15:40 Meydan

Thursday 14 January 2021

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Jafza Handicap - Turf

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 2m 29.65s

(2)

Global Heat¹¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: P Cosgrave| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 90

10/3

Very good third of 6 in handicap (11/4) at Chelmsford City (10f). Off 110 days. Can make presence felt.

Form: 321/643-

(11)

Festival Of Ages^t³²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: F Veron| T: I Mohammed & J Santos| OR: 88| D

50/1

Well-beaten last of 13 to Harbour Spirit in handicap at Abu Dhabi (10.9f, good) 32 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 040890-

(8)

Royal Associate³²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: M Hussain| OR: 85| D

28/1

First run since leaving Charlie Appleby when below form 8 lengths seventh of 13 to Harbour Spirit in handicap at Abu Dhabi (10.9f, good) 32 days ago.

Form: 1175/7-

(3)

Emirates Empire^b,t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Al Rayhi| OR: 84| D

33/1

Blinkered for 1st time, last of 13 in handicap (40/1) at Meydan (10.9f) 28 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 0/80800-

(10)

Harbour Spirit³²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Harry Bentley| T: J Ramadhan| OR: 84

6/1

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Abu Dhabi (10.9f, good) 32 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 6/55421-

(7)

Parliamentarian^t²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: R Mullen| T: S Seemar| OR: 84

15/2

Sixth of 14 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (7f, good) 25 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Needs to scale a revival.

Form: 801/006-

(5)

Hard Taskmaster^v³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: A de Vries| T: F Nass| OR: 81| CD

4/1

Course winner. Ninth of 14 in handicap at Jebel Ali (9f, 6/1) 34 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 1100/19-

(6)

Nova Roma¹⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: M Barzalona| T: S Ghadayer| OR: 85| BF

3/1

Lightly-raced winner. 15/8, good third of 7 in handicap at Doncaster (10.2f, firm). Off 152 days. First run for yard after leaving John Gosden. Can give a good account.

Form: 7/153-

(1)

Majestic Thunder^p⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: T P O'Shea| T: S Seemar| OR: 79

8/1

14/1, bit below form seventh of 16 in handicap at Jebel Ali (7f) 6 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes turf debut. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 55181-7

(4)

Miracle Maker⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: X Ziani| T: S Ghadayer| OR: 83

16/1

13/2, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Jebel Ali (9.7f) 6 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 55125-1

(9)

Bois De Boulogne^p³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: Elione Chaves| T: M Hussain| OR: 78

40/1

16/1, below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Jebel Ali (9f) 34 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes turf debut. Others preferred.

Form: 4034/08-

Forecasts

Nova Roma (3/1), Global Heat (10/3), Hard Taskmaster (4/1), Harbour Spirit (6/1), Parliamentarian (15/2), Majestic Thunder (8/1), Miracle Maker (16/1), Royal Associate (28/1), Emirates Empire (33/1), Bois De Boulogne (40/1), Festival Of Ages (50/1)

GLOBAL HEAT posted a pair of good efforts at this track last winter and is clearly the one to beat. Nova Roma is interesting on UAE debut, while Harbour Spirit arrives in good order.