

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Sioux Dream¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: H Al Busaidi⁽⁷⁾| T: Salman Sabri

50/1

40/1 and tongue strap on, fourteenth of 15 in minor event at Meydan (6f, good) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Bad Desire (6/5), Elzaami (3/1), Shepperton Lodge (4/1), Impressive Act (8/1), Hopefully Yes (11/1), Redan (16/1), Chef De Partie (28/1), Akaarim (33/1), Sioux Dream (50/1), Mulhim (66/1)

BAD DESIRE just about edges it as the selection but will need everything to fall right. Shepperton Lodge is the most realistic next preference, ahead of Hopefully Yes.