13:30 Meydan

Friday 21 February 2025

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:35

Race 1 - Mina Rashid Presented By Dp World Handicap - Turf

Off time: 13:31 | Winning time: 1m 37.37s

(8)

Condor Pasa^h³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: S Hitchcott| T: F Nass| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 9/2, below form ninth of 16 in handicap at Jebel Ali (7f) 34 days ago. Another not ruled out returned to turf.

Form: 3197-39

(6)

Expert Choice^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Jim Crowley| T: J Olascoaga

4/1

Latest win at Abu Dhabi (7f) in December. 14/1, below form seventh of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 5661-87

(2)

Maplewood⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: O Refai| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Below form eighth of 15 in handicap (20/1) at Meydan (7f) 70 days ago. Booking of Tudhope a plus. Not dismissed lightly on pick of form.

Form: 281468-

(7)

Mount Tambora³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: S De Sousa| T: M Mheiri| C

8/1

Course winner. 10/1 and visored for 1st time, thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Jebel Ali (7f) 34 days ago. Return to turf may help now.

Form: 9745-60

(10)

Mustajaab⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: R Dawson| T: L Botti

18/1

Thirteenth of 16 in handicap (25/1) at this course (7f, good) 7 days ago, badly hampered over 1f out. Still, he has something to prove in any case on what he's achieved in 2 starts for present yard.

Form: 7578-00

(1)

Invincibly¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: O Chavez| T: R Bouresly| C| D

25/1

Successful over 9f here 2 years ago but missed whole of last year and came in last of 14 in handicap at Abu Dhabi (8f, good) on his belated return to action 19 days ago. This should reveal more.

Form: 80314/0

(3)

Tahdeed^t²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Jules Mobian| T: A Al Mehairbi| CD

18/1

C&D winner. 22/1, good sixth of 14 in handicap at Jebel Ali (8f) 20 days ago.

Form: 73/74-56

(5)

Honest Desire^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Andrew Slattery| T: B Seemar

5/1

Fairly useful 6f winner for Charlie Appleby who ran best race for present yard when fifth of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago. Worth a second look on the back of that from 1 lb lower mark.

Form: 61/09-05

(12)

Mythical Dancer^b,t⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: P Cosgrave| T: B Seemar

22/1

Useful form in handful of starts for Charlie Appleby earlier in his career but very lightly raced in recent seasons and he came home last of 8 in handicap here (7f) in December. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: 37200/8-

(11)

El Bosnia¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: V Janacek| T: G Arizkorreta Elosegui

18/1

Latest win at Longchamp in August. Twelfth of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good, 20/1) 14 days ago, shaken up 2f out and weakening. That was his first start for 3 months and he may be sharper with that under his belt.

Form: 83112-0

(9)

Stamford Street^h²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: C Lopez| T: N Petersen

22/1

Hooded for 1st time, twelfth of 13 in handicap (33/1) at Jebel Ali (5f) 20 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 02825-0

(14)

Moonshiner²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: R Mullen| T: J Olascoaga| D

10/1

Three wins from 6 runs last year. Latest win at Maronas in September. 14/1, best effort for present yard when third of 14 in handicap at Jebel Ali (8f) 20 days ago. Needs to build on that now.

Form: 156-83

Sudden Ambush^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: S Ghadayer| D

12/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 14 in handicap at Jebel Ali (8f, 11/1) 20 days ago. Not taken lightly if bouncing back. Reserve 1.

Form: 627-560

Non-Runners

(4)

Silent Speech⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: S Ghadayer J: X Ziani

(13)

Erasmo¹⁹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 7

T: R Bouresly J: S Al Balushi

Lenormand¹⁴

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: O Refai J: Reserve 2

King's Fountain¹⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: Ahmad Bin Harmash J: Reserve 3

Age Of Baroque³⁵

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: L Botti J: Reserve 4

Forecasts

Maplewood (7/2), Expert Choice (4/1), Honest Desire (5/1), Mount Tambora (8/1), Condor Pasa (9/1), Moonshiner (10/1), Sudden Ambush (12/1), El Bosnia (18/1), Tahdeed (18/1), Mustajaab (18/1), Erasmo (20/1), Stamford Street (22/1), Mythical Dancer (22/1), Invincibly (25/1), Silent Speech (33/1)

HONEST DESIRE took a step back in the right direction when fifth in a C&D handicap 2 weeks ago and, still lightly raced at this sort of trip, he could be worth chancing to build on that from a 1 lb lower mark. Maplewood and Expert Choice are others fancied to be thereabouts in an open contest.