14:40 Meydan

Friday 5 December 2025

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Race 3 - Ford Mustang Handicap - Dirt

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 1m 12.11s

(8)

Road Bloc^b²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: A Fresu| T: O Refai| CD

3/1

9/1, won 11-runner handicap at this C&D 28 days ago. A repeat of that should see him bang there.

Form: 895191

(4)

Sir Harmony^t,v²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Connor Beasley| T: A Bin Harmash| C| D

6/1

Course winner. 15/2, eighth of 9 in handicap at Jebel Ali (5f) 20 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 171458

(6)

Don Pacifico^t⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: W Buick| T: S & E Crisford| BF| D

11/2

Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap (13/8) at Chelmsford City (6f) 50 days ago. Interesting raider for trainer who does well here, though dirt is the obvious question mark (some hope on pedigree).

Form: 424284

(1)

Tourist³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P J Dobbs| T: D Watson| D

11/4

First run since leaving Robert Cowell when creditable second of 10 in handicap (9/4) at Jebel Ali (5f) 34 days ago. Has good chance if translating that form to Meydan.

Form: 175822

(11)

Welcome Dream²⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar| CD

5/1

C&D winner. 15/2, respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at this course (7f). Off 9 months. First run for yard after leaving D. Watson. Not discounted.

Form: 7531-04

(10)

Impressive Act^t1²⁷¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Chantal Sutherland| T: B Seemar| D

15/2

Career best when winning 12-runner maiden at Abu Dhabi (6f, good). Off 9 months. Yet to get anywhere near that form on dirt.

Form: 426/941

(5)

Sunday Fudge⁵⁸⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: A de Vries| T: Veronika Jandova| D

28/1

Danish raider. Last of 6 in handicap at Klampenborg (7f, good to firm). Off 97 days. First run for yard after leaving Soren Jensen. Faces an uphill task.

Form: 024/942-

(7)

Barq Al Emarat^b²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: S De Sousa| T: I Mohammed| CD

11/1

C&D winner. 7¾ lengths seventh of 11 to Road Bloc in handicap (10/3) at this C&D 28 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 82-1587

Non-Runners

(2)

Arigatou Gozaimasu¹⁴

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: S Ghadayer J: Bernardo Pinheiro

(9)

El Baareq³⁴

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: R Bouresly J: D Tudhope

(3)

Houb Al Wattan³⁴

Weight: 8-9| Age: 5

T: R Bouresly J: V Salgado

Forecasts

Tourist (11/4), Road Bloc (3/1), Welcome Dream (5/1), Don Pacifico (11/2), Sir Harmony (6/1), Impressive Act (15/2), Barq Al Emarat (11/1), Houb Al Wattan (16/1), Arigatou Gozaimasu (25/1), Sunday Fudge (28/1), El Baareq (50/1)

An open-looking handicap, with ROAD BLOC earning the vote. Tourist will be a big threat if stepping up on recent dirt debut, while Don Pacifico is interesting trying this surface for the first time.