Racecards
16:35 Meydan (UAE)
Gloria De Campeao Handicap (AWT)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Fast
- Surface: Sand
- AED 150,002 added
- Winner: AED 95,818
- 2nd: AED 29,671
- 3rd: AED 14,835
- 4th: AED 7,397
In depth
Verdict
Silvestre De Sousa dictated a slow gallop when successful on board CON ARTIST last week and Ryan Moore takes over. He'll need to be at his best to produce a similar effort from a wide berth but his mount finished full of running that day and looks the one to beat. Saeed Bin Suroor also runs Out Of Bounds, a Grade 3 winner in the USA, who made a sparkling debut behind Barbecue Eddie here before disappointing two weeks ago. Plantagenet finished runner-up to Con Artist but never really threatened to pass him so stablemates Jawhar and Dr Faustus, who had a battle here on Turf last time, look bigger threats. Arthur's Tale is gradually making progress and produced a fair run behind Ottoman Empire with Universal and Layali Al Andalus behind, while last year's UAE Derby winner Daddy Long Legs will have benefited from his reappearance after a long lay-off.