"...it seems reasonable to assume Igugu will again be very popular based on her reputation and it could be worth opposing her with Sharestan."
Our Dubai Handicapper Stephen Molyneux looks at Meydan's own Super Saturday card, picking out his three best bets.
Races for the classic generation at the Carnival have once again failed to set the pulse racing this year, and the Al Bastikiya at 13:05 is no different, but one horse who should go well is Snowboarder who finished second to Soft Falling Rain last time. It's fair to say he's not the classiest in the line-up, but he's consistent and, more importantly, looks sure to stay this far which is question mark that hangs over several of his rivals. He is still to finish out of the first three in seven career outings and he was the only one gaining on Soft Falling Rain in the UAE 2000 Guineas last time. He was relatively unconsidered in the betting that day, and there is a chance that could happen again with Mike de Kock having a couple of entries and Saeed bin Suroor the same, but they all have something to prove and it could be a case of Snowboarder merely needing to replicate that last run to come out on top.
Moonwalk In Paris made a very impressive start for Mahmood Al Zarooni when taking the Firebreak Stakes last time and he can follow up in the Burj Nahaar at 15:25. This will undoubtedly be a tougher test with the likes of Dullahan and African Story in there, but it seems reasonable to assume that they will need the outing ahead of bigger targets on World Cup night and Moonwalk In Paris can have pretensions to reach that level himself, looking every inch a Group 1 horse when beating Fulbright last time. He has only once finished out of the first three throughout his career and he should get the sound pace here that he clearly relished last time, Royal Ridge, Nawwaar, Unbridled Ocean and Red Jazz all potential pace angles. Ahmed Ajtebi keeps the ride which could lead people into thinking Godolphin have more fancied runners in the race, but Ajtebi was on board last time and it simply looks a case of him keeping the ride having done well on him previously.
Hard to know how the betting will go in the final race at 16:35, but it seems reasonable to assume Igugu will again be very popular based on her reputation and it could be worth opposing her with Sharestan. The selection did finish behind The Apache last time but met plenty of trouble that day, barely having a race, and he could easily have finished ahead of The Apache had things panned out differently. He had made a hugely encouraging debut for Godolphin prior to that and he is well worth another chance to build on that promise with the likely strong pace sure to be in his favour.
Timeform Dubai Smartplays
Back Snowboarder in the 13:05
Back Moonwalk In Paris in the 15:25
Back Sharestan in the 16:35
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