17:00 Meydan

Friday 16 February 2024

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Defender 110 Handicap - Turf

Off time: 17:02 | Winning time: 1m 11.11s

(9)

Haasim^t1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Ben Coen| T: M Mheiri

17/2

One win from 2 runs last year. Winner at Jebel Ali in December. Last of 13 in handicap at Meydan (7f, 12/1) 14 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 31-760

(2)

Houb Al Wattan⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: O Chavez| T: R Bouresly| D

4/1

7/2, won 8-runner maiden at Jebel Ali (6f) 6 days ago. Has good chance of following up if in the same sort of form on this different surface.

Form: 000-721

(4)

Onda Ruggente^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: R Ffrench| T: S Ghadayer| D

16/1

20/1, eighth of 13 in handicap at Meydan (7f) 14 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Makes turf debut.

Form: 1/3876-8

(13)

Ashger Asser⁶²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: O Isaac Hernandez Salas| T: R Bouresly

18/1

Below form fourth of 15 in maiden at Jebel Ali (6f, 16/1) 62 days ago. Makes turf debut. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 65/54-

(5)

Jewel Genie Lamp⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: J Castano Mateus| T: O Darag

28/1

First run since leaving Antonio Cintra Pereira when fifteenth of 16 in handicap (66/1) at this course (8f, good) 7 days ago. Back down in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 57/94-90

(3)

Kiaraad^t,v²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: M Rodrigues| T: I Mohammed

22/1

15½ lengths seventh of 8 to Shanaghai City in handicap at Jebel Ali (6f, 8/1) 27 days ago. Makes only limited appeal.

Form: 6267-07

(16)

Home From Home^h,t²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: A de Vries| T: I Mohammed

11/1

Eleventh of 16 in maiden at this C&D (good, 15/2) 28 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 26/335-0

(10)

Shanaghai City⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: T P O'Shea| T: R Bouresly| D

11/2

Latest win at Jebel Ali in January. 10/1, below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Meydan (6f) 7 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 67-9135

(15)

Global Conqueror^t1¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-1| J: I Koyuncu| T: M Ibrahim

28/1

Fourteenth of 16 in handicap (40/1) at Meydan (7f) 14 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 1176/00

(12)

Al Modayar^t⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: S Al Balushi| T: M Ramadan

28/1

40/1, first run since leaving Osama Refai when last of 10 in handicap at Jebel Ali (7f) 41 days ago. Makes turf debut. First run for yard after leaving Hemidy Alhamida.

Form: 2703/0-0

(1)

Onigiri¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: A Slattery| T: L Botti| D

7/1

Winner on debut at Redcar in 2023. Below form sixth of 10 in minor event (28/1) at this course (7f, good) 14 days ago.

Form: 1037-6

(7)

Ra's Al Hadd³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Connor Beasley| T: I Hadhrami

11/2

66/1, good seventh of 16 in handicap at this course (5f, good) 35 days ago, nearest finish. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 505-7

(6)

Ironside^b²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: Q Aboud

14/1

28/1, last of 16 in maiden at this C&D (good) 28 days ago. First run for yard after leaving M. Al Mheiri.

Form: 02752-0

(14)

Mouser^t²²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-8| J: Sandro Paiva| T: M Ibrahim

25/1

Creditable sixth of 15 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (11.9f, good) 22 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 9/4009-6

(8)

Aram¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Gabriele Malune| T: A Bin Harmash

25/1

Seventh of 10 in minor event (50/1) at this course (7f, good) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 54-07

(11)

Theeban^t,v⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Q Al Busaidi| T: A Bin Harmash

12/1

11/4, creditable 3¼ lengths third of 8 to Houb Al Wattan in maiden at Jebel Ali (6f) 6 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 67-0023

Non-Runners

Axopar¹⁴

Weight: 8-8| Age: 5

T: O Refai J: Reserve 1

Dukedom⁴¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 5

T: O Aashour J: Reserve 2

Batraan²⁰

Weight: 8-5| Age: 6

T: A Al Al Neyadi J: Reserve 3

Yukon Star⁶

Weight: 8-5| Age: 5

T: M Mheiri J: Reserve 4

Forecasts

Houb Al Wattan (4/1), Shanaghai City (11/2), Ra's Al Hadd (11/2), Onigiri (7/1), Haasim (17/2), Home From Home (11/1), Theeban (12/1), Ironside (14/1), Onda Ruggente (16/1), Ashger Asser (18/1), Kiaraad (22/1), Aram (25/1), Mouser (25/1), Jewel Genie Lamp (28/1), Al Modayar (28/1), Global Conqueror (28/1)

A trappy affair. HOUB AL WATTAN is selected in the hope he can transfer his good recent dirt form back to turf. Theeban is the pick of the others, while Shanaghai City also comes into the reckoning.