12:30 Jebel Ali

Saturday 7 December 2024

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Race 7 - Al Ghaf Handicap

Off time: 12:30 | Winning time: 1m 51.33s

(4)

Stormy Ocean¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Bin Harmash| D

3/1

Creditable second of 9 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (11.9f, good) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 057822

(8)

Wessall³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: J Castano Mateus| T: M Costa| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Respectable third of 6 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (10.9f, good) 34 days ago. Should be on the premises.

Form: 1451-83

(2)

Kaatibb²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen| T: M Costa| C

4/1

Hooded/tongue strap on for 1st time, thirteenth of 14 in handicap (18/5) at Abu Dhabi (8f, good) 22 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 2/8-1876

(3)

Violent Justice²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| C

4/1

Course winner. 15/2, respectable third of 10 in handicap at Meydan (9.4f) 29 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 32-1403

(6)

Elraaed^b²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Dawson| T: M Costa

10/3

11/4, seventh of 10 in handicap at Meydan (9.4f) 29 days ago, slowly away. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 5/513-37

(7)

Age Of Time⁴¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Mullen| T: O Refai| BF| D

16/1

Thrice-raced winner. 5/6, fifth of 11 in novice at Wolverhampton (8.6f). Off 13 months. First run for yard after leaving Charlie Appleby. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 615-

(1)

Deciduous¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: S Ghadayer

9/1

Fifth of 9 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (11.9f, good) 14 days ago. Down in trip. Must improve.

Form: 5196-55

(5)

El Introvertido¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: A Slattery| T: F Nass| C

22/1

Course winner. 16/1, last of 16 in handicap at Meydan (7f) 15 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 3-12650

(9)

City King⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Q Al Busaidi| T: O Refai| C

33/1

Course winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. Seventh of 9 in handicap at this course (9.7f, 13/2) 7 days ago. Makes little appeal from long way out of the weights.

Form: 69-5547

Non-Runners

(10)

Carpe Momentum²¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 7

T: D Watson J: S Hitchcott

Forecasts

Stormy Ocean (3/1), Elraaed (10/3), Kaatibb (4/1), Violent Justice (4/1), Wessall (7/1), Deciduous (9/1), Age Of Time (16/1), El Introvertido (22/1), City King (33/1)

ELRAAED let his backers down last time, but is taken to make the most of this opening. Stormy Ocean seems the primary danger, while Wessall is another with place prospects.