Ibn Al Nafis the One to Beat

DUBAI — Racing returns to Jebel Ali on Friday for a six race card highlighted by a 1600m handicap sponsored by the Shadwell organisation of Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. A competitive race has attracted the maximum field of 16 with Ryan Moore taking the ride on Satish Seemar’s Ibn Al Nafis who is bidding to remain unbeaten having won both his first two starts.



Published: Sat 13 Feb 2010, 12:32 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 5:21 AM

Moore said: “This looks a lot harder than the races he has won but he is clearly progressive and it is a nice spare ride.” The weights are headed by Blaze of Fire, representing South African Mike De Kock who said: “We do not know an awful lot about the horse but he has solid form in France and we need to get him on the track.”

My Verse, trained on the track by Dhruba Selvaratnam, made a pleasing impression winning on her local debut and is another to consider in an open contest. The 1200m handicap could end up as a match between Selvaratnam’s Borehan, whom the handicapper appears to have given a chance and Silaah, trained by Doug Watson. The trainer said: “We like the horse and he ran very well first time.


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