14:40 Meydan

Saturday 30 January 2021

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Reach By Gulf News Handicap - Dirt

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 2m 17.25s

(11)

Karnavaal^v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: A Al Rayhi| OR: 78

4/1

Creditable second of 11 in handicap at this course (9.9f, 10/1) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 00452-2

(3)

Tradesman^v⁴⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-5| J: A de Vries| T: D Watson| OR: 78| C

9/1

Course winner. Bit below form 11¼ lengths seventh of 13 to Meqdam in handicap at this C&D (11/2) 44 days ago.

Form: 38/6167-

(10)

Faadhel^p1¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Ryan Curatolo| T: S Seemar| OR: 75

25/1

50/1, ninth of 11 in handicap at this course (9.9f) 14 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 113/07-9

(7)

Galaxy Road^b1⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: N Crosse⁽³⁾| T: S Seemar| OR: 74| C

25/1

Course winner. 4/1, first run since leaving M. Al Mheiri when last of 15 in handicap at Jebel Ali (5f) 50 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 02371/0-

(9)

Meqdam^h⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| OR: 74| CD

2/1

11/2, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at this C&D 44 days ago, driven out. Merits consideration.

Form: 041221-

(5)

Arch Gold^v⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: S Hitchcott| T: D Watson| OR: 72| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 12/1, respectable third of 14 in handicap at Jebel Ali (9f) 50 days ago. Up in trip. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 031873-

(4)

One Vision^b,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Al Rayhi| OR: 72

5/1

Creditable third of 12 in handicap (7/2) at this course (8f) 14 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 0012-03

(6)

Sa'ada²²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Fernando Jara| T: A Bin Harmash| OR: 69

20/1

Latest win at Jebel Ali in November. Eleventh of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Jebel Ali (9.7f) 22 days ago.

Form: 00413-0

(2)

Book Review^p⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: M Barzalona| T: S Ghadayer| OR: 66

10/1

Thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Al Ain (9.9f) 7 days ago. Still unexposed and should be bang there.

Form: 267/40

(1)

Spring Jig¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-5| J: Sandro Paiva| T: M Al Mheiri| OR: 64

18/1

Creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Al Ain (8f) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 3/0854-5

Non-Runners

(8)

Knockacullion¹⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: S Seemar J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Meqdam (2/1), Karnavaal (4/1), One Vision (5/1), Arch Gold (13/2), Tradesman (9/1), Book Review (10/1), Spring Jig (18/1), Sa'ada (20/1), Faadhel (25/1), Galaxy Road (25/1)

MEQDAM was a winner over this C&D last time and a 4 lb rise may not stop a repeat. Book Review could yet have more to offer and looks next best, while Karnavaal also merits respect.