Duty Free
 

5 19:55 DUBAI DUTY FREE - SPONSORED BY DUBAI DUTY FREE 1777M(a9F) Turf
For NH 4YO+ & SH 3YO+ Weight: SH 3YO 53.5kg, NH & SH 4YO+ 57kg

Rail Position: True Safety Limit: 16
Total Purse: 5,000,000 USD Group I


7 (3-1-2)

1(1) NOTIONAL (USA) G Gomez
4yrs Bay C (41) D O'Neill
113 57.0 Kg [b] J Paul Reddam

8 (3-1-0)

2(2) MAJESTIC ROI (USA) D Holland
4yrs Ch F (175) M Channon
116 55.0 Kg Jaber Abdullah

24 (9-7-3)

3(3) FLORAL PEGASUS (AUS) G Mosse
5yrs Ch H (34) T Cruz
115 57.0 Kg [TT] Jacky Chan Cheung Ming & Mr & Mrs Sammy Chan

25 (14-4-2)

4(4) SEACHANGE (NZ) T Durcan
5yrs Br M (23) R Manning
112 55.0 Kg Karreman Bloodstock Ltd

9 (4-2-2)

5(5) ADMIRE AURA (JPN) K Ando
4yrs Bay C (35) H Matsuda
115 57.0 Kg Riichi Kondo

11 (5-2-0)

6(6) FINSCEAL BEO (IRE) K Manning
4yrs Ch F (174) J Bolger
119 55.0 Kg M A Ryan

10 (3-1-0)

7(7) ARCHIPENKO (USA) K Shea
4yrs Bay C (37) M de Kock
116 57.0 Kg [b] [TT] Sh Mohd Khalifa Al Maktoum & Dr AH Parker

41 (10-5-4)

8(8) NICONERO (AUS) C Williams
7yrs Bay G (28) D Hayes
115 57.0 Kg [P] P B Devitt, L C Gordon & D A Hayes

12 (3-3-2)

9(9) CREACHADOIR (IRE) K McEvoy
4yrs Bay C (111) S bin Suroor
118 57.0 Kg Godolphin

11 (9-2-0)

10(10) LITERATO (FR) L Dettori
4yrs Gr C (161) S bin Suroor
123 57.0 Kg Godolphin

8 (5-0-2)

11(11) DARJINA (FR) C Soumillon
4yrs Bay F (111) A De Royer-Dupré
122 55.0 Kg Princesse Zahra Aga Khan

12 (5-2-1)

12(12) VODKA (JPN) Y Take
4yrs Bay F (35) K Sumii
117 55.0 Kg Yuzo Tanimizu

56 (12-7-7)

13(13) BULLISH LUCK (USA) B Prebble
9yrs Bay G (34) T Cruz
115 57.0 Kg [b] Wong Wing Keung

16 (8-3-1)

14(14) JAY PEG (SAF) A Marcus
4yrs Bay C (23) H Brown
116 57.0 Kg [b] M Shirtliff,E Braun, P Loomes, S Marcus

41 (6-13-9)

15(15) LORD ADMIRAL (USA) M Kinane
7yrs Bay H (23) C O'Brien
112 57.0 Kg [b] Dr M V O'Brien

23 (10-2-1)

16(16) LINNGARI (IRE) R Moore
6yrs Ch H (37) H Brown
121 57.0 Kg The Bayern Syndicate & Peter Walichnowski


The following horses have been declared with Shadow Rolls: JAY PEG (SAF), LINNGARI (IRE), DARJINA (FR)

TRACK RECORD: 27-Jan-05 Wolf Whistle (SAF) 60.0 1777 Good 1:46:48 W Marwing

Seachange got a great draw.. brilliant.. i think she'll be the first filly home..

Any idea which Finsceal Beo will show up?

not the good one me thinks.. she'll get her ground though, but Im far from convinced that Bolger has got her back to last spring's form..

I hope you're right.

The race is 4:55am NZ time, I'm thinking about staying up for it.

Go girl!

ed, alot of people think that Seachange didnt like the very firm grass in Dubai last time out. what do u make of it? does it really matter for her..

I really like Bullish Luck, Linngari, Archipenko. I'll go with them. :)

-Sparky

I think Seachange and Archipenko are interesting. Where did that last race come from for Archipenko? He has been lethargic for a year, and then suddenly there he is with an open lengths win in Dubai?

and because I think you need to watch the horses from the far east, I'm going to throw in another name, Admire Aura. this one looks to be improving and in current sharp form.

It is early for any final pick, but Im making a reveu on Australia's seven-years-old and two-time Group one winning miler Niconero.
He won the Futurity Stakes at Caulfieldn, and nobody will let go a $ 1 million Dollars bonus because that race was - the first leg of the four-race Asian Mile Challenge.
The Dubai Duty Free is the second leg. Then the Challenge moves to the Champions Mile at Sha Tin and final the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo.
So I will put him in my mix.

I don't think that's an issue, her last two G1 wins were on very dry tracks.

We have far fewer track classifications. I'd say our 'Good' covers all of Good, Good to Firm and Firm under the UK system, and her last two starts would have definitely been on the firmer end of the scale.

2 of her 5 defeats in NZ have been on soft tracks that she obviously struggled in, so I would say she prefers drier going.

According to Manning she's settled in far better than she had at the time of the Jebel Hatta, and her work has improved out of sight according to him. I still expect her to run out of gas near the end, but she keeps going on empty for a while so I expect a much better performance.

Unless, that is, she's in a tough speed duel through most of the race. (Yes, I'm still bitter about the team riding against Sunline in this race a few years ago!)

He is a good horse, it would not be a good idea to leave him out.

However, I believe that last year's running of the Futurity, won by Aqua D'Amore with Seachange running a close and slightly unlucky second ahead of Cox Plate winner El Segundo, was a better running than this year's. So include our mare too. :)

Sorry, Ed. From my personal opinion I dont think any of the girls will WIN, but sure, they may be in the quinelas or any other exotic bet.

a seachange win here would be sensational.. but what a race.. whatever wins is a good horse..

Absolutely.

Best field of the day and good luck to the Bullish one:) , to Vodka and Darjina, to Seachange, Linngari who always tries so hard.....

I think Floral Peg wins here.

I'd love to see Niconero pull the massive upset.

Admire Aura is my main bet.

gimme a bomb here, i'm live with 3 4 5 7 8 13 in pk3's.

:)

GOOD LUCK!

Good luck to all of you.

I wouldn't use Notional in an allowance race at Santa Anita. Why would I use him in a $5 million dollar gr1 against some of the worlds best turfers?

ive put a bit on linngari even though he is in 16! him floral or seachange to win and ill be happy... would love to see finsceal run back to last springs form too.

3rd try (on DWC day) for Linngari, Oracle West and Bullsih..... gotta hope they all do well. :)