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8 April 2021

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Distance: 6f
Going: Good

Runners: 16
Type: Flat
Surface: Turf

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(12)

Mutaraffa

J: Antonio Fresu

T: M Al Mheiri

Has run well in carnival sprints on this straight track on last three starts; player

32-224

Age: 5

Weight: 9-11

OR: 102

Days: 33

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
6 Mar 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	G3	9-5	4/14	Final Song (4L)	50/1	98	103
11 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	9-2	2/10	Motafaawit (2½L)	15/8F	96	99
21 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	8-5	2/14	Equilateral (½L)	40/1	91	98
18 Dec 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	6f Fs	Hc	9-6	2/9	Dahawi (1¼L)	7/2	88	90
29 Feb 20	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	Hc	9-3	3/7	Important Mission (8L)	11/2	91	76
2 Jan 20	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	8-7	12/12	Almanaara (44L)	14/1	91	-

(15)

Lavaspin ^v

J: Tadhg O'Shea

T: S Seemar

5 x Distance Winner - Won 5 times before at this distance

Useful dirt sprinter, 3rd in G3 latest, but didn't seem to take to turf penultimate start

1-3563

Age: 7

Weight: 9-6

OR: 98

Days: 33

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
6 Mar 21	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	G3	9-0 v	3/13	Canvassed (3L)	40/1	98	101
11 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	9-4 v	6/10	Motafaawit (7½L)	16/1	98	83
4 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	Hc	9-5 v	5/10	Canvassed (6L)	4/1J	99	90
7 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	Hc	9-11 v	3/8	Taamol (1¾L)	2/1F	99	101
19 Nov 20	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	Hc	9-11 v	1/14	Dahawi (3L)	9/2	93	101
7 Mar 20	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	G3	9-0 v	8/14	Wafy (5L)	40/1	93	88

(10)

Taneen ^t

J: Szczepan Mazur

T: M Al Mheiri

C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance

3 x Distance Winner - Won 3 times before at this distance

Clear win in C&D handicap penultimate go; most recently fifth in Group 3; contender

-43415

Age: 8

Weight: 9-5

OR: 97

Days: 33

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
6 Mar 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	G3	9-5 t	5/14	Final Song (6L)	22/1	97	97
13 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	Hc	9-2 t	1/16	Moshaher (4¾L)	10/1	85	97
30 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	9-2 t	4/15	Moshaher (2L)	5/1	85	85
22 Jan 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	5f Fs	Hc	8-11 t	3/8	Shanaghai City (4½L)	100/30	82	78
7 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	8-10 t	4/15	Etisalat (2L)	9/2F	85	85
18 Dec 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	6f Fs	Hc	9-3	6/9	Dahawi (4¼L)	9/1	85	77

(5)

Way Of Wisdom ^tb

J: Fabrice Veron

T: S Seemar

C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

11lb higher than when winning over C&D last January; others better weighted

-08468

Age: 6

Weight: 9-3

OR: 95

Days: 25

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Mar 21	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	Hc	9-3 tb	8/14	Hakeem (4½L)		97	90
21 Feb 21	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	L	9-2 tb	6/15	Medahim (4¼L)		86	94
13 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	Hc	9-3 tb	4/16	Taneen (5¼L)	16/1	86	82
14 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	7f Gd	Hc	8-5 tb	8/13	Wasim (6L)	22/1	86	77
7 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	9-0 tb	10/15	Etisalat (6¼L)	16/1	88	73
20 Dec 20	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	Hc	9-4 tb	13/14	Nayslayer (12L)		88	65

(16)

