14:30 Meydan

Thursday 5 November 2020

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Emirates Holidays Maiden Stakes - Dirt

3YO plus | 1m 1f | 9 Runners | Dirt | Weighed In

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 2m 0.23s

(7)

Desert Secret^b1⁴⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Al Rayhi

40/1

Once-raced colt. 8/1, last of 5 in minor event at Wolverhampton (12.2f) on debut. Off 15 months. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Saeed Bin Suroor. More needed.

Form: 5-

(6)

Litecoin^t²⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: T P O'Shea| T: J Ramadhan| OR: 65

33/1

Fair gelding. Fourth of 12 in maiden at Abu Dhabi (10.9f, good). Off 8 months. Difficult ask.

Form: 0-47654

(3)

Torno Subito^v²³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: S Hitchcott| T: D Watson| OR: 67

7/1

Fair gelding. Visored for 1st time, third of 10 in maiden at Jebel Ali (7f, 2/1). Off 7 months. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 036-433

(2)

Bedouins Boy^t1,v²³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: P Cosgrave| T: H Al Alawi| OR: 80

20/1

Fairly useful colt. Eighth of 11 in maiden (5/1) at Jebel Ali (8f). Off 7 months.

Form: 7-95638

(4)

Falcon Claws²³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Dane O'Neill| T: D Watson| OR: 65

4/1

Fair colt. Fourth of 11 in maiden at Jebel Ali (8f, 2/1). Off 7 months. Enters calculations.

Form: 454-644

(8)

Lady Snazz^b²³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: R Mullen| T: S Seemar| OR: 65

22/1

Modest filly. 6/1, fifth of 16 in maiden at this course (8f). Off 7 months.

Form: 074-205

(9)

Sand Warrior^b,t⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Sandro Paiva| T: A Al Rayhi

80/1

Fair colt. 25/1 and blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving M. Al Mheiri when last of 8 in handicap at Jebel Ali (7f) 6 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 80-008

(5)

Sun Cuisine³⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Fernando Jara| T: Ahmad Bin Harmash| OR: 78

5/1

Thrice-raced gelding. 6/1, fourth of 12 in maiden at Newcastle (10.2f). Off 11 months. First run for yard after leaving Charlie Appleby. More to offer.

Form: 434-

(1)

Zabardast²⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer| OR: 95

8/11

Useful colt. Sets the standard on runner-up finish in UAE 2000 Guineas penultimate start. Below form last time. The one to beat.

Form: 7329

Forecasts

Zabardast (8/11), Falcon Claws (4/1), Sun Cuisine (5/1), Torno Subito (7/1), Bedouins Boy (20/1), Lady Snazz (22/1), Litecoin (33/1), Desert Secret (40/1), Sand Warrior (80/1)

ZABARDAST is the best of these on form and will take all the beating. Falcon Claws is given the vote for second, while Sun Cuisine is not out of it where the places are concerned.