15:10 Meydan

Friday 7 January 2022

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Majlis Ghurfat Al Sheif Handicap - Dirt

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: -

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Verboten³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson

5/1

16/1, creditable third of 10 in minor event at this C&D 36 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 0/69023-

(3)

Celtic Striker^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: George Buckell| T: D Watson| D

28/1

13/2, fifth of 7 in minor event at Jebel Ali (8f) 14 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 458/895-

(4)

Zero To A Hundred^b²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| CD

5/2

C&D winner. 5/1, creditable second of 11 in handicap at this C&D 29 days ago, no match for winner. Merits consideration.

Form: 622152-

(10)

Law Of Peace^p,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: A Fresu| T: B Seemar| D

18/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable third of 16 in handicap at Jebel Ali (9f, 13/2) 14 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 242843-

(13)

Celtic Prince^t1²⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Fernando Jara| T: R Bouresly| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Respectable sixth of 16 in handicap at Jebel Ali (7f, 5/1). Off 9 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 2/13226-

(14)

Miami Joy¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: A de Vries| T: I Mohammed| D

18/1

9/1, third of 5 in minor event at this C&D 15 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 223403-

(11)

Tolmount^p²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer| D

20/1

Winner at Jebel Ali in October. Ninth of 10 in handicap at this course (9.4f) 22 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 201049-

(2)

California Jumbo^t,v⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: R Mullen| T: B Seemar| C

18/1

Course winner. First run since leaving M. Al Mheiri when fourteenth of 16 in handicap at this course (7f, 12/1) 50 days ago. More needed starting out for another new yard.

Form: 4/85420-

(5)

Hyde Park¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: M Barzalona| T: S Ghadayer

16/1

Fourteenth of 15 in handicap at this course (7f, 14/1) 15 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 700530-

(15)

Tapitution³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Sean Kirrane⁽³⁾| T: B Seemar| CD

11/2

First run since leaving Bob Baffert when won 8-runner maiden (2/1) at this C&D 36 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Has to be considered despite wide draw.

Form: 64/1-

(1)

Leadership²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: G Sanchez⁽⁵⁾| T: H Alalawi| D

28/1

One win from 3 runs last year. Career best when winning 6-runner maiden (4/1) at Jebel Ali (8f) 28 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 422/541-

(9)

Winners Club²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: S Hitchcott| T: D Watson| D

18/1

First run since leaving Mark E. Casse when third of 11 in handicap at this C&D (10/1) 29 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 03/1443-

(8)

Ra'ad^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar

14/1

4/1, below form fifth of 11 in handicap at this C&D 29 days ago.

Form: 1595/45-

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Branwell^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Sandro Paiva| T: R Rayhi

20/1

First run since leaving Charlie Appleby when below form seventh of 14 in maiden at Jebel Ali (8f, 7/1) 14 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 6342/7-

(12)

Miniaturist²²

Age: 9| Weight: 8-5| J: G Malune| T: A Al Shemaili| D

25/1

Latest win at Al Ain in December. Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, 16/1) 22 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 346614-

Forecasts

Zero To A Hundred (5/2), Verboten (5/1), Tapitution (11/2), Celtic Prince (7/1), Ra'ad (14/1), Hyde Park (16/1), Law Of Peace (18/1), Winners Club (18/1), Miami Joy (18/1), California Jumbo (18/1), Branwell (20/1), Tolmount (20/1), Miniaturist (25/1), Celtic Striker (28/1), Leadership (28/1)

ZERO TO A HUNDRED is the tentative selection in a very competitive handicap. Tapitution could have been drawn better but should still be thereabouts, while Verboten is another to consider.