10:45 Jebel Ali

Friday 19 February 2021

All10:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:45

Al Shafar Investment Handicap

Off time: 10:45 | Winning time: 1m 0.82s

(1)

First Prophet²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Dane O'Neill| T: F Nass| OR: 89

8/1

9/1, creditable fourth of 9 in minor event at this course (6f) 28 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 8643-54

(10)

Mayaadeen^v¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Jim Crowley| T: D Watson| OR: 75

5/1

Latest win at Meydan in November. Below form fifth of 12 in handicap (5/1) at this course (6f) 14 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 9516-85

(16)

Wufud²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: R Mullen| T: S Seemar| OR: 75

8/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2018. Good third of 15 in handicap (20/1) at Meydan (5f, good) 20 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 0777-83

(12)

Ababil^v¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: S Hitchcott| T: D Watson| OR: 72

14/1

First run since leaving A. Bin Harmash when fourth of 16 in maiden (33/1) at this course (6f) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 7/0-4

(15)

Imprison^b⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Fernando Jara| T: R Bouresly| OR: 71| C

17/2

Career best when winning 15-runner handicap at this course (6f) 42 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 50510-1

(5)

Kidd Malibu^t⁴⁴⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: I Al Balushi| T: K Al Al Neyadi| OR: 71| C

25/1

11/2, improved to win 16-runner handicap at this course (7f). Off 14 months. First run for yard after leaving M. Al Mheiri.

Form: 466421/

(6)

Davy Lamp¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: C Lecoeuvre| T: R Bouresly| OR: 69| C

22/1

Course winner. Below form seventh of 12 in handicap at this course (6f, 15/2) 14 days ago.

Form: 35127-7

(8)

Royal Appointment¹⁹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| OR: 69| BF

6/1

6/4 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fourth of 5 in maiden at Windsor (5.1f, good). Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Robert Cowell. Makes handicap debut. Interesting contender.

Form: 224-

(13)

Trenches^b1,t³⁵⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Jose Santiago| T: A Daud| OR: 69

50/1

40/1, sixth of 15 in handicap at Meydan (7f). Off 11 months. Down in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 737/086-

(11)

Worldly Wise²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: V Leal| T: I Mohammed| OR: 82

12/1

Winner at Haydock in October. Seventh of 9 in minor event (20/1) at this course (6f) 28 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Hard to fancy.

Form: 2417-7

(4)

Heraldic³⁷⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Ryan Curatolo| T: Q Aboud| OR: 67

22/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (6/1) at this course (8f). Off 12 months. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving S. Seemar. Others more persuasive.

Form: 60/0220-

(3)

Dangerous Thought¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: T P O'Shea| T: D Watson| OR: 66

14/1

Creditable fourth of 16 in handicap (16/1) at this course (7f) 14 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 0383-64

(14)

You're My Rock⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: F Veron| T: R Bouresly| OR: 66

8/1

Respectable second of 8 in minor event at this course (6f, 12/1) 63 days ago. Respected.

Form: 3668/52-

(2)

Desert Sport⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Sandro Paiva| T: I Mohammed| OR: 64| D

33/1

28/1, first run since leaving Robert Cowell when 52 lengths last of 15 to Imprison in handicap at this course (6f) 42 days ago.

Form: 73643/0

(9)

Honorable Justice¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer| OR: 64| C

10/1

Winner here in December. Tongue strap on for 1st time, below form seventh of 16 in handicap (33/1) at this course (7f) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 341-807

(7)

Apolo Kid⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Szczepan Mazur| T: M Al Mheiri| OR: 63

11/1

Didn't need to improve to win 14-runner handicap at Sharjah (6f) 41 days ago.

Form: 43400-1

Non-Runners

Almqvist⁷⁰

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: M Al Mheiri J: Reserve 1

The Song Of John¹⁴

Weight: 8-8| Age: 5

T: S Seemar J: Reserve 2

One Season⁴¹

Weight: 8-5| Age: 6

T: S Seemar J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Mayaadeen (5/1), Royal Appointment (6/1), You're My Rock (8/1), Wufud (8/1), First Prophet (8/1), Imprison (17/2), Honorable Justice (10/1), Apolo Kid (11/1), Worldly Wise (12/1), Dangerous Thought (14/1), Ababil (14/1), Davy Lamp (22/1), Heraldic (22/1), Kidd Malibu (25/1), Desert Sport (33/1), Trenches (50/1)

ROYAL APPOINTMENT is much lower mileage than most of these rivals and will play a strong part if taking to dirt. Stable-companion Dangerous Thought gets the vote for second, while Mayaadeen is also in the running for some place money at least.