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UK. Dubai Duty Free returns to the UK tomorrow and Saturday to sponsor two days of high class racing at Newbury racecourse.
The Moodie Report will be on hand at tomorrow’s event, where the biggest race is the Dubai Duty Free Multi-Millionaire Handicap.
In honour of that event, Dubai Duty Free, in association with The Moodie Report, is delighted to offer readers the opportunity to win a ticket in the retailer’s Millennium Millionaire draw. In turn, the winner of that draw wins US$1 million.
In these troubled times what a mighty tonic that would be for the lucky winner.
To enter all you have to do is choose the winning horse and answer a simple question about Dubai Duty Free – what is the name of the retailer’s own charitable body created in January 2004 with a mandate to support charities both inside the UAE and abroad (including many travel retail-linked causes such as The Smile Train). [CLUE: You can find the Dubai Duty Free Foundation to that answer at www.DubaiDutyFree.com in ‘About DDF’].
The race takes place tomorrow, Friday 17 April at 14.40 UK time. All entries – by e-mail please to Martin@TheMoodieReport.com titled “˜Dubai Duty Free Competition’ – must be received by 14.00 tomorrow UK time.
To help our readers in their selections we have included a travel retail exclusive “˜Form Guide’ below. Readers are warned that if they follow our advice the value of their investments may go up but will probably go down.
CHIEF EDITOR: With a name like that and at odds of 3/1, The Moodie Report believes this classy gelding to be the surest thing since we backed the All Blacks to win the last Rugby World Cup. Which means it will probably choke half way down the finishing straight…
OLDJOESAID: Trained by Henry Candy, which could spell sweet success for a category that always flies with Dubai Duty Free. Odds of 10/1 for this course and distance winner who needs cheering up since being gelded.
FULLANDBY: No real form but this is an Irish raider and we know their track record at Dubai Duty Free. The name is also remarkably similar to that of “˜Fly, Buy, Dubai’, the title of the retailer’s new hit single. At 12-1 therefore, Irish eyes may be smiling at the end of the race.
GREEN MANALISHI: We like the look of this one’s heritage, out of Green Desert, which evokes the dual Irish-Arabic heritage of Dubai Duty Free. A course and distance winner, which suggests it could be green for go. 8/1
CHEVETON: A class horse and last-start winner but as its name has absolutely nothing to do with the duty free industry we give it no chance – which means you should probably bet your mortgage on it. 9/2
MAX ONE TWO THREE: So who thought up that name? Can you really imagine saying “Would you like a carrot, Max One Two Three?” to a horse? No form and no hope. Its mother was called Dakota Sioux, which explains our reservations. 12/1
SONNY RED: Its father was called Redback which is usually a name for a nasty poisonous spider found on Australian toilet seats. Its son also crawls but at 20/1 it would also need eight legs to win here.
CRIMSON FERN: Another Irish challenger, this is one Fern that just might take a leaf out of the Irish rugby team’s book and make a grand slam of this race. 12/1
PHANTOM WHISPER: Frankly the phantom of the opera would have a better chance of winning this. Whisper it softly – no hope. 20/1
SOHRAAB: The only google reference of note for the name Sohraab is the title of a great Persian literary tragedy and you can expect a similarly sad result if you waste your money on this 25/1 shot.
CAKE: The rainy weather in London should help this talented Irish horse, and its trainer is hoping for sleet as that would be the icing on the Cake. Its odds currently stand at 16/1 which means you’ll be picking up more than crumbs if Cake proves tasty on the day.
HOLBECK GHYLL: This (you read it here first) is also the name of a lovely country house in England’s Lake District and the view could be similarly majestic here as the Irish gelding leaves them all in its lake… sorry, wake. 6/1
ELHAMRI: At 25/1 the joint rank outsider and with form from its last six races that reads like a James Bond novel (000107) you can see why. In case you’re wondering, the noughts mean finished outside the top ten and the 1 apparently came in a training race with the stable girl who had both legs in plaster at the time after a motorcycle accident. Out of a mare called Seamstress and you will have been well stitched up if you back this one.
ANGUS NEWZ: Part-owned by four Liverpool publicans (each owns one leg apparently), Angus Newz is bound to be in good spirits on the day. Don’t be deterred by the generous 20/1 odds and have an Angus stake. Ridden by the excellent Martin Dwyer and with the lightest weight in the field, this chestnut foal could be headline Newz by tomorrