Race Calendar

Stewards Report: FARIA (D. BOULAND) reared at the start. BINGO (LIAM JONES) jumped awkwardly and shifted in crowding FARIA onto the hind quarters of ARKAN AL SHAHANIA (M. SUERLAND) with FARIA losing ground. Shortly after the start KHATHAM AL NAIF (D. BADEL) rolled out brushing MEKHBATT (D. WILLIAMS) which then got its head in the air and hung out. AL MUMAYAZ (BRYAN YAMZON) was slow to begin. MAKHBATT raced wide in the early stages. AL MUMAYAZ lay out from the 1500m, and then raced wide in the middle stages. At the 1200m D. BOUALND, the rider of FARIA adjusted his offside iron. KHATHAM AL NAIF hung in down the back straight. FARIA was taken wide from the 600m. BOHOUR AL NAIF (M. SAEED) was taken wide rounding the home turn. At the 200m RA’DEED AL NAIF (M. LAWSON) lay out, slightly inconveniencing ARKAN AL SHAHANIA. BINGO hung in in the home straight.

Stewards Report: AKHTAB AL NAIF (M. SAEED) jumped awkwardly and brushed the inside of its stall, losing ground. AL RAYYAN (G. AVRANCHE) reared at the start. NEBARI AL HANA (NAHID AHLAM) hesitated at the start and then hung in. Shortly after the start ASAD AL SHAJAA (A. BOULEAU) threw its head. From an awkward barrier, AL MUZDAHIR (D. BOULAND) raced wide throughout. ASAD AL SHAJAA lay in in the home straight. On advice from the starter, stewards ordered that AL MUZDAHIR and BREKAN AL HANA must pass a suitable barrier test before being eligible to race again. MR. H. AASHOOR, the trainer of BAHR AL ZAIDY (D. BADEL) explained that the colt was having its second start this season and his first start on sand. He added the colts track work on sand had always been good but was disappointing when racing on turf. As such, today from barrier 1, on sand, he was hoping for an improved performance

Stewards Report: MAGINOT LINE (A. D VRIES) jumped awkwardly. FULLY ARMED (D. BADEL) slipped behind upon jumping. Shortly after the start FULLY ARMED hung in, crowding HANDICRAFT (D. WILLIAMS), which then shifted ground crowding MAGINOT LINE onto FULLY ARMED. At the 800m FULLY ARMED steadied when awkward on the inside of FREE GRAIN (G. AVRANCHE). SIXPENNY MOON (M. SUERLAND) raced wide throughout. MERRY BEAN (M. SAEED) lay in in the home straight.

Stewards Report: After being boxed TAYEL (D. WILLIAMS) became fractious, reared, then got down and was caught under the stalls and as a result RAU’ED (D. BOULAND) and GALIA (G. AVRANCHE) which were drawn in adjacent stalls were then taken out of the barriers. TAYEL was then able to be taken out from under the stall, inspected and passed unfit to start and was withdrawn at 6.05pm. RAU’ED and GALIA were then reboxed and the start was effected. In the opinion of the stewards the performance of TAYEL was unsatisfactory and ordered that it must pass a barrier trial before being eligible to race again. HADER ASF (A. DE VRIES) jumped awkwardly and shifted in bumping AL MUNJEZ (A. DARBAN) onto JALMOUD AL JAZEERA (D. BADEL). RAU’ED raced wide in the early and middle stages. JALMOUD AL JAZEERA hung in in the home straight. JABAR (D. HOLLAND) lay in over the concluding stages.

Stewards Report: CHRISTMAS ARIA (D. HOLLAND) jumped awkwardly and shifted in crowding NORSILI (N. GUILBERT). Shortly after the start VAL C (M. LAWSON) rolled out, bumping LAHOOB (A. DE VRIES) onto LOGOS ASTRA (B. YAMZON) with LOGOS ASTRA then being awkward on the inside of NORSILI. PERIGUEUX (D. BADEL) and GET READY (M. SUERLAND) came together at the start, with PERIGUEUX losing ground. GOJERI (D. WILLIAMS) jumped awkwardly and shifted out bumping MEFRAAS (D. BOULAND) onto NIDIAN (G. AVRANCHE). MEFRAAS raced wide throughout. At the 900m VAL C rolled out carrying LOGOS ASTRA onto the heels of GET READY, with LOGOS ASTRA being steadied. VAL C hung in in the home straight; M. LAWSON the rider pulled his whip through to his right hand.

Stewards Report: AL MOUTAWAKEL (D. BOULAND) was slow to begin and further inconvenienced when AL ADAID (L. JONES) ducked in badly after jumping. AL MOUTAWAKEL was then carried onto COBALTO (N. GUILBERT). GAYTH (D. BADEL) was slow to begin. BIN AMER (M. SUERLAND) jumped awkwardly and shifted in crowding AMWAJ (D. WILLIAMS). At the 900m GIUDE AL KHAL (A. BOULEAU) steadied when awkward on the inside of BARQ AL NAIF (D. HOLLAND) which was being carried in by AL ADAID. Shortly after AL ADAID continued to shift in crowding BARQ AL NAIF (D. HOLLAND). L. JONES the rider of AL ADAID was warned to exercise more care when shifting ground. AMWAJ raced wide throughout. At the 600m BARQ AL NAIF commenced to hang out and was awkward on the inside of JELMUD (G. AVRANCHE). GAYTH raced wide rounding the home turn and then lay in in the home straight. AL ADAID hung in in the early part of the home straight, with jockey JONES pulling his whip through to his right hand; however at 250m AL ADAID became unbalanced when racing close to the running rail.