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Meydan: Postponed shines in Sheema Classic

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Postponed: landed second Group 1 win in the Sheema Classic

Postponed: landed second Group 1 win in the Sheema Classic

  PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)  

 By Jack Haynes 4:24PM 26 MAR 2016 

Report: Dubai, Saturday

Meydan: Dubai Sheema Classic Presented by Longines (Group 1) (Turf), 1m4f, 4yo+

ROGER VARIAN maintained his impeccable record for owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum with Postponed securing his second Group 1 victory in comfortable fashion.

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The Newmarket trainer has now trained five winners from five runners for Obaid, including victory earlier this afternoon with Barsanti in the Rosebery Handicap at Kempton.

The King George hero travelled well throughout the contest and soon put the race to bed in the home straight, providing rider Andrea Atzeni with the perfect present on his 25th birthday.

Postponed is now 8-1 with Paddy Power to land the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot, while Betway make him 8-1 favourite for the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in October.

Varian said: “That was good to watch. I was happy from the outset really. They went an even gallop, Andrea got him in a good position and he quickened nicely.

“He’s a very good horse. He has thrived since he has come out here so all the credit has to go to my staff. We’ll get him home and make a plan, though he will be contesting the main mile-and-a-half races in the summer.”

How it developed

Ryan Moore set the early fractions aboard Aidan O’Brien’s Highland Reel, though at just a steady early tempo the field soon stacked up on the approach to the home straight.

Gailo Chop, partnered by Thierry Jarnet, threatened on the outside of the Irish raider but his move was swiftly covered by Atzeni, who produced Postponed with a telling run on the outside.

With over a furlong to run, the race was over with the market leader comfortably clear of the Japanese-trained pair of Duramente and Last Impact, who stayed on to take second and third respectively.

Highland Reel kept on at the same pace to take fourth, while Sheikhzayedroad travelled well into the race before finding little for pressure to finish outside the placings.

 

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