Race 2 - Firebreak Stakes Presented By Longines (Group 3) - Dirt.
Meydan · Friday, 23 Jan · 18:05
· 1m
· DIRT
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:05
Off time
7
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
COMMISSIONER KING (USA
🥈 Second
MENDELSSOHN BAY (USA
🥉 Third
MESHTRI (USA
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 7 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2
1/1
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.33
10/3
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
11
10/1
05 · —
15
14/1
06 · —
21
20/1
07 · —
34
33/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 1 | 3 |
Fort Payne (C)
[B]
Smart horse. C&D winner. Nine wins from 31 Flat runs. Fourteenth of 20 in handicap (17/1) at Deauville (8f, good). Off 166 days. Needs a couple of these to falter.
|
A de Vries | N Caullery | 8 | 58.1 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 2nd | 2 | 6 |
Commissioner King (G)
FAV
[T]
Smart horse. One win from 3 runs last year, latest at Sharjah in November. Very good 1¼ lengths second of 13 to Imperial Emperor in Al Maktoum Mile Stakes at this C&D (20/1) 35 days ago. Expected to be bang there.
|
T P O'Shea | B Seemar | 6 | 57.2 kg |
2
1/1
|
| 1st | 3 | 4 |
Mendelssohn Bay (G)
[BT]
Smart gelding. 4-time course winner. 13/2, respectable 4 lengths third of 13 to Imperial Emperor in Al Maktoum Mile Stakes at this C&D 35 days ago, well positioned. Shortlist material.
|
R Mullen | B Seemar | 5 | 57.2 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 7th | 4 | 5 |
Meshtri (G)
[T1V]
Smart gelding. 3-time C&D winner. 20½ lengths ninth of 13 to Imperial Emperor in Al Maktoum Mile Stakes at this C&D (8/1) 35 days ago. Should be thereabouts.
|
S De Sousa | M Costa | 6 | 57.2 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 4th | 5 | 7 |
Crown Board (G)
Smart gelding. Won twice from 7 starts in 2025. Career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (8f, 5/1) 43 days ago, having run of race. Isn't bred for the dirt but a player for minor money if handling the surface.
|
Hollie Doyle | Jane Chapple-Hyam | 6 | 57.2 kg |
15
14/1
|
| 3rd | 6 | 1 |
Hypnus (C)
[B]
Useful colt. Creditable second of 8 in minor event (22/10) at Fairmount (8.5f). Off 126 days. First run for yard after leaving Kenneth G. McPeek. Has work to do.
|
James Doyle | H Al Jehani | 4 | 57.2 kg |
4.33
10/3
|
| 6th | 7 | 2 |
Made In Dubai (G)
[P]
Useful gelding. C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2024. 18/1, eleventh of 16 in handicap at Meydan (7f, good) 14 days ago. This is a stiff ask back up in grade.
|
Bernardo Pinheiro | S Ghadayer | 7 | 57.2 kg |
34
33/1
|
Betting forecast: Commissioner King (1/1), Hypnus (10/3), Mendelssohn Bay (9/2), Meshtri (10/1), Crown Board (14/1), Fort Payne (20/1), Made In Dubai (33/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 419998.0 AED |
| P2 | 140001.0 AED |
| P3 | 69998.0 AED |
| P4 | 35001.0 AED |
| P5 | 20999.0 AED |