Race 5 - Dubawi Stakes Sponsored By France Galop (Group 3) - Dirt.
Meydan · Friday, 2 Jan · 19:50
· 6f
· DIRT
WEIGHEDIN
Status
15:50
Off time
6
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 7 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.88
15/8
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.25
9/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
3.75
11/4
04 · —
5
4/1
05 · —
9
8/1
06 · —
13
12/1
07 · —
23
22/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 1 | 6 |
Dark Saffron (G)
[B]
Smart gelding. 4-time C&D winner, including last year's Golden Shaheen. 8/15, well-beaten last of 7 to El Nasseeb in listed race over C&D 28 days ago. Should be bang there if back to best.
|
17-5662 | Connor Beasley | Ahmad Bin Harmash | 4 | 59 kg |
3.25
9/4
|
| 2nd | 2 | 5 |
Mufasa (H)
[BT]
Smart horse. 8 lengths fourth of 7 to El Nasseeb in listed race (9/2) at this C&D 28 days ago. Could go well under O'Shea.
|
1/64-243 | T P O'Shea | B Seemar | 7 | 57.2 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| 1st | 3 | 4 |
El Nasseeb (H)
FAV
Smart colt. 3-time C&D winner. Two wins from 5 runs last year. Career best when winning 7-runner listed race at this C&D (11/1) 28 days ago by 3½ lengths from Colour Up. Lightly raced and should get ideal pace setup.
|
011-121 | S De Sousa | M Mheiri | 5 | 57.2 kg |
2.88
15/8
|
| — | 4 | 2 |
Drew's Gold (G)
[BT]
Smart gelding. First run since leaving Julio Olascoaga when 11/2, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at this C&D 21 days ago. Respected.
|
5/3901-1 | Andrew Slattery | B Seemar | 6 | 57.2 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 3rd | 5 | 7 |
Colour Up (G)
[T]
Smart gelding. 3-time C&D winner. Five wins from 19 Flat runs. Tongue strap on for 1st time, creditable 3½ lengths second of 7 to El Nasseeb in listed race at this C&D (18/1) 28 days ago. Runner-up in this last year but may find a few of t…
|
52-3394 | P J Dobbs | D Watson | 8 | 57.2 kg |
9
8/1
|
| 4th | 6 | 1 |
Apollo One (G)
Smart gelding. 11/1, 1¾ lengths second of 13 to Royal Zabeel in listed race at Southwell (6.1f) 35 days ago. Consistent type but may have work cut out on dirt debut at the age of 8.
|
829390 | D Tudhope | P & J Clutterbuck | 8 | 57.2 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 6th | 7 | 3 |
Ponntos (C)
[T]
Useful horse. Latest win at Most in August. 5¾ lengths sixth of 9 to Cover Up in listed race at Meydan (5f, good to soft, 3/1) 14 days ago. More required back on dirt.
|
196182 | Ray Dawson | M N Nieslanik | 8 | 57.2 kg |
23
22/1
|
Betting forecast: El Nasseeb (15/8), Dark Saffron (9/4), Mufasa (11/4), Drew's Gold (4/1), Colour Up (8/1), Apollo One (12/1), Ponntos (22/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 419998.0 AED |
| P2 | 140001.0 AED |
| P3 | 69998.0 AED |
| P4 | 35001.0 AED |
| P5 | 20999.0 AED |