10:00 Jebel Ali

Friday 18 December 2020

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Emirates Holidays Maiden Stakes

Off time: 10:00 | Winning time: 1m 13.19s

(9)

Al Baqar

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Dane O'Neill| T: D Watson

25/1

Foaled February 22. $19,000 Commissioner colt. Looks to be down stable pecking order on jockey bookings.

Form:

(10)

Dignity Joy^h¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: A Fresu| T: M Al Mheiri

25/1

Fair colt. 16/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 12 in minor event at Meydan (7f) 15 days ago.

Form: 47

(1)

Farfar⁹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Jose Santiago| T: S Ghadayer

14/1

Fairly useful colt. 6/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Saint-Cloud (7f, good). Off 98 days. First run for yard after leaving P. & J. Brandt. Bred for dirt but might just need the run.

Form: 297

(4)

Hafeet Star⁷³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: N Crosse⁽³⁾| T: M Ramadan| OR: 65

22/1

Lightly-raced gelding. Fourth of 12 in nursery (15/2) at Southwell (7.1f) 73 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Adrian Nicholls. Best watched.

Form: 54744

(6)

Hurry Up

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer

8/1

Foaled January 29. $120,000 Blame colt. Stable can ready one first up.

Form:

(12)

Jallab

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S Hitchcott| T: D Watson

10/1

Foaled February 5. $37,000 Carpe Diem colt. Looks stable second string on jockey bookings.

Form:

(5)

Mouheeb

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Tom Marquand| T: N Bachalard

15/8

Foaled February 10. $400,000 Flatter colt. Full brother to smart winner in USA. One to keep an eye on.

Form:

(7)

Murban

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: R Mullen| T: S Seemar

16/1

Foaled April 28. 18.000 gns Acclamation colt. Represents strong connections but others make more appeal.

Form:

(8)

Nimer^t¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: P Cosgrave| T: H Alalawi

40/1

Fair colt. Well below debut form when ast of 12 in minor event at Meydan (7f, 22/1) 15 days ago. Much more needed.

Form: 50

(3)

Rare Ninja^p¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: X Ziani| T: S Ghadayer

14/1

Fairly useful colt. 13/2, below debut form when eighth of 12 in minor event at Meydan (7f) 15 days ago.

Form: 28

(11)

Tahdeed²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Fernando Jara| T: N Bachalard

9/1

Promising sort. Third of 5 in maiden at this course (5f) 21 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 3

(2)

Uncle Hamed²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson

5/2

Promising type. Second of 5 in maiden at this course (5f) 21 days ago. May well do better.

Form: 2

Forecasts

Mouheeb (15/8), Uncle Hamed (5/2), Hurry Up (8/1), Tahdeed (9/1), Jallab (10/1), Rare Ninja (14/1), Farfar (14/1), Murban (16/1), Hafeet Star (22/1), Dignity Joy (25/1), Al Baqar (25/1), Nimer (40/1)

UNCLE HAMED posted a promising debut effort when runner-up here 3 weeks ago and can put that experience to good use. Tahdeed should be involved at the business end as well, while Mouheeb is the most interesting of the newcomers.