14:50 Meydan

Friday 6 March 2026

All13:3014:0514:5015:2516:0016:3517:1017:45

Race 3 - Downtown Dash Handicap - Turf

Off time: 14:52 | Winning time: 1m 55.19s

(3)

Native American^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: D Tudhope| T: H Al Jehani| CD

9/2

Course winner in December. 18/1, respectable third of 12 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 56 days ago. Form of last race is working out and has to be taken seriously.

Form: 3261-32

(10)

Involvement²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: S De Sousa| T: S & E Crisford| D

12/1

Off 17 months, eleventh of 15 in handicap at this course (9f, good, 20/1) 28 days ago. Has been given some help from the handicapper.

Form: 71435/0

(5)

Jeff Koons²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: K Shoemark| T: H Al Jehani| D

18/1

Below form seventh of 12 in handicap at this course (9f, good, 16/1) 56 days ago. Merits consideration on pick of efforts.

Form: 3204-78

(8)

Masai Moon^p1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby| D

10/11

Good second of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good, 7/1) 14 days ago. Is unexposed and looks sure to be in the mix on the back of that promising effort.

Form: 1/7104-2

(15)

Sean¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-3| J: A de Vries| T: J A Osborne| CD

20/1

C&D winner in January. 18/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap over C&D (good) 14 days ago. Is well treated on old form but can be a hostage to his own fortune at times.

Form: 88-7100

(11)

Emperor's Star⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: R Mullen| T: C Appleby

8/1

Creditable second of 15 in handicap at this course (9f, good, 5/2) 84 days ago. Raised 2 Ib but entitled to be in the mix.

Form: 15/6392-

(4)

Miss Of Change¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: P Cosgrave| T: M N Nieslanik| D

50/1

Winner of listed race at La Teste in August. 7½ lengths fifth of 7 to Fairy Glen in Balanchine (50/1) at this course (9f, good) 14 days ago. Drops in grade. Others more persuasive on recent form.

Form: 517-665

(2)

Dante's Lad^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Ray Dawson| T: Ian Williams| D

12/1

18/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Looks competitive on form and has a much better draw this time.

Form: 258-399

(1)

Excel Power^h¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: S Ghadayer| D

33/1

Won 2 handicaps at Jebel Ali in January. 9/2, 7¾ lengths seventh of 11 to Killer Collect in listed race there (9.7f) 19 days ago. Should fare better back in a handicap.

Form: 432-117

(14)

High Season^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar

12/1

11/1, very good third of 14 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good) 21 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 1/0670-3

(7)

Monaadah^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Chantal Sutherland| T: B Seemar| C

33/1

Course winner. 66/1, respectable fourth of 16 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 28 days ago. On a handy mark.

Form: 0099-04

(12)

Blue Trail¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: F Goncalves| T: K Ramadan| CD

40/1

Course winner. Fourth of 15 in handicap (33/1) at Abu Dhabi (8f, good) 13 days ago.

Form: 0/0-0004

Non-Runners

(13)

See Hector²⁷

Weight: 9-11| Age: 7

T: D Watson J: P J Dobbs

(6)

Jenilat Bright²¹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: M N Nieslanik J: S Mokrosova

(9)

Markoon⁶⁹

Weight: 8-5| Age: 5

T: D Watson J: S Hitchcott

(15)

Nimble Boy²¹

Weight: 8-5| Age: 4

T: B Seemar J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Masai Moon (10/11), Native American (9/2), Emperor's Star (8/1), Involvement (12/1), Dante's Lad (12/1), High Season (12/1), See Hector (12/1), Jeff Koons (18/1), Sean (20/1), Excel Power (33/1), Monaadah (33/1), Markoon (33/1), Blue Trail (40/1), Miss Of Change (50/1), Jenilat Bright (50/1)

Charlie Appleby's MASAI MOON has few miles on the clock and appeals the most in a typically competitive turf handicap. Native American is a big danger and can take second ahead of Emperor's Star and Jeff Koons.