Racecards
18:00 Meydan (UAE)
Jaguar E - Pace - Handicap - Turf
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- AED 459,261 added
- Winner: AED 262,741
- 2nd: AED 99,384
- 3rd: AED 49,372
- 4th: AED 22,598
Verdict
Hornsby won a minor handicap over 7f at the beginning of the year but improved on that when runner-up in a much better race over this trip. He wasn't disgraced back over 7f in a Group 2 a fortnight ago and looks reasonably treated. Mike De Kock hasn't really started firing and Kenilworth Group 2 winner Icy Trail was a long way behind the former last month, though he'll have needed the race. The stable look to have a better chance with Suyoof, a winner here a year ago and having his first subsequent start when catching the eye last month. HORS DE COMBAT was behind Hornsby last time but that was his first start since October. He'd been beaten narrowly by Khafoo Shememi in a Sandown Listed contest a month earlier and has a 9lb advantage with Richard Hannon's charge so should have no problems reversing the form. Another Touch, a Listed winner at Pontefract in July, needed his comeback and is just the type to do well here.
Formwatch
Suyoof (AUS) 10-1 (9-1) 5th of 16, 4 1/2l behind D'bai (9-3) at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Jan.
Khafoo Shememi (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) 4th of 16, 5l behind Salsabeel (9-0) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Jan.
Salateen 20-1 (9-0) 14th of 16, 10 3/4l behind D'bai (9-3) at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Jan.
Icy Trail (SAF) 16-1 (9-1) 13th of 16, 11 1/4l behind Salsabeel (9-0) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Jan.
Tashweeq (IRE) 25-1 (9-6) 9th of 10, 34 3/4l behind Drafted (8-9) at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Feb.
Another Touch 10-1 (8-11) 6th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Light The Lights (9-5) at Meydan 1m 2f hcp fst in Jan.
Hornsby 16-1 (9-0) 6th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Jungle Cat (9-0) at Meydan 7f Grp 2 (1) gd in Feb.
Manahir (FR) 16-1 (9-0) 6th of 7, 16 1/4l behind Shamaal Nibras (9-0) at Jebel Ali 1m Grp 3 fst in Jan.
Hors De Combat 8-1 (8-8) 3rd of 16, 4 1/4l behind Salsabeel (9-0) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Jan.
London Protocol (FR) 40-1 (8-8) 12th of 16, 10l behind Salsabeel (9-0) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Jan.
Treasury Notes (IRE) (9-0) 13th of 16, 14 1/2l behind Shamaal Nibras (9-0) at Jebel Ali 7f stks fst in Mar.
Our Last Summer (IRE) (9-6) 7th of 3, 1l behind Vortex (9-4) at Ovrevoll 1m lst (1) gd in Jul.