Yaalail ^b

J: S Paiva

T: A R Al Rayhi

Effective under these conditions and competitively handicapped

-27975

Age: 6

Weight: 9-3

OR: 95

Days: 25

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Mar 21	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	Hc	9-1 b	5/14	Hakeem (2L)		95	95
6 Mar 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	G3	9-5 b	7/14	Final Song (9¼L)	100/1	95	88
21 Feb 21	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	L	9-2 b	9/15	Medahim (6¾L)		96	87
4 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	HcL	8-9 b	7/14	Man Of Promise (8¾L)	16/1	96	81
14 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	7f Gd	Hc	9-1 b	2/13	Wasim (1L)	16/1	94	99
4 Dec 20	Abu Abu Dhabi	8f Gd	L	9-2 b	7/16	Boerhan (5½L)		96	90

(7)

Alkaraama ^v

J: Bernardo Pinheiro

T: M Al Mheiri

3 x Distance Winner - Won 3 times before at this distance

Useful turf form when trained in GB so maybe this surface switch can see him bounce back

4-8350

Age: 5

Weight: 9-2

OR: 94

Days: 33

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
6 Mar 21	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	G3	9-0 tv	12/13	Canvassed (12½L)	14/1	98	73
18 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	3yG3	9-0 t	5/8	Al Tariq (6¾L)	16/1	100	86
5 Feb 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	5f Fs	L	9-0	3/8	Al Tariq (4¼L)	5/6F	102	87
21 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	G3	9-1	8/9	Switzerland (11L)	25/1	102	79
7 Mar 20	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	G3	9-0	4/14	Wafy (3¼L)	14/1	102	94
21 Feb 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	5f Fs	L	9-0	1/9	Thammin (1½L)	7/1	96	106

(9)

Fanaar ^b

J: Sam Hitchcott

T: Doug Watson

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

Patchy record/winless since switching from GB to UAE but has run OK up this straight track

-62407

Age: 5

Weight: 9-0

OR: 92

Days: 20

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Mar 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs		9-0 b	7/15	Rodaini (12½L)	16/1	97	74
6 Mar 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	G3	9-5 v	14/14	Final Song (16½L)	80/1	95	66
11 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	9-3 b	4/10	Motafaawit (6½L)	11/4	97	85
5 Feb 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	5f Fs	L	9-0 b	2/8	Al Tariq (1¼L)	16/1	97	98
21 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	8-6 b	6/14	Equilateral (3½L)	50/1	97	89
4 Dec 20	Abu Abu Dhabi	8f Gd	L	9-2 b	11/16	Boerhan (8½L)		100	83

(14)

Pennsylvania Dutch

J: Fernando Jara

T: A bin Harmash

6 x Distance Winner - Won 6 times before at this distance

Hasn't stood that much racing in recent times and no obvious promise this term

32/7-8

Age: 7

Weight: 9-0

OR: 92

Days: 63

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
4 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	Hc	8-11	8/10	Canvassed (14L)	33/1	92	56
30 Oct 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs	Hc	8-11	7/9	Mystique Moon (13L)	10/1	92	68
29 Nov 19	Jeb Jebel Ali	6f Fs	Hc	9-5	2/16	Au Coeur (nk)	11/2	90	101
7 Nov 19	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	Hc	9-0	3/7	Waady (2¼L)	4/1	90	90
3 Jul 19	Thi Thirsk	6f GF	3Hc	9-4	1/9	Muscika (¾L)	12/1	86	96
18 Jun 19	Thi Thirsk	6f GS	4Hc	10-0	8/9	Royal Prospect (8L)	11/2	89	73

(11)

Speedy Move ^b

J: Richard Mullen

T: S Seemar

C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance

4 x Distance Winner - Won 4 times before at this distance

Beaten Favourite - Losing favourite last time out

Off since January and 5lb higher than when winning over C&D last season

0187-4

Age: 9

Weight: 8-13

OR: 91

Days: 84

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	7f Fs	Hc	8-10 v	4/13	Gervais (3¼L)	7/2J	75	74
17 Dec 20	Mey Meydan	7f Fs	Hc	8-4 v	7/16	Madkhal (8¾L)	17/2	77	67
5 Nov 20	Mey Meydan	7f Fs	Hc	8-10 v	8/10	Kinver Edge (13½L)	9/2	77	50
12 Mar 20	Mey Meydan	7f Fs	Hc	8-7 v	1/14	Davy Lamp (2L)	5/1	72	86
13 Feb 20	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	8-6 v	12/12	Waady (6L)	9/1	91	73
1 Feb 20	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	Hc	8-10 v	1/16	Shajjy (1¼L)	3/1F	86	86

