14:05 Meydan

Friday 16 February 2024

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:3518:10

Defender 130 Stakes - Turf

  • 3YO plus  |   1m  |   Good  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:06  |   Winning time: 1m 36.53s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
(10)
Horse silk
Athan14
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-11| J: A de Vries| T: F Nass| OR:  98
10/3
Useful form. 25/1, creditable second of 8 in minor event at this C&D (good) 14 days ago. On the shortlist.
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Timeform
2
(9)
Horse silk
Tohokuv114
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-1| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Bin Harmash| OR:  80
33/1
Fair form. Winner at Abu Dhabi in December. 50/1, fifth of 8 in minor event at this C&D (good) 14 days ago.
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Timeform
3
(4)
Horse silk
Beautiful Love14
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-10| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby| OR:  88| D
2/9
Fairly useful filly. Winner at Newmarket in September. Creditable second of 10 in minor event at this course (7f, good, 5/2) 14 days ago, no match for winner. Expected to be bang there.
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Timeform
4
(11)
Horse silk
80/1
20/1, sixth of 7 in minor event at Jebel Ali (7f) 20 days ago. Makes little appeal.
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Timeform
5
(2)
Horse silk
Cabritb1122
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-9| J: A Slattery| T: B Seemar| BF
12/1
Promising individual. 22/10, second of 9 in minor event at Lyon La Soie (9f). Off 122 days. First run for yard after leaving Francis-Henri Graffard. Likely to improve.
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Timeform
6
(5)
Horse silk
80/1
40/1 and tongue strap on, fourteenth of 15 in minor event at Meydan (9.4f) 14 days ago.
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Timeform
7
(7)
Horse silk
Point Given41
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-9| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| OR:  73
12/1
Fair form. Runner-up in minor event at Abu Dhabi in December. 3/1, probably unsuited by dirt when last of 4 in similar contest at Jebel Ali (5f) 41 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Enters calculations.
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Timeform
8
(3)
Horse silk
Prima Summert28
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-9| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar| OR:  74
80/1
40/1, thirteenth of 16 in maiden at this course (6f, good) 28 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Uphill task.
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Timeform
9
(6)
Horse silk
Whathappensinvegasb120
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-9| J: R Mullen| T: O Refai
80/1
Fair gelding. Fifth of 7 in minor event at Jebel Ali (7f, 4/1) 20 days ago. First run for yard after leaving D. Watson.
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Timeform
10
(8)
Horse silk
80/1
Last of 15 in minor event at Meydan (9.4f, 40/1) 14 days ago. Hard to fancy.
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Timeform
11
(1)
Horse silk
40/1
Masar filly. Tricky spot to make debut and probably best watched.
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Timeform

Forecasts

Beautiful Love (2/9), Athan (10/3), Cabrit (12/1), Point Given (12/1), Tohoku (33/1), Yamamah (40/1), Acclaim To Royalty (80/1), Whathappensinvegas (80/1), Fast Violence (80/1), Prima Summer (80/1), Ramsah (80/1)

Verdict

BEAUTIFUL LOVE goes for the potent Appleby/Buick partnership and should take all the beating. Athan is given the vote for second, while Cabrit is not out of it where third place is concerned.

  1. Athan10/3
  2. Cabrit12/1

Prize Money

1st: 105,000.00 AED2nd: 35,001.00 AED3rd: 17,498.00 AED4th: 8,749.00 AED5th: 5,250.00 AED

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