17:35 Meydan

Friday 24 January 2025

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

Race 8 - Al Shindagha Sprint Presented By Longines - Group 3 - Dirt

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 1m 10.43s

(3)

Tuz²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| OR: 115| CD

1/3

Very smart gelding. 5-time C&D winner. 2/13, confirmed himself as good as ever when winning 6-runner Dubawi Stakes at this C&D 21 days ago, by 4¾ lengths from Colour Up, keeping on well. Outstanding claims.

Form: 2/1011-1

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(4)

Colour Up²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| OR: 105| CD

11/1

Useful gelding. 3-time C&D winner. Respectable 4¾ lengths second of 6 to Tuz in Dubawi Stakes at this C&D (40/1) 21 days ago, no match for winner. Likely he'll have to settle for minor honours again.

Form: 34102-2

(2)

Drew's Gold^b1,t1⁵¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: M Barzalona| T: J Olascoaga| OR: 107| D

25/1

Well-beaten fifth of 6 to One In Vermillion in H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (221/10) at Saratoga (7f) in August 2023. Changed yards ahead of this belated return and pick of his efforts give him a chance. Tongue tie added to usual blinkers.

Form: 112375/

(1)

Eastern World²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Connor Beasley| T: Ahmad Bin Harmash| OR: 111| CD

28/1

C&D winner. 16/1, 12½ lengths fourth of 6 to Tuz in Dubawi Stakes at this C&D 21 days ago, left behind over 1f out. Needs to have come on plenty for that effort if he's to trouble Tuz here.

Form: 501/99-4

(7)

Jungle Mate³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: T Lukasek| T: I Al Malki| OR: 83| D

33/1

Useful gelding. Three wins from 7 runs last year. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Doha (5.5f) 55 days ago. However, this much more demanding now stepping up markedly in class.

Form: 121311-

(8)

Ma Yetal³⁸⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Coen| T: M Costa| OR: 103| C| D

6/1

4-y-o colt who backed up the excellent impression created when winning on debut when maintaining his 100% record in UAE 2000 Guineas Trial Stakes here (7f) 12 months ago. Off the track since but he remains with plenty of untapped potential and may pose the chief threat to Tuz.

Form: 1/1-

(6)

Major Cinnamon¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: A de Vries| T: M Baidhaei| OR: 85| CD

33/1

Useful gelding. C&D winner. 7/1, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Jebel Ali (5f) 18 days ago. Clearly in excellent heart at present but this asks a whole different question returned to Group company.

Form: 1/0613-1

(5)

Morning⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: S De Sousa| T: B Seemar| OR: 100| CD

18/1

Useful 3-time C&D winner, the latest coming in handicap in December. 9/2, respectable second of 11 in minor event at Jebel Ali (5f) 6 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 44131-2

Non-Runners

(9)

Torivega⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: S Ghadayer J: Bernardo Pinheiro

Forecasts

Tuz (1/3), Ma Yetal (6/1), Colour Up (11/1), Morning (18/1), Drew's Gold (25/1), Eastern World (28/1), Jungle Mate (33/1), Major Cinnamon (33/1), Torivega (33/1)

TUZ confirmed himself as good as ever when bringing up the hat-trick in the Group 3 Dubawi Stakes over C&D 21 days ago and he ought to take some stopping once more kept to this level. Ma Yetal, who boasts a record of 2-2 ahead of this could emerge as the lead threat with further progress distinctly possible. Colour Up, who chased home the selection latest, is another holding sound each-way claims once more.