16:20 Meydan

Thursday 3 March 2022

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Club Vista Mare Handicap (Dirt)

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 2m 0.28s

(4)

Trancaferro^b¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: R Mullen| T: O Aashour

28/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap (33/1) at Meydan (9.9f, good) 11 days ago.

Form:

(12)

Fire Group^v²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: A Fresu| T: M Al Mheiri| C

6/1

Course winner. Winner here in December. 80/1, well-beaten tenth of 12 to Hot Rod Charlie in Maktoum Challenge Round 2 at this C&D 27 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Hard to fancy.

Form: 54021-0

(6)

Rare Ninja^b,t1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: M Barzalona| T: S Ghadayer| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 9/2, sixth of 7 in minor event at this course (8f) 11 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 3261-76

(5)

Twelfthofneverland^b³²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Sean Kirrane| T: B Seemar| C

8/1

Course winner. Two wins from 5 runs last year. Respectable third of 10 in handicap at this course (12f, good, 18/1). Off 10 months and back down in trip.

Form: 9/11583-

(9)

Pitcher's Point^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar

11/4

10/3 and tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving John & Thady Gosden when creditable second of 8 in handicap at Jebel Ali (8f) 19 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 74/360-2

(2)

My Swallow^t,v1²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Jim Crowley| T: M Al Mheiri

16/1

7/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Meydan (8f, good) 25 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 5223-60

(10)

Al Mureib^p⁹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: S Al Balushi⁽³⁾| T: A Bin Harmash| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Respectable sixth of 15 in handicap at Sharjah (8.4f). Off 96 days. Others more persuasive.

Form: 401766-

(1)

Bottle Rocket Man³²

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

10/1

One win from 2 runs last year. 16/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at this course (7f) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 5/14-04

(3)

Dalaalaat^v1³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Dane O'Neill| T: M Al Mheiri

5/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. Respectable third of 12 in handicap (10/1) at this C&D 39 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 2782-73

(8)

Western Symphony^b,t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar

12/1

11/1 and blinkered for 1st time, bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Meydan (9.4f, good) 11 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 1225-65

(11)

Woodditton^h¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: R Dawson| T: A Bin Harmash| CD

8/1

Won 10-runner handicap (14/1) at this course (10.9f) 11 days ago. Booking of Dawson a plus. Can make presence felt.

Form: 377/42-1

(7)

Graffiti Master²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-5| J: R Woodworth| T: M Al Mheiri

20/1

Good sixth of 16 in handicap at Meydan (8f, good, 28/1) 25 days ago.

Form: 00/09-86

Non-Runners

(13)

Verboten⁵⁵

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: D Watson J: P J Dobbs

Forecasts

Pitcher's Point (11/4), Dalaalaat (5/1), Fire Group (6/1), Verboten (13/2), Twelfthofneverland (8/1), Woodditton (8/1), Bottle Rocket Man (10/1), Western Symphony (12/1), Rare Ninja (12/1), Al Mureib (16/1), My Swallow (16/1), Graffiti Master (20/1), Trancaferro (28/1)

DALAALAAT should be thereabouts but will need to be on song in what looks a very trappy handicap. Woodditton was as good as ever on return and can also play a leading role, while Pitcher's Point should be in the mix.