Si comincia sui 1400 metri con un Hp che vede tre soggetti sopra tutti: Raven’s Corner che nelle ultime tre non ha mai sbagliato, King Cole molto migliorato all’ultima uscita, Alareef trained MF De Cock, che dei due alfieri schierati da Hamdan Al Maktoum intriga di più. Si prosegue sui 1800 metri delle Balanchine, G2, in cui Very Special per i colori di Godolphin potrebbe proseguire in modo efficace, all’ultima ha vinto, oggi ovviamente sale di categoria ed incontra una agguerrita Muffri’Ha. Hp sui 1400 metri alla terza della giornata, pista Dirt, sono in otto al via e sono quattro gli alfieri di Hamdan Al maktoum: Fannaan, Sahaafy, Raafid, Shaishee, vada per Fannan. Siamo allo Sprint sui 1000 metri, G3, pista in erba per soggetti di 3 anni. Bellissima corsa con undici soggetti al via: Jungle Cat per Godolphin dopo il secondo posto all’ultima uscita è soggetto molto seguito, Sole Power è atteso ad un progresso, Ertijaal è il favorito ovvio e spera di proseguire nel filotto di grandi prestazioni che sino ad ora ha saputo sfornare. Zabeel Mile, Gruppo 2, Turf per soggetti di 3 anni ed oltre: Cymric è a 7/1 al betting inglese, Flash Fire a 7/2. Entrambi con giubba Godolphin, i citati sono pronti ad arginare l’attacco degli altri cinque al via, tra i quali spicca Championship in formissima e dato anche lui a 7/2. Il favorito è però il trainer MF De Cock con Noah From Goa a 3/1 che avrà in sella Soumillon e sarà supportato dal collega di training e colori Light The Lights che si gioca a 7/1. Outsider Gifted Master a 10/1. Belissima corsa !! Hp sul miglio classico, 1600 metri, Dirt, al via soggetti di 3 anni ed oltre: c’è Brex Drago al via che potrebbe finalmente essere pronto, l’italiano trained Marco Botti e con in sella Antonio Fresu è però poco considerato al betting inglese, 20/1. I favoriti sono: Heavy Metal che nella categoria ci sembra possa aver un altro passo e American Hope molto progredito. La sorpresa e inquilino difficile per tutti è Nathr che ha vinto all’ultima uscita. Ultima della riunione, 2000 metri, Dubai Millennium Stakes G3, pista in erba, al via soggetti di 3 anni ed oltre. Diciamo che il soggetto da battere è Promising Run, soggetto preparato per questa corsa, Oisin Murphy in sella, Saeed bin Suroor trainer, ha vinto all’ultima uscita. Gli avversari più ostici sulla carta sono: Sanshaawes, il favorito Zarak per i colori dell’Aga Khan (che quest’anno per ora è poco presente in Dubai coi suoi effettivi) ed Elliptique con Richard Mullen in sella che spinge come un forsennato.
Milano, 15/02/2017
Daniele Fortuzzi
Al Fahidi Fort winner, Championship bids to double up in the Group 2 Zabeel Mile at Meydan Racecourse on Thursday February 16, 2017
Credit: Dubai Racing Club//Andrew Watkins
Championship Seeks More Carnival Honours for Harmash in Zabeel Mile
Championship Seeks More Carnival Honours for Harmash in Zabeel Mile
Mike de Kock and Godolphin Heavy Hitters Feature on Classy Card
Championship hunts a second Group 2 victory at Meydan Racecourse in the featured US$250,000 Zabeel Mile on Thursday evening.
The Ahmed Bin Harmash-trained six-year-old appears on a Dubai World Cup Carnival card bristling with no less than four Group races and seeks to follow up on his Group 2 Al Fahidi Fort victory of four weeks ago.
He faces six rivals in Thursday’s 1600m contest having won the 1400m Al Fahidi Fort by an impressive three and a half lengths.
