17:35 Meydan

Friday 16 February 2024

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Land Rover Handicap - Dirt

Off time: 17:37 | Winning time: 1m 24.73s

(8)

My Dubawi^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| CD

7/4

Five wins from 16 Flat runs. 15/2, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at this C&D 14 days ago, keeping on well. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 8/145-81

(6)

Asad Zabeel⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: O Chavez| T: M Mheiri| D

10/1

6/1, below form 7½ lengths third of 8 to Mozahim in handicap at Jebel Ali (6f) 41 days ago.

Form: 46/358-3

(1)

Khanjar²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: M Mheiri

20/1

Last of 8 in minor event at Jebel Ali (5f, 6/1) 27 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Questions to answer.

Form: 8/020-08

(5)

Imperial Empire^b²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: R Mullen| T: B Seemar| CD

5/2

3-time C&D winner. Back to from when winning 10-runner handicap at this course (8f, 11/4) 28 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 0808-81

(3)

Irregular Warfare¹⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: A de Vries| T: F Nass| D

11/2

Thrice-raced winner. 1/5, won 12-runner minor event at Kempton (7f), well on top finish. Off 170 days. First run for yard after leaving Roger Varian. Makes handicap debut. Progressive but surface has to be a question mark (not bred for dirt).

Form: 21/1-

(2)

Island Rule^v¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Bin Harmash| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 12/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, 8 lengths sixth of 13 to My Dubawi in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 1/0600-6

(7)

Triple Venture¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-5| J: Sandro Paiva| T: A Bin Harmash| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Respectable 6½ lengths third of 13 to My Dubawi in handicap (15/2) at this C&D 14 days ago.

Form: 2234-83

Non-Runners

(4)

Mozahim⁶

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: M Costa J: Ben Coen

Forecasts

My Dubawi (7/4), Imperial Empire (5/2), Mozahim (11/4), Triple Venture (5/1), Irregular Warfare (11/2), Asad Zabeel (10/1), Island Rule (16/1), Khanjar (20/1)

MY DUBAWI returned in fine form last time and is taken to go in again. Stablemate Imperial Empire could provide the main threat, while Mozahim is less exposed than most and also has claims.