10:45 Jebel Ali

Saturday 17 December 2022

All10:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:45

Race 2 Handicap

Off time: 10:45 | Winning time: 1m 24.49s

(6)

Rodaini^t⁴⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Below form sixth of 11 in handicap here (6f, 17/2) 49 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 050-826

(10)

Bochart^t¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: C Planas| T: B Seemar| CD

11/4

C&D winner. 6/1, good second of 9 in handicap over C&D 14 days ago. Has claimer on board and can make presence felt.

Form: 614032

(8)

Fanaar²⁸

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

7/2

Won 9-runner handicap (5/1) at this C&D 28 days ago by ¾ length from Almoreb. Should be on premises again.

Form: 36-2431

(12)

Almoreb^t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: A Fresu| T: M Al Mheiri| CD

9/1

3-time C&D winner. Sixth of 9 in handicap at this C&D (3/1) 14 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 023026

(4)

Faithful Soldier²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Creditable seventh of 13 in handicap at Sharjah (8.4f) 20 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 0131-97

(9)

Madkhal^v¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: A de Vries| T: F Nass| D

9/1

4/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Meydan (6f) 16 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 3-09417

(2)

Marynder³⁸⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: R Dawson| T: Ahmad Bin Harmash

11/1

Third of 7 in minor event (28/10) at Deauville (7.4f). Off 12 months. First run for yard after leaving J. Boisnard. Makes handicap debut. More needed.

Form: 513-

(7)

Sendeed^b,t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: O Chavez| T: R Bouresly

33/1

Blinkered and tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving D. Watson when eleventh of 13 in handicap at Sharjah (8.4f) 20 days ago.

Form: 0941-90

(11)

Western Symphony^t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| D

11/2

Latest win at Meydan in November. 9/2, creditable second of 16 in handicap at same course (8f) 22 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 659912

(3)

Anbar²⁸

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

18/1

C&D winner here in October. 9/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, sixth of 8 in handicap at this course (8f) 28 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 6-30616

(5)

New Mission^t1³⁸⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Saif Al Balushi| T: A Al Shemaili| BF

22/1

Lightly-raced winner. 11/8, seventh of 8 in nursery at Wolverhampton (9.5f). Off 12 months. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Charlie Appleby. Others preferred.

Form: 64127-

(13)

Tabarak²²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-5| J: R Mullen| T: R Bouresly| D

12/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. Creditable third of 8 in handicap at Meydan (6f, 8/1) 22 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 322253

Non-Runners

(1)

Asad Zabeel²²³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: M Al Mheiri J: J Da Silva

Forecasts

Bochart (11/4), Fanaar (7/2), Western Symphony (11/2), Almoreb (9/1), Madkhal (9/1), Marynder (11/1), Tabarak (12/1), Faithful Soldier (14/1), Rodaini (16/1), Asad Zabeel (16/1), Anbar (18/1), New Mission (22/1), Sendeed (33/1)

A tricky contest, but BOCHART has made a positive start to the new season and can go one better this time with a claimer in the saddle. Almoreb can chase the selection home from the in-form pair Fanaar and Western Symphony.