13:25 Meydan

Sunday 20 February 2022

All10:3011:0511:4012:1512:5013:2514:00

Riviera By Azizi Handicap - Turf

Off time: 13:26 | Winning time: -

(8)

Gabr⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Dane O'Neill| T: D Watson| OR: 95| D

20/1

Fourteenth of 15 in handicap at this course (12f, good, 20/1) 9 days ago.

Form: 7273-70

(5)

Nordic Lights²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: P J Dobbs| T: B Seemar| OR: 95| C| D

33/1

Course winner. 17¼ lengths twelfth of 13 to Real World in Zabeel Mile at this course (8f, good, 80/1) 23 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 8216/00

(12)

Recordman^b1⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| OR: 95| CD

20/1

C&D winner. Thirteenth of 15 in handicap at this course (12f, good, 16/1) 9 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 462-390

(13)

Trancaferro¹⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: O Aashour| OR: 95| D

33/1

Creditable third of 18 in minor event at King Khaled (9.9f). Off 163 days. Makes turf debut. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 907343-

(9)

Mordin^p,t²³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: M Barzalona| T: S Ghadayer| OR: 94| D

40/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. 33/1, 16¾ lengths twelfth of 14 to Star Safari in listed race at this C&D (good) 23 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 055-690

(2)

Rastrelli²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: P Cosgrave| T: I Mohammed| OR: 94| D

16/1

Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap (6/1) at this course (11.9f, good) 21 days ago. Should go well.

Form: 3/5703-4

(1)

Castlebar^p,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: A de Vries| T: H Alalawi| OR: 93| C| D

6/1

One win from 2 runs last year. 18/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this course (9.4f, good) 14 days ago by ¾ length from Tell Me Thunder.

Form: 1/19-241

(6)

Echo Point²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby| OR: 93

1/2

10/11, very good neck second of 16 to Al Madhar in handicap at this C&D (good) 28 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 1222-2

(14)

Franz Kafka^p1¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: R Ffrench| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 91| CD

22/1

C&D winner. 10/1, 11 lengths seventh of 10 to Castlebar in handicap at this course (9.4f, good) 14 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 16102/7

(10)

Al Madhar¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: A Fresu| T: M Al Mheiri| OR: 90| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. Creditable 4¾ lengths fourth of 10 to Castlebar in handicap at this course (9.4f, good, 4/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 474-414

(11)

Oasis Charm^h,t1⁸⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: R Woodworth| T: Ms B Deutrom| OR: 89| CD

50/1

C&D winner. Thirteenth of 15 in handicap at Sharjah (8.4f) 85 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 050000-

(4)

Ajyaall^h¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: R Mullen| T: S Ghadayer| OR: 88

50/1

First run since leaving William Haggas when well-beaten ninth of 10 to Castlebar in handicap at this course (9.4f, good, 7/2) 14 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 45623-9

(7)

First Winter^p⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: S Al Balushi⁽³⁾| T: A Bin Harmash| OR: 86| D

40/1

Eighth of 10 in minor event at Abu Dhabi (7f, good) 63 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 317/308-

Non-Runners

(3)

Tell Me Thunder¹⁴

Weight: 8-10| Age: 5

T: A Bin Harmash J: Non-runner

Forecasts

Echo Point (1/2), Tell Me Thunder (4/1), Castlebar (6/1), Al Madhar (12/1), Rastrelli (16/1), Recordman (20/1), Gabr (20/1), Franz Kafka (22/1), Nordic Lights (33/1), Trancaferro (33/1), First Winter (40/1), Mordin (40/1), Oasis Charm (50/1), Ajyaall (50/1)

ECHO POINT is much lower mileage than most of these and can notch another Meydan winner for the Appleby/Buick partnership. Rastrelli can emerge second best, while Recordman also seems unlikely to be far away.