(8)

Ayaad

J: Abdul Aziz Al Balushi ³

T: A R Al Rayhi

Lightly raced in France where he won two AW/turf races over slightly further

/5143-

Age: 4

Weight: 8-11

OR: 90

Days: 206

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Sep 20	Tls Toulouse	7f Gd	3y	9-0	3/7	Light Blush (nk)		-	82
29 Jul 20	Lel Le Lion-D'Angers	7f GS	3y	9-0	4/8	Honey Cake (6¼L)	29/10	-	-
5 Jun 20	Agr Angers	7f Sft	3y	9-2	1/7	Kraquante (nse)	23/10	-	-
13 May 20	Cha Chantilly	6f GS	3y	9-2	5/11	Hurricane Ivor (5½L)	26/5	-	82
28 Nov 19	Dea Deauville	6.5f St	2y	9-2	1/14	Miss Extra (hd)	41/10	-	82
24 Oct 19	Dea Deauville	8f Hy	2y	9-2	8/13	Nat King (8½L)	17/5	-	61

(1)

Laieth

J: Adrie de Vries

T: Fawzi Abdulla Nass

Last win gained in GB in 2019 and struggled last two starts, but 3rd in C&D G3 last March

0-7600

Age: 6

Weight: 8-11

OR: 90

Days: 20

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Mar 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs	Hc	9-6	12/16	Almoreb (16½L)	12/1	85	51
21 Feb 21	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	L	9-2	13/15	Medahim (11L)		92	77
14 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	7f Gd	Hc	9-0	6/13	Wasim (3¾L)	17/2	93	91
7 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	9-6	7/15	Etisalat (4½L)	18/1	94	85
4 Dec 20	Abu Abu Dhabi	8f Gd	L	9-2	16/16	Boerhan (20L)		95	56
7 Mar 20	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	G3	9-0	3/16	Wildman Jack (7L)	80/1	95	94

(2)

Riflescope ^tp

J: Malin Holmberg

T: S Seemar

C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance

Out of sorts yet still 2lb higher than last success which came over C&D in February 2019

80-000

Age: 8

Weight: 8-11

OR: 90

Days: 20

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Mar 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs	Hc	9-6 tp	13/16	Almoreb (19L)	25/1	85	44
5 Mar 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	6f Fs	Hc	9-10 tp	11/11	Lytham St Annes (32L)	14/1	89	5
21 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	8-5 tp	11/14	Equilateral (7L)	40/1	96	75
11 Dec 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs	Hc	9-5 tp	15/16	Karaginsky (37L)	12/1	90	2
15 Nov 20	Abu Abu Dhabi	8f Gd		8-13 tp	8/14	Boerhan (8¾L)		99	82
30 Oct 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs	Hc	8-9 tp	2/9	Mystique Moon (5¼L)	10/1	90	86

(6)

Shanaghai City

J: J Rosales

T: R Bouresly

Versatile, but run poorly on last two starts; this requires his best turf run by some way

416200

Age: 5

Weight: 8-11

OR: 90

Days: 20

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Mar 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs		9-0	15/15	Rodaini (45L)	16/1	93	-
6 Mar 21	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	G3	9-0	13/13	Canvassed (20L)	80/1	95	49
19 Feb 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs	Hc	9-8	2/15	Karaginsky (shd)	8/1	90	96
5 Feb 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	5f Fs	L	9-0	6/8	Al Tariq (8L)	13/2	90	74
22 Jan 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	5f Fs	Hc	8-10	1/8	Dahawi (3¼L)	5/1	81	93
10 Jan 21	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	Hc	8-11	4/13	Adventurous (½L)		81	82

