16:50 Meydan

Thursday 8 April 2021

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Longines Stakes Presented By Longines Condition Stakes - Dirt

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 1m 58.44s

(3)

Faithful Soldier²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S Hitchcott| T: D Watson| OR: 88

3/1

Fairly useful colt. Won 9-runner maiden at Jebel Ali (7f, 11/1) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 01

(6)

Grand Dubai^t³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Sandro Paiva| T: A Al Rayhi| OR: 92| C

10/3

Fairly useful colt. Tongue strap on for 1st time, good 9 lengths sixth of 12 to Panadol in listed race (100/1) at this C&D 33 days ago, merely closing up late.

Form: 1-50466

(5)

Endifaa^v³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A de Vries| T: F Nass| OR: 92

2/1

Fairly useful gelding. 12/1, creditable 9 lengths fifth of 12 to Panadol in listed race at this C&D 33 days ago. Standard bearer.

Form: 4325

(7)

Hafeet Star^t²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A Al Balushi⁽³⁾| T: M Ramadan| OR: 67

50/1

Modest gelding. 31 lengths eighth of 9 to Faithful Soldier in maiden (40/1) at Jebel Ali (7f) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 40-9868

(4)

Noble Story^v1⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A Fresu| T: M Al Mheiri

18/1

Last of 10 in minor event (28/1) at Meydan (6f, good) 84 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0

(1)

Rare Ninja^b²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer| OR: 82

13/2

Fairly useful colt. 22 lengths sixth of 9 to Faithful Soldier in maiden at Jebel Ali (7f, 13/8) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 3-27326

(8)

Al Maroom^b²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: T P O'Shea| T: S Seemar| OR: 73

7/1

Fair filly. Fourth of 6 in minor event (8/1) at Jebel Ali (7f) 20 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 4244

Non-Runners

(2)

Talo⁷⁰

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: S Ghadayer J: X Ziani

Forecasts

Endifaa (2/1), Faithful Soldier (3/1), Grand Dubai (10/3), Rare Ninja (13/2), Al Maroom (7/1), Talo (12/1), Noble Story (18/1), Hafeet Star (50/1)

ENDIFAA sets a decent standard and is very much the one to beat. Grand Dubai is another who could have a hand in the finish, while Rare Ninja enters calculations for third place.