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14:20 Meydan (UAE)

District One Magnificent Stretch Handicap - Turf

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Fast
  • Surface: Turf
  • AED 189,998 added
  • Winner: AED 114,001
  • 2nd: AED 37,999
  • 3rd: AED 20,901
  • 4th: AED 11,398
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 36.92s
  • Off Time: 14:20:44
  • 16 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Azmaam (IRE)

11/2

    2
    Silk -

    Ajwad

    20/1

      3
      Silk -

      Tafaakhor (IRE)

      6/1

        4
        Silk -

        Pouvoir Magique (FR)

        11/4

          1(9)
          Silk - Light blue, blue epaulettes, blue, light blue hoop sleeves, white, black star cap

          Pouvoir Magique (FR)

          182 D
          11/4
          • Form 471/199-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-6

          2(3)
          Silk - Dark blue, orange star, dark blue sleeves, dark blue, orange star cap

          Azraff (IRE)

          50 b D
          16/1
          • Form 0/59700-
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-5

          3(7)
          Silk - Yellow, black epaulettes, yellow sleeves, yellow cap

          To Dibba

          154 t BF
          6/1
          • Form 2329/72-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-5

          5(6)
          Silk - White, royal blue diamonds, white sleeves, purple armlets, royal blue cap

          El Chapo

          16 v
          14/1
          • Form 144809-
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-4

          6(14)
          Silk - Yellow, large dark blue spots, yellow sleeves, yellow cap

          G K Chesterton (IRE)

          27 D
          16/1
          • Form 00/8509-
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-4

          7(1)
          Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulettes, Royal Blue sleeves, striped cap

          Azmaam (IRE)

          41
          11/2
          • Form 00/6352-
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-3

          8(10)
          Silk - Orange, Black seams and cap

          Ajwad

          41
          20/1
          • Form 559441-
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-2

          9(13)
          Silk - Royal blue, white epaulets, orange cap

          Fawaareq (IRE)

          41 D
          14/1
          • Form 13307/9-
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-2

          10(11)
          Silk - Royal blue, white epaulets, white cap

          Moqarrar (USA)

          161
          20/1
          • Form 21/9200-
          • Age 4
          • Weight 9-2

          11(5)
          Silk - Yellow, red lion, red armlet, red cap

          Riflescope (IRE)

          22 pt
          10/1
          • Form 973234-
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-2

          12(4)
          Silk - Royal blue, white epaulets, red cap

          Mujeeb

          13 p D
          18/1
          • Form 006034-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-1

          13(2)
          Silk - royal blue, white epaulettes, Black cap

          Tafaakhor (IRE)

          13 D
          6/1
          • Form 894681-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-1

          14(16)
          Silk - yellow, large black spots, black cap

          Billingsgate (IRE)

          13 b D
          20/1
          • Form 179437-
          • Age 8
          • Weight 9-0

          15(15)
          Silk - Black, white, yellow, grey & brown hoops, yellow cap, black hoop, brown peak

          Grand Argentier (FR)

          16 v D
          28/1
          • Form 072255-
          • Age 7
          • Weight 8-13

          16(12)
          Silk - blue and green halved horizontally, white hoop, blue and green halved sleeves, white armlets

          Timeless Flight

          22 vt
          28/1
          • Form 2119/7-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-13

          17(8)
          Silk - Red, white cross belts, lime green sleeves, lime green cap

          Night Castle (IRE)

          231 bt D
          16/1
          • Form 51146-
          • Age 4
          • Weight 8-11

          4(8)
          NR

          Above Normal

          22 b BF
          • Form 919116-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-4

          In depth

          Verdict

          To Dibba was beaten a nose in a Class 2 handicap at Doncaster in August when trained by Roger Varian and would have a chance on that form. AZMAAM ran well in two handicaps here in February and returned to form when beaten a head by Ajwad at Abu Dhabi in November. He's only 1lb better off but was finishing strongly and can take revenge. Tafaakhor had every chance in that latter event and franked the form when scoring over a mile on a return visit. The lightly-raced Night Castle completed an all-weather double for Godolphin last March and looks on a fair mark if ready after a long break while his stable companion Riflescope has been in reasonable form at Jebel Ali and wasn't beaten far on this track at this time last year.

          Formwatch

          Pouvoir Magique (FR) 13-2 (8-13) Held up towards rear, outpaced on outside over 2f out, ridden and stayed on into mid-division inside final furlong, never near leaders, 9th of 15, 5 1/2l behind Tigre du Terre (8-8) at Sandown 1m hcp (2) gf in Jul.

          Azraff (IRE) 25-1 (9-10) 14th of 16, 35 3/4l behind Au Coeur (9-4) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Nov.

          To Dibba 9-4fav (9-4) Led 1f, tracked leader, pushed into lead again 2f out, driven and hard pressed inside final furlong, headed post, 2nd of 8, shd behind Commander Cole (9-9) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Aug.

          El Chapo 20-1 (9-4) 9th of 12, 14 1/4l behind Galvanize (9-6) at Meydan 1m hcp in Dec.

          G K Chesterton (IRE) (9-2) 9th of 14, 7 3/4l behind Forjatt (9-2) at Abu Dhabi 1m gd in Dec.

          Azmaam (IRE) (9-5) 2nd of 13, hd behind Ajwad (9-3) at Abu Dhabi 7f gd in Nov.

          Ajwad (9-3) won at Abu Dhabi 7f gd in Nov beating Azmaam (9-5) by hd, 13 ran.

          Fawaareq (IRE) (9-6) 9th of 13, 5 1/2l behind Ajwad (9-3) at Abu Dhabi 7f gd in Nov.

          Moqarrar (USA) 16-1 (9-7) Raced centre, led and keen, headed over 3f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 15, 12 1/4l behind Crack On Crack On (9-5) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gf in Jul.

          Riflescope (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) 4th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Rocket Power (8-5) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Dec.

          Mujeeb (9-6) 4th of 16, 1 1/4l behind Tafaakhor (9-3) at Abu Dhabi 1m gd in Dec.

          Tafaakhor (IRE) (9-3) won at Abu Dhabi 1m gd in Dec beating Spring Offensive (9-0) by ns, 16 ran.

          Billingsgate (IRE) (9-6) 7th of 16, 2 1/2l behind Tafaakhor (9-3) at Abu Dhabi 1m gd in Dec.

          Grand Argentier (FR) 12-1 (9-4) 5th of 12, 7 1/2l behind Galvanize (9-6) at Meydan 1m hcp in Dec.

          Timeless Flight 16-1 (8-13) 7th of 10, 13 3/4l behind Rocket Power (8-5) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Dec.

          Night Castle (IRE) 13-2 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, edged left and no extra close home, 6th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Ventura Knight (9-7) at Doncaster 1m hcp (3) gf in May.

          Above Normal 7-2jfav (9-4) 6th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Rocket Power (8-5) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Dec.