(4)

Cardsharp

J: Royston Ffrench

T: S bin Ghadayer

3 x Distance Winner - Won 3 times before at this distance

Smart in Britain, although not won since 2019; struggled both UAE starts

990-00

Age: 6

Weight: 8-10

OR: 89

Days: 20

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Mar 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs		9-0 tp	12/15	Rodaini (19½L)	14/1	89	58
21 Feb 21	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	L	9-2 t	14/15	Medahim (17L)		89	61
7 Oct 20	Kem Kempton (AW)	7f St/Slw	3Hc	9-12	11/14	Light And Dark (8L)	28/1	95	85
26 Sep 20	Hay Haydock	8f Gd	2Hc	9-3	9/9	Danyah (9L)	12/1	97	87
11 Sep 20	San Sandown	7f Gd	2Hc	9-6	9/10	Breath Of Air (6¾L)	13/2	98	88
29 Aug 20	Goo Goodwood	7f Sft	2Hc	9-5	3/8	Cold Stare (1½L)	13/2	98	102

(3)

Cenotaph

J: Ryan Curatolo

T: E Charpy

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

This surface switch may help, but still seems unlikely to figure

0/00-8

Age: 9

Weight: 8-10

OR: 89

Days: 34

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
5 Mar 21	Jeb Jebel Ali	6f Fs	Hc	9-10	8/11	Lytham St Annes (22L)	16/1	89	34
20 Mar 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs		9-0	11/15	Thegreatcollection (28L)	20/1	96	26
7 Mar 20	Mey Meydan	6f Fs	G3	9-0	11/14	Wafy (10L)	40/1	100	71
31 Aug 19	Cfd Chelmsford (AW)	7f St	2Hc	9-10 p¹	15/15	War Glory (11L)	5/1	104	82
22 Jun 19	Asc Ascot	6f GF	2Hc	9-2	20/26	Cape Byron (9½L)	20/1	100	81
18 Apr 19	Nmk Newmarket	7f GF	2Hc	9-7	9/10	Mubtasim (14L)	14/1	105	76

(13)

Etisalat ^tb

J: Shakir Al Balushi ⁶

T: A R Al Rayhi

Course Winner - Won before at this course

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

Won over 5f here in January and runner-up at Al Ain latest; claims

0-1652

Age: 6

Weight: 8-6

OR: 85

Days: 27

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
12 Mar 21	Ala Al Ain	5f Fs	Hc	9-7 tb	2/15	Rayig (½L)		74	80
13 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	Hc	9-2 tb	5/16	Taneen (5¾L)	4/1	85	80
30 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	9-2 tb	6/15	Moshaher (3¼L)	4/1F	85	81
7 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	8-5 tb	1/15	Dahawi (½L)	33/1	80	87
17 Dec 20	Mey Meydan	7f Fs	Hc	8-8 tb	10/16	Madkhal (11½L)	20/1	78	61
11 Dec 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	7f Fs	Hc	8-8 tb	7/16	Karaginsky (14½L)	20/1	80	51

Alfolk

T: Doug Watson

4-2840

Age: 6

Weight: 8-6

OR: 85

Days: 4

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
4 Apr 21	Abu Abu Dhabi	8f Gd	Hc	9-3	12/15	Zaman (12L)		87	67
12 Mar 21	Ala Al Ain	5f Fs	Hc	9-0	4/15	Rayig (3½L)		67	62
13 Feb 21	Mey Meydan	6f Gd	Hc	9-5 v	8/16	Taneen (9½L)	11/2	88	72
30 Jan 21	Mey Meydan	5f Gd	Hc	9-4 v	2/15	Moshaher (1¼L)	16/1	87	90
20 Dec 20	Abu Abu Dhabi	7f Gd	Hc	9-5 v	4/14	Nayslayer (6¾L)		89	80
11 Dec 20	Jeb Jebel Ali	5f Fs	Hc	8-13 v	5/15	Shanaghai City (4½L)	11/1	68	58