Racecards
16:15 Meydan (UAE)
Meydan Golf Conditions Stakes (AWT)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Sand
- AED 366,260 added
- Winner: AED 209,535
- 2nd: AED 79,258
- 3rd: AED 39,372
- 4th: AED 18,017
- Form 62211-0
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 101
- Form 21/4505-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
Waffle (IRE)
110- Form 942409-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey Harry Bentley
- Form 07602-0
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 100
- Form 700990-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 92
In depth
Verdict
HITCHENS looks the one to be on and hopefully he'll be fit enough after an absence since September. David Barron's cracking sprinter came here a year ago and did superbly, opening with an excellent second in this race before landing a Grade 3 from Krypton Factor, who later had his revenge. He's a very smart performer on his day and looks the one to be on though Mike De Kock's Kavanagh is interesting as he's been narrowly beaten in Group 1 company in South Africa and has won a Group 2. Ganas swept all before him in the non-Carnival fixtures before Christmas but this is much tougher with the likes of Lingfield Listed winner Ballista and three times C&D winner Garbah likely to make their presence felt.