Flat Racing Thursday 5th

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I know it's early in the day to start this thread but I just love the start of the Dubai carnival. Backing the Godolphin horses especially in the first couple of weeks where they can mop up the weaker races has been a pretty successful strategy for me so far. Picking the right one in each race is the tricky bit and it will be interesting to see how SBS starts off, seeing as he was upstaged last year by Al Zarooni. I have only glanced at the race card but there looks to be plenty of Godolphin horses out tomorrow. The 5f sprint looks pretty tasty.

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Re: Flat Racing Thursday 5th 6.15 Meydan This race is to be run on turf over in Dubai and I like the look of the Irish challenge. I think this is normally to early for Mike De Kock so can count his runners out. Regal Parade is top class on his day but he would prefer it much softer so couldn't be having him here. Of the Godolphin pair I like Colonial but he was disappointing at the carnival last year. The ones I do like here are Hujaleya, Moran Gra and Dandy Boy. In last years carnival Dandy Boy won on his first outing ever at Meydan very comfortably in a similar contest. He wasn't in the best of form going into that race last year which can be said about him going into this race tomorrow. On that day he had a couple of these in behind but he did win it with great authority. He was always trvaelling well in midfield and picked up strongly to win by 2 lengths. Hujaleya finished 2nd to him in that race but is worse off at the weights. Dandy Boy is actually 3lbs lower this year so he must have a big chance. I think its highly likely that this horse will have been trained for a repeat performance. Looking at his career record, he very much looks a 7f specialist with all of his poorer runs coming at different distances. He is drawn out side tomorrow but I doubt that will make much difference to him, as he liked to be held up. Bets Dandy Boy 1.5pts EW @ 10/1 Ladbrokes