16:20 Meydan

Friday 11 November 2022

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Nakheel Handicap - Dirt

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 1m 24.02s

(8)

Meshakel^b,t⁶¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer| CD

3/1

4/5, career best when winning 7-runner minor event at this course (8f), unchallenged. Off 20 months. Bit on plate after absence.

Form: 5/21201-

(7)

Island Rule^v²⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: R Dawson| T: A Bin Harmash| D

10/1

4/1, below form fifth of 9 in handicap over C&D. Off 8 months. Must improve.

Form: 152-255

(9)

Alkaamel²⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Dane O'Neill| T: M Al Mheiri| C| D

11/2

Course winner. 7½ lengths seventh of 11 to Desert Wisdom in Burj Nahaar at this course (8f, 33/1). Off 8 months. Should give running down in grade.

Form: 49-1007

(2)

Raaeb^p²⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: A Fresu| T: M Al Mheiri| D

6/1

Bit below form eighth of 16 in minor event (50/1) at Meydan (7f, good), never nearer. Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving Saeed Bin Suroor. Dirt debut.

Form: 41-0048

(5)

Celtic Prince^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: R Mullen| T: R Bouresly| C

7/1

Course winner. 9/1, creditable third of 10 in handicap at this course (8f) 7 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 26-2213

(1)

Zero To A Hundred^b²²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| C

11/4

Course winner. Good third of 15 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (7f, good). Off 7 months. Back on dirt. Consistent sort.

Form: 623163

(4)

Cairn Island²⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson

10/1

First run since leaving Kevin Ryan when last of 12 in handicap at Meydan (6f, good, 10/3). Off 9 months. Booking of Dobbs a plus. Has good chance on form if taking to dirt.

Form: 7/4813-0

(6)

Aquaman²⁴²

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

22/1

Eighth of 12 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (7f, good). Off 8 months. Passed over.

Form: 213-088

Non-Runners

(3)

Twaasol²⁶⁴

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: M Costa J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Zero To A Hundred (11/4), Meshakel (3/1), Alkaamel (11/2), Raaeb (6/1), Celtic Prince (7/1), Island Rule (10/1), Cairn Island (10/1), Aquaman (22/1)

A trappy handicap can go the way of RAAEB. He's won three times on the all-weather in Britain, so a chance is taken on him transferring that form. Alkaamel is top of the dangers and Zero To A Hundred is another to bear in mind.