The mount of Colm O’Donoghue, he has already won the Listed National Day Cup at Abu Dhabi over 1600m, so the trip is not a problem but he does have a penalty for his Al Fahidi Fort success.
“He is in very good form and we are really looking forward to running him again,” said Bin Harmash. “Obviously he has a penalty but conditions will suit him and we expect a big run.”
On his penultimate start Championship was caught, in the dying strides, by the Mike de Kock-trained Light The Lights in the 1800m Listed Singspiel Stakes.
Subsequently second, over the same course and distance, in the Group 2 Al Rashidiya, Light The Lights is back in opposition under Bernard Fayd’Herbe but stable jockey, Christophe Soumillon, elects to ride Noah From Goa, a closing third behind Championship in the Al Fahidi Fort.
“Both mine are very well and should be competitive,” said De Kock who, with three previous winners, is the most successful trainer in the race’s history.
“Noah From Goa needed his first run and has certainly improved from it.
“It is probably a shorter than ideal trip for Light The Lights but he is in great form and this looks a good spot to run him again before, probably, stepping him up in trip on Super Saturday.”
Also doubly represented is Charlie Appleby who saddles both Cymric and Flash Fire for Godolphin. The latter, second to Championship and in front of Noah From Goa in the Al Fahidi Fort, is the choice of William Buick.
Having won the race in each of the last two years with Safety Check, who on each occasion had previously landed the Al Fahidi Fort, they are seeking a third consecutive victory in the race.
Appleby said: “Flash Fire produced a career best in the Al Fahidi Fort and has since produced another strong performance back in a handicap.
“Like Safety Check, who won this race for us the last twice, he is a very good 1400m horse who stays the ‘easy’ 1600m at Meydan.
“He is in great form and looks to have a decent chance.
“We were very pleased with Cymric’s first run and he has come out of that race in good order. He has solid Group 1 form so, if returning to anything like that level, he is going to be a serious contender.”
Mickael Barzalona rides Cymric, winner of a course and distance handicap, under Buick, on his first start for the yard two weeks ago.
Earlier on the card, Godolphin’s Very Special, the mount of Jim Crowley, would appear to hold very strong claims of landing the 1800m Group 2 Balanchine Stakes sponsored by Citizen K.
Winner of the same race last year, the Saeed bin Suroor-trained filly had already won the 1600m Group 2 Cape Verdi Stakes, just as she did again, three weeks ago.
Crowley was in the saddle then when all six of her rivals on Thursday were in arrears but his mount does have a penalty this time.
“Very Special was impressive in the Cape Verdi and continues in great form,” said Bin Suroor. “We are expecting her to go very close and her last piece of work was very good.”
fonte : Dubai Racing Club
Flash Fire & Cymric out to make mark in Zabeel Mile
Flash Fire and Cymric, who have both been successful in handicaps at this year’s Dubai World Cup Carnival, take a step back up in class for trainer Charlie Appleby in the G2 Zabeel Mile (20.50hrs local time) on turf at Meydan, UAE, on Thursday, February 16.
Flash Fire (William Buick, drawn one), a five-year-old son of Shamardal, stormed to a decisive win over seven furlongs on his seasonal return on January 5 and has subsequently twice finished second over the same course and distance, in the G2 Al Fahidi Fort on January 19 and when going down by a nose in a handicap on February 9.
Four-year-old Cymric (Mickael Barzalona, drawn seven), a close second at G1 level as a juvenile, made an exciting debut for his new trainer on February 2 when running on to score by a half-length in a mile handicap.
A field of seven for the Zabeel Mile also includes Championship and Noah From Goa, who were first and third in the Al Fahidi Fort.
Charlie Appleby said: “Flash Fire produced a career best in the Al Fahidi Fort and backed that run up with another good performance in handicap company on his latest start, when he was narrowly beaten.
