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18:00 Meydan (UAE)

Dubai Creek Mile Listed Stakes

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Fast
  • Surface: Dirt
  • AED 250,002 added
  • Winner: AED 149,998
  • 2nd: AED 49,999
  • 3rd: AED 25,000
  • 4th: AED 12,503
Weighed In
  • Off Time: 18:02:17
  • 12 Ran
1(1)
Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulettes, Royal Blue sleeves, striped cap

Maftool (USA)

264 CD
3/1
  • Form 6932-17
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 109

2(2)
Silk - Maroon, white triple-sash, white sleeves, Maroon cap, white star
20/1
  • Form 12-4220
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-0

3(3)
Silk - Royal blue, royal blue sleeves, royal blue cap
12/1
  • Form 230/4-65
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0

4(4)
Silk - Dark blue, gold braid, white sleeves, dark  blue cap
50/1
  • Form 468215
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

5(5)
Silk - Light blue, blue seams, light blue sleeves, black cap

Earnshaw (USA)

11 bt D
14/1
  • Form 5-93864
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

6(6)
Silk - Maroon, White star and sleeves, Maroon cap, White star

Le Bernardin (USA)

285 t CDCD
9/4
  • Form 461-143
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-3

7(7)
Silk - Dark blue, emerald green checked, dark blue sleeves, dark blue, emerald green checked cap
15/8
  • Form 212133
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2

8(8)
Silk - Orange, Black seams and cap
100/1
  • Form 2144/08
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-0

9(9)
Silk - Yellow, black epaulettes, yellow sleeves, yellow cap
25/1
  • Form 06-4214
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-0

10(10)
Silk - Light blue, blue seams, light blue sleeves, light blue cap
  • Form 5/2145-0
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0

11(11)
Silk - Maroon, white stripe, white sleeves, maroon and white striped cap

Need To Know (SAF)

28 bt DCD
33/1
  • Form 939061
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-0

12(12)
Silk - Black, white diabolo, black sleeves, white, black diamonds cap
33/1
  • Form 313231
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0

In depth

Verdict

LE BERNARDIN won this very easily on his reappearance last year before taking a Group 2 on the opening night of the Carnival in January. He was beaten into third by Cool Cowboy on his final start though the winner had an uncontested lead on a lightening-quick surface. Ali Al Rayhi's charge goes very well fresh and can repeat last year's success despite his penalty. Maftool, beat Cool Cowboy half-a-length on his return to action in January, when Footbridge was close up, having won the previous season's UAE 2000 Guineas. He couldn't get involved in the Godolphin Mile, where Cool Cowboy finished an excellent third, but there's very little between any of them. Dormello was in excellent form on Turf at the beginning of this year and has won on Dirt and though Earnshaw, a Group 3 winner in France, hasn't won here he's raced at a high level and is one to note over the coming weeks.

Formwatch

Maftool (USA) 15-2 (9-0) Never better than mid-division, 7th of 0, 16 3/4l behind One Man Band (9-0) at Nad Al Sheba 1m Grp 2 fst in Mar.

Farrier (USA) 100-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, tracked leaders until outpaced final 400m, 13th of 0, 8 1/4l behind Real Steel (9-0) at Nad Al Sheba 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) gf in Mar.

Footbridge (USA) (9-2) 5th of 23, 1 1/4l behind Maftool (9-5) at Meydan 1m hcp fst in Feb.

Long Water (USA) (8-10) 5th of 13, 7l behind Stunned (9-2) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Dec.

Earnshaw (USA) (9-0) 4th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Championship (9-0) at Abu Dhabi 1m gd in Dec.

Le Bernardin (USA) (9-0) 3rd of 8, 4 1/4l behind Cool Cowboy (9-0) at Meydan 1m Grp 3 stks (1) fst in Mar.

Cool Cowboy (USA) (9-6) 3rd of 10, 8 1/4l behind Beachy Head (8-9) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Nov.

Fauvism (USA) 50-1 (9-2) 8th of 16, 8 1/4l behind Torchlighter (9-4) at Meydan 1m 1f hcp gf in Jan.

Dormello (IRE) (9-0) 4th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Khusoosy (8-13) at Abu Dhabi 1m 3f Grp 3 (1) gd in Mar.

Frankyfourfingers (FR) (9-0) 11th of 0, 16 1/2l behind Le Bernardin (9-0) at Meydan 1m Grp 2 stks gf in Jan.

Need To Know (SAF) (8-13) won at Meydan 1m stks fst in Nov beating Heavy Metal (8-13) by 2l, 10 ran.

Fitzgerald (USA) (9-3) won at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Nov beating Bannock (8-7) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.