10:30 Jebel Ali

Friday 18 December 2020

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Emirates Skywards Handicap

Off time: 10:31 | Winning time: 1m 14.16s

(13)

Noivado²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Tom Marquand| T: M Rahman| D

18/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2016. Last of 8 in handicap at this course (7f) 21 days ago.

Form: 683/0-08

(6)

Fawaareq²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Dane O'Neill| T: D Watson

11/4

Thirteen runs since last win in 2016. Very good second of 8 in handicap at this course (7f) 21 days ago. Merits consideration despite long losing run.

Form: 05-0072

(10)

Kawasir³⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Szczepan Mazur| T: M Al Mheiri| D

22/1

25/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap at this C&D. Off 12 months.

Form: 221/900-

(1)

Brave Hero^b⁶³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: J Rosales| T: R Bouresly

20/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap (22/1) at this course (5f). Off 21 months. Uphill task.

Form: 477/900-

(12)

Spirit Of Scotland³⁹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: F Veron| T: R Bouresly| C

11/1

Course winner. 25/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at this C&D. Off 13 months.

Form: 213098-

(7)

The Song Of John^b1⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Mullen| T: S Seemar

8/1

12/1, seventh of 15 in handicap at this course (5f) 7 days ago. Showed a bit more last time and handicapper has given him a chance.

Form: 9-70097

(9)

Iftitah^v⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: A Fresu| T: M Al Mheiri| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Good second of 15 in handicap (8/1) at this course (5f) 7 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 900722

(3)

Honorable Justice⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer

9/2

Very good fourth of 15 in handicap at this course (5f, 15/2) 7 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 92934

(5)

Salvadori³⁰¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-1| J: Fernando Jara| T: R Bouresly| C

25/1

Course winner. Twenty two runs since last win in 2017. Twelfth of 14 in handicap (40/1) at this course (8f). Off 10 months. Back down in trip.

Form: 699-000

(8)

Galesburg⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: Q Aboud| C| D

20/1

Course winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2018. 25/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap at this course (5f) 7 days ago.

Form: 097790

(4)

Fares Kodiac^t,v⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: T P O'Shea| T: S Seemar| D

16/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. Seventh of 11 in handicap at Sharjah (6f) 6 days ago.

Form: 090988

Non-Runners

(2)

Beachcomber⁷

Weight: 9-3| Age: 6

T: A Al Rayhi J: Sandro Paiva

(11)

Farook⁴⁰

Weight: 9-3| Age: 6

T: E Charpy J: C Lecoeuvre

Forecasts

Fawaareq (11/4), Iftitah (11/4), Honorable Justice (9/2), The Song Of John (8/1), Spirit Of Scotland (11/1), Fares Kodiac (16/1), Farook (16/1), Noivado (18/1), Galesburg (20/1), Brave Hero (20/1), Beachcomber (20/1), Kawasir (22/1), Salvadori (25/1)

THE SONG OF JOHN may be worth chancing in a race where plenty have question marks over them. Fawaareq should also give a good accout, while Iftitah has been knocking on the door recently.