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15:40 Meydan (UAE)

Al Basti Cup Sponsored By Al Basti Equiworld Handicap

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f
  • Going: Fast
  • Surface: Sand
  • AED 90,000 added
  • Winner: AED 51,489
  • 2nd: AED 19,476
  • 3rd: AED 9,673
  • 4th: AED 4,428
Weighed In
  • Off Time: 15:40:03
  • 7 Ran
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Silk -

Bay Willow (IRE)

6/1

    2
    Silk -

    Royaaty (IRE)

    4/1

      1(1)
      Silk - red, black stars, red sleeves, red cap

      Averroes (IRE)

      28 BFCD
      4/5
      • Form 11/2045-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-6

      2(4)
      Silk - Gold, black braces, gold sleeves, gold, black star cap

      Bay Willow (IRE)

      18 t C
      6/1
      • Form 908/545-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-8

      3(2)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

      Almiqdaad

      18 b
      16/1
      • Form 44801/0-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-5

      4(6)
      Silk - Dark blue, yellow star, dark blue, yellow striped sleeves, dark blue, yellow striped cap

      Finest Reserve (IRE)

      827 v
      25/1
      • Form 602434/
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-5

      5(5)
      Silk - Maroon, white sash, white sleeves, maroon cap, white star

      King Charles

      48 b
      16/1
      • Form 042075-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 8-5

      6(3)
      Silk - White, red sash, black, yellow hooped sleeves, black, yellow star cap

      Royaaty (IRE)

      18 C
      4/1
      • Form 700271-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-5

      7(7)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White striped sleeves, White cap

      Tmaam (USA)

      39 t
      7/1
      • Form 12/2209-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-5

      In depth

      Verdict

      Tmaam finished runner-up in a Goodwood handicap on his only start at this trip and found 1m1f much too short at Jebel Ali last week. Royaaty enters the fray in good shape having won at Abu Dhabi last month with Bay Willow and Almiqdaad well behind but he was almost eight lengths behind AVERROES when runner-up over the C&D on New Year's Eve 2011. He's a massive 11lb better off here and should get much closer but the winner is a class act over this sort of trip and Tadhg O'Shea, who has been in superb form of late, can steer him home again. King Charles has had 60 starts in his career, which includes six victories, though he's never raced over a trip this far nor has Finest Reserve.