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Originally Posted by Kasept
2nd (9:10) Godolphin Mile (G2)
About 1 Mile (All Weather Track) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000
1 1 Penitent (GB) O'Brien J P O''Meara David 126 40-1
2 2 Gabrial (IRE) Hughes R Fahey Richard 126 40-1
3 3 Glory Awaits (IRE) Spencer J Ryan Kevin A 126 40-1
4 4 Eastern Rules (IRE) Foley S Halford Michael 126 20-1
5 5 Soft Falling Rain (SAF) Hanagan P G de Kock Michael F 126 9-2
6 6 Elleval (IRE) Lynch F Marnane David 126 15-1
7 7 Forjatt (IRE) Buick W T Selvaratnam Dhruba J 126 40-1
8 8 Gold City (IRE) Mullen R Seemar Sateesh 126 20-1
9 9 Flotilla (FR) Lemaire C P Delzangles Mike 121 12-1
10 10 Shuruq De Sousa S A bin Suroor Saeed 121 3-1
11 11 Mull of Killough (IRE) Moore R Chapple-Hyam Jane 126 30-1
12 12 Capital Attraction O'Shea T P Oertel Ernst 126 10-1
13 13 Haatheq O'Neill D Al Raihe Ali R 126 30-1
14 14 Brightline (JPN) Fukunaga Y Sameshima Ippo 126 12-1
15 15 Variety Club (SAF) Marcus A Ramsden Joey 126 4-1
16 16 Limario (GER) Dobbs P J Watson Doug 126 20-1
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Arguably the surest favorite of the day (although a lot of people have the right to debate that this race is wide open too) to me is the Filly #10 Shuruq taking on the boys here. She has 2 wins and 1 2nd at this distance over this Meydan surface and has beaten a lot of the other entrants in here. So I like her to win, but I think there could be some big bombs underneath.
#7 Forjatt lost to Shuruq last out, but got shuffled back a little further than he usually likes it and still closed to get 4th. I think he'll be more involved early and runs a big one. Granted he's run against lesser, but he hasn't finished worse than 4th in any race since 12/2012.
#11 Mull of Killough is battle tested running in the Cox Plate, the Arlington Million and the G1 Singapore Airlines Cup. He cuts back to a mile and has run over synth before. His best effort makes him very live here. He should be on/or pressing the pace.
#16 Limario gets his 2nd start off the layoff while getting a run over the Meydan surface in his last. He's also cutting back from normally running in longer races. Definitely eligible for improvement.
I think Shuruq is the real deal here, but if I can get one of those bombs underneath in an exacta, it should be a nice payoff