“He has been taking his racing well in Dubai and I think he will be fine on the easy mile at Meydan. He goes into the race in good health and doesn’t look out of place in this field.
“I was very pleased Cymric’s first start for our stable and he looks to have come out of that race in good order.
“He was placed in a G1 as a juvenile and he is going to be a contender if he can return to that level of form.”
Also on Thursday’s Dubai World Cup Carnival card, Jungle Cat drops back down to five furlongs for the 11-runner G3 Meydan Sprint (20.15hrs) on turf.
The Charlie Appleby-trained five-year-old Iffraaj horse, partnered on Thursday by William Buick, was beaten a neck by stable companion Baccarat over a furlong further on his first appearance of the year in a Meydan turf handicap on January 26.
He went down by a nose to Fityaan in last year’s Meydan Sprint and subsequently ran another excellent race over the same course and distance when taking fourth in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint on Dubai World Cup Night.
Ertijaal, second in the Al Quoz Sprint, and veteran multiple G1 scorer Sole Power feature among the rivals for Jungle Cat who is drawn in stall one.
Charlie Appleby added: “Jungle Cat ran well on his seasonal return, when he was just denied by Baccarat.
“He was always going to come on for that run and the drop back to five furlongs will not be an inconvenience as he is tried and tested over that trip.”
fonte : Godolphin
Partenti del Meeting di Meydan, Riunione di giovedì 16 febbraio 2017
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| PARTENTI GIOVEDÌ - 16/02/2017 |
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| N° | CAVALLO | FANTINO | PESO | P.P | |||||||||
| 01 | FENCING | B REIS | 60 | 12 | |||||||||
| 02 | ALAREEF | J CROWLEY | 57.5 | 11 | |||||||||
| 03 | INDIANAPOLIS | A DE VRIES | 57.5 | 7 | |||||||||
| 04 | MUHTARAM | F JARA | 56.5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 05 | RIFLESCOPE | P COSGRAVE | 56 | 8 | |||||||||
| 06 | MODERN HISTORY | G BUCKELL | 54 | 2 | |||||||||
| 07 | BOCHART | A FRESU | 55 | 9 | |||||||||
| 08 | ESTIDRAAK | D O’NEILL | 55 | 10 | |||||||||
| 09 | MATHEMATICS | P DOBBS | 55 | 3 | |||||||||
| 10 | RAVEN’S CORNER | R MULLEN | 55 | 4 | |||||||||
| 11 | TEMPUS TEMPORIS | Z KASHIRGOV | 55 | 13 | |||||||||
| 12 | KING COLE | S HITCHCOTT | 53.5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 13 | ALWAYS WELCOME | T O’SHEA | 53 | 6 | |||||||||
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| N° | CAVALLO | FANTINO | PESO | P.P | |||||||||
| 01 | SILVER STEP | M BARZALONA | 57 | 1 | |||||||||
| 02 | OPAL TIARA | O MURPHY | 57 | 2 | |||||||||
| 03 | ANAHITA | R FFRENCH | 57 | 3 | |||||||||
| 04 | MUFFRI’HA | P COSGRAVE | 57 | 4 | |||||||||
| 05 | VERY SPECIAL | J CROWLEY | 58.5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 06 | REALTRA | A ATZENI | 57 | 6 | |||||||||
| 07 | VIA FIRENZE | M GUYON | 57 | 7 | |||||||||
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| PARTENTI GIOVEDÌ - 16/02/2017 |
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| N° | CAVALLO | FANTINO | PESO | P.P | |||||||||
| 01 | WILD DUDE | P SMULLEN | 60 | 6 | |||||||||
