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17:20 Meydan (UAE)

Emirates Skywards Handicap

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Fast
  • Surface: Dirt
  • AED 124,999 added
  • Winner: AED 75,001
  • 2nd: AED 25,002
  • 3rd: AED 13,751
  • 4th: AED 7,499
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 42.26s
  • Off Time: 17:20:18
  • 10 Ran
1(9)
Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulettes, Royal Blue sleeves, striped cap
6/5
  • Form 3214-92
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6

2(7)
Silk - Maroon, white triple-sash, white sleeves, Maroon cap, white star
20/1
  • Form 421-09
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4

3(5)
Silk - Black, white, yellow, grey & brown hoops, yellow cap, black hoop, brown peak
6/1
  • Form 86-3291
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-3

4(10)
Silk - Dark blue, large yellow spots, dark blue sleeves, dark blue cap
8/1
  • Form 5-15086
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

5(6)
Silk - Green, white stripes, white stripes on sleeves, red armlet, green cap
16/1
  • Form 2-43584
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0

6(1)
Silk - Red, white cross belts, lime green sleeves, lime green cap
12/1
  • Form 005-937
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-10

7(4)
Silk - Light blue, blue seams, light blue sleeves, light blue cap
5/1
  • Form 323326/
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-10

8(2)
Silk - royal blue, white epaulettes, Black cap

Alraased (USA)

264 b D
25/1
  • Form 0/8000-5
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-6

9(8)
Silk - red, black stars, red sleeves, red cap

Esteban

292 t
50/1
  • Form 4460-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-6

10(3)
Silk - Black, white chevron, white stars on red sleeves, red cap

Sailorman (IRE)

237 t D
50/1
  • Form 5/000-05
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-6

In depth

Verdict

Famous Warrior has won five times in his career but generally needs a run to bring him to his peak. Nathr scoed at Leicester for Charles Hills and very nearly doubled his tally at Al Ain in March but Alraased hasn't shown much since scoring twice for John Dunlop in 2012. TIDES RISE showed plenty of promise in four starts at Chantilly and could have got in lightly. This doesn't look the toughest of races and he's taken to make a successful reappearance. Ramonti Flash is inconsistent he's perfectly capable of winning this at his best and has won first-time-back here in the past while Court Room landed a Newbury maiden last October but hasn't shown much in two starts for new connections.

Formwatch

Nathr (USA) (9-1) 2nd of 12, shd behind Black Snowflake (8-13) at Al Ain 7f hcp fst in Mar.

Court Room (IRE) (9-2) 9th of 10, 13 1/4l behind Hacienda (9-4) at Jinma Lake Racecourse 1m hcp gd in Apr.

Famous Warrior (IRE) (8-12) won at Sharjah 1m 2f stks fst in Mar beating Al Nassa (9-1) by shd, 11 ran.

Grilletto (USA) 5-1fav (9-6) 6th of 15, 13 1/2l behind Lanadam (9-0) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Oct.

Tides Rise (USA) 11-2 (8-11) 4th of 7, 1 1/2l behind Lotus (9-1) at Chantilly 1m 1f stks gd in Jun.

Ramonti Flash (IRE) 12-1 (8-6) 7th of 11, 10 1/4l behind Ormindo (8-13) at Jebel Ali 1m 1f stks fst in Mar.

Split Rock 12-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Nezar (9-1) at Chester 7f (3) gd in Aug.

Alraased (USA) (8-6) 5th of 10, 18 1/4l behind Dubai Iconic (9-5) at Meydan 1m stks fst in Feb.

Esteban 16-1 (8-11) last of 14, dist behind Ormindo (9-2) at Meydan 1m 1f hcp fst in Jan.

Sailorman (IRE) (8-8) 5th of 15, 8 1/4l behind Westhoughton (8-4) at Al Ain 1m hcp fst in Mar.