The Third Race at Meydan on Saturday 21st January 2012, was the 19:25 Swaidan Trading Company Peugeot Thoroughbred Handicap, which was run over 1900M (roughly 1m1.5f) on the Tapeta surface.
Connections were competing for a share of USD $20,000 in prize money, of which the winner was to scoop $12,000.
The race was won by Bawadi under a good ride from Patrick Cosgrave, which saw him just get the better of Bin Shamardal under Wayne Smith, by half a length. Sheik Hamdan al Maktoum’s Masaalek was a couple of lengths back in third under Richard Hills.
Bawadi did well to get up on the line, but perhaps the eye-catching performance of the race was that of Masaalek, who was unlucky in running when produced from behind a wall of horses – this horse showed a good deal of speed, and, with a clear run, could have got much closer in this event, it is felt.
Full results are detailed below.
Meydan Result: January 21 2012, Race 3, 19:25 Swaidan Trading Company Peugeot
Pos | Dist | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
1st | Bawadi (USA) | M bin Shafya | Patrick Cosgrave | |
2rd | 0.5 | Bin Shamardal (IRE) | M Al Muhairi | Wayne Smith |
3rd | 2.25 | Masaalek (GB) | D Watson | Richard Hills |
4th | 1.5 | Profondo Rosso (IRE) | D Watson | Jamie Spencer |
5th | 0.5 | Furnace (IRE) | E Charpy | Colm O’Donoghue |
6th | 1.25 | Uptown Guy (USA) | D Watson | Patrick Dobbs |
7th | 1.75 | Highland Glen (GB) | S Seemar | Richard Mullen |
8th | Sh | Paschendale (GB) | M Al Muhairi | James Doyle |
9th | 0.5 | Mutual Force (USA) | A Al Raihe | Saeed Al Mazrooei ( 3.0 kgs) |
10th | 1.75 | Street Act (USA) | A Al Raihe | Royston Ffrench |
11th | 4 | Strecker (USA) | S Chevalier | Ted Durcan |
12th | 3.5 | Shemoli (GB) | D Selvaratnam | William Buick |
13th | 6.5 | Rehearsal Dinner (IRE) | I Mohammed | Tadhg O’Shea |
14th | Dist | Mawaddah (IRE) | M Ramadan | Salima Al Taleei ( 3.0 kgs) |
Video and pictures courtesy the Dubai Racing Authority.