| 02 | FANNAAN | D O’NEILL | 58.5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 03 | SAHAAFY | F JARA | 58 | 5 | |||||||||
| 04 | ROSS | A DE VRIES | 57.5 | 7 | |||||||||
| 05 | STUNNED | P DOBBS | 56 | 4 | |||||||||
| 06 | RAAFID | S HITCHCOTT | 55.5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 07 | SHAISHEE | J CROWLEY | 55.5 | 8 | |||||||||
| 08 | ENCIPHER | T O’SHEA | 55 | 3 | |||||||||
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| PARTENTI GIOVEDÌ - 16/02/2017 |
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| N° | CAVALLO | FANTINO | PESO | P.P | |||||||||
| 01 | JUNGLE CAT | W BUICK | 57 | 1 | |||||||||
| 02 | MOVIESTA | W LEE | 57 | 2 | |||||||||
| 03 | SOLE POWER | P SMULLEN | 57 | 3 | |||||||||
| 04 | DRAGON FALLS | B REIS | 57 | 4 | |||||||||
| 05 | LINE OF REASON | R MULLEN | 57 | 5 | |||||||||
| 06 | SPEED HAWK | C HAYES | 57 | 6 | |||||||||
| 07 | CASPIAN PRINCE | P DOBBS | 57 | 7 | |||||||||
| 08 | ERTIJAAL | J CROWLEY | 57 | 8 | |||||||||
| 09 | WATCHABLE | C O’DONOGHUE | 57 | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | HARRY HURRICANE | P COSGRAVE | 57 | 10 | |||||||||
| 11 | THE HAPPY PRINCE | A DE VRIES | 58 | 11 | |||||||||
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| N° | CAVALLO | FANTINO | PESO | P.P | |||||||||
| 01 | CYMRIC | M BARZALONA | 57 | 1 | |||||||||
| 02 | CHAMPIONSHIP | C O’DONOGHUE | 58.5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 03 | GIFTED MASTER | P SMULLEN | 57 | 3 | |||||||||
| 04 | FANCIFUL ANGEL | D MUSCUTT | 57 | 4 | |||||||||
| 05 | LIGHT THE LIGHTS | B FAYD’HERBE | 57 | 5 | |||||||||
| 06 | NOAH FROM GOA | C SOUMILLON | 57 | 6 | |||||||||
| 07 | FLASH FIRE | W BUICK | 57 | 7 | |||||||||
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| N° | CAVALLO | FANTINO | PESO | P.P | |||||||||
| 01 | FOOTBRIDGE | W BUICK | 60 | 10 | |||||||||
| 02 | HEAVY METAL | M BARZALONA | 59.5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 03 | AMERICAN HOPE | A DE VRIES | 58.5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 04 | BREX DRAGO | A FRESU | 58.5 | 7 | |||||||||
| 05 | NATHR | J CROWLEY | 57.5 | 3 | |||||||||
| 06 | NEED TO KNOW | P COSGRAVE | 57 | 5 | |||||||||
| 07 | DIFERENT DIMENSION | R MULLEN | 56.5 | 9 | |||||||||
| 08 | BEACHY HEAD | T O’SHEA | 55.5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 09 | CORNWALLVILLE | O MURPHY | 55.5 | 8 | |||||||||
| 10 | CALDER PRINCE | R KINGSCOTE | 55 | 1 | |||||||||
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| N° | CAVALLO | FANTINO | PESO | P.P | |||||||||
| 01 | SANSHAAWES | P COSGRAVE | 57 | 1 | |||||||||
| 02 | ELLIPTIQUE | R MULLEN | 59.5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 03 | MANSON | P DOBBS | 56.5 | 3 | |||||||||
| 04 | ZARAK | C SOUMILLON | 56.5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 05 | EARNSHAW | M BARZALONA | 57 | 5 | |||||||||
| 06 | ELITE EXCALIBUR | M RODD | 57 | 6 | |||||||||
| 07 | FAUVISM | B REIS | 57 | 7 | |||||||||
| 08 | MASTER THE WORLD | D O’NEILL | 57 | 8 | |||||||||
| 09 | KHUSOOSY | J CROWLEY | 57 | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | PROMISING RUN | O MURPHY | 56 | 10 | |||||||||
