18:10 Meydan

Friday 20 December 2024

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Race 9 - Emaar Downtown Dubai Handicap - Dirt

Off time: 18:10 | Winning time: 1m 11.88s

(2)

Morning¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| CD

9/4

C&D winner. Latest win at Sharjah in November. Below form 9¼ lengths third of 7 to Tuz in listed race at this C&D (18/1) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 303443

(8)

Falcon Of Arabia^t¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar| C

5/4

Course winner. 6/4, respectable second of 6 in minor event at this C&D 14 days ago.

Form: 10532

(4)

Meshakel^t,b⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: S Ghadayer| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Below form 9¾ lengths sixth of 14 to Morning in minor event at Sharjah (6f) 33 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 89-7147

(6)

Mr Kafoo¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Bin Harmash| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. 13 lengths fifth of 7 to Tuz in listed race at this C&D (33/1) 14 days ago, slowly away. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 3-11295

(3)

Lahfaty⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: R Dawson| T: M Costa| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 2 wins from 4 runs this year. 6/4, good fourth of 10 in handicap at Jebel Ali (6f) 48 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 16-2114

(7)

Miss Wintown^h1⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Sandro Paiva| T: N Petersen| D

33/1

15 lengths last of 9 to Mystery Night in listed race at Bro (8f, good). Off 6 months. Down in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 495350

(5)

Taakeed^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-5| J: S De Sousa| T: M Mheiri| CD

18/1

C&D winner. First run since leaving Michael Costa when sixth of 9 in handicap (33/1) at Jebel Ali (5f) 13 days ago.

Form: 4/719-76

Non-Runners

(1)

Freedom Fighter¹⁴

Weight: 9-11| Age: 6

T: B Seemar J: A Slattery

Forecasts

Falcon Of Arabia (5/4), Morning (9/4), Lahfaty (13/2), Mr Kafoo (7/1), Freedom Fighter (8/1), Meshakel (16/1), Taakeed (18/1), Miss Wintown (33/1)

LAHFATY let her backers down last time, but still appeals as the likeliest winner here. Morning seems to have second to aim at, while Falcon Of Arabia is the third candidate for the three.