17:35 Meydan

Friday 23 February 2024

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

Race 8 Handicap - DIRT

Off time: 17:36 | Winning time: 1m 12.91s

(6)

Gioia Cieca¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: M Mheiri

12/1

25/1, below form fourth of 16 in handicap at Meydan (8f, good) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 4178-04

(1)

Ashger Asser⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: O Isaac Hernandez Salas| T: R Bouresly| D

5/1

Career best when winning 16-runner handicap (18/1) at Meydan (6f, good) 7 days ago by head from Shanaghai City. Should go well again.

Form: 65/54-1

(4)

Border Edge¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| C

9/2

Course winner in January. 4/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 16/79-17

(5)

Sendeed^b⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Jules Mobian| T: R Bouresly| C

11/1

Course winner. 33/1, creditable 3 lengths fifth of 12 to Border Edge in handicap at this course (7f) 42 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 07/409-5

(10)

Atlantic Sky³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| C

11/1

Course winner. 6/4, 10 lengths fifth of 8 to Shanaghai City in handicap at Jebel Ali (6f) 34 days ago. Rejoined yard after leaving M. Al Mheiri. Others more persuasive.

Form: 3/0622-5

(3)

Mayaadeen²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Jim Crowley| T: D Watson| C

7/2

11/4, improved on recent efforts to win 16-runner handicap at this course (7f) 21 days ago, just holding on. Can make presence felt.

Form: 0744-41

(12)

Smart System³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Q Al Busaidi⁽³⁾| T: O Aashour

50/1

25/1, first run since leaving Fawzi Abdulla Nass when fifteenth of 16 in maiden at Meydan (6f, good) 35 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 0059-0

(2)

Nomasee²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Connor Beasley| T: I Mohammed| D

12/1

6½ lengths seventh of 16 to Mayaadeen in handicap (6/1) at this course (7f) 21 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 8418/67

(8)

Shanaghai City⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Luciano Emanuel Cabrera| T: R Bouresly| D

9/1

Latest win at Jebel Ali in January. Good head second of 16 to Ashger Asser in handicap at Meydan (6f, good, 11/2) 7 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 7-91352

(14)

Al Muzn^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: M Barzalona| T: Salman Sabri

8/1

20/1, bit below form fourth of 9 in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago. Booking of Barzalona a plus. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 149-334

(7)

Sadik³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar

22/1

Below form ninth of 16 in maiden (20/1) at Meydan (6f, good) 35 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 48/05-9

(13)

Private Signal³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Sandro Paiva| T: B Seemar

40/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Sixth of 14 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (8f, good) 36 days ago. Back down in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 00099-6

Addicted To Chaos³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Gabriele Malune| T: M Baidhaei

12/1

14/1, first run since leaving D. Watson when creditable 1¾ lengths second of 8 to Shanaghai City in handicap at Jebel Ali (6f) 34 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 50460-2

Non-Runners

(11)

Al Hadeer³⁵

Weight: 8-13| Age: 8

T: J Hyde J: O Chavez

(9)

Ironside⁷

Weight: 8-10| Age: 6

T: Q Aboud J: R Mullen

Chief Of Navy²¹

Weight: 8-9| Age: 4

T: B Seemar J: Reserve 2

Imprison¹³

Weight: 8-9| Age: 11

T: R Bouresly J: Reserve 3

Dukedom⁴⁸

Weight: 8-8| Age: 5

T: O Aashour J: Reserve 4

Forecasts

Mayaadeen (7/2), Border Edge (9/2), Ashger Asser (5/1), Al Muzn (8/1), Shanaghai City (9/1), Sendeed (11/1), Atlantic Sky (11/1), Nomasee (12/1), Gioia Cieca (12/1), Addicted To Chaos (12/1), Ironside (12/1), Al Hadeer (20/1), Sadik (22/1), Private Signal (40/1), Smart System (50/1)

ASHGER ASSER was off the mark last time and is still low mileage compared to most of these. Veteran Mayaadeen may push him closest, while the selection's stablemate Shanahai City is also worth noting.