11:45 Jebel Ali

Friday 22 January 2021

All09:4510:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:45

Race 5 - Handicap

Off time: 11:45 | Winning time: 1m 39.84s

(4)

Mazagran¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: T P O'Shea| T: S Seemar| OR: 78| CD

9/2

Career best when winning 12-runner maiden at this C&D (3/1) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Could still have more to offer.

Form: 64793-1

(5)

Musaddas³⁵⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 9-5| J: N Crosse⁽³⁾| T: R Bouresly| OR: 78| D

28/1

Last of 15 in handicap at Meydan (8f, 50/1). Off 11 months. Difficult ask.

Form: 09006/0-

(2)

Mulfit³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| OR: 77| D

8/1

12/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at Meydan (10.9f) 36 days ago. Down in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 28215/0-

(10)

Kanood^t,v⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: A de Vries| T: F Nass| OR: 75

9/2

Winner at Meydan in December. Creditable second of 14 in handicap (9/2) at Meydan (8f, good) 6 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 0915-2

(6)

Welcome Surprise¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Al Rayhi| OR: 73

18/1

10/1, first run since leaving D. Watson when below form ninth of 15 in handicap at this course (6f) 14 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 3476/2-9

(8)

Dark Thunder^v⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: S Hitchcott| T: D Watson| OR: 69| C

8/1

5/1, didn't need to improve to win 9-runner maiden at this course (7f) 84 days ago by ½ length from Kingdom of Dubai. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2/27341-

(9)

Final Rock³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: F Veron| T: R Bouresly| OR: 69

6/1

7/2, creditable second of 8 in handicap at this C&D 35 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 4490/62-

(1)

Masaali⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Dane O'Neill| T: D Watson| OR: 69| C

3/1

Won 6-runner maiden at this course (7f) 56 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Should have more to offer.

Form: 31-

(11)

Rayig^h³³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: P Cosgrave| T: D Watson| OR: 68| CD

20/1

C&D winner. Respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (8f, good) 33 days ago.

Form: 424307-

(3)

Dangerous Thought⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-8| J: R Mullen| T: D Watson| OR: 67

16/1

Respectable third of 15 in handicap at this course (5f, 11/1) 42 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 770383-

(7)

Kingdom Of Dubai^b,t⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Sandro Paiva| T: A Al Rayhi| OR: 67

20/1

Creditable ½-length second of 9 to Dark Thunder in maiden (12/1) at this course (7f) 84 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 2554/82-

Forecasts

Masaali (3/1), Mazagran (9/2), Kanood (9/2), Final Rock (6/1), Mulfit (8/1), Dark Thunder (8/1), Dangerous Thought (16/1), Welcome Surprise (18/1), Kingdom Of Dubai (20/1), Rayig (20/1), Musaddas (28/1)

MAZAGRAN got off the mark convincingly over C&D last time and just about shades the vote in an open race. Masaali is the pick of the the others, while Kanood is another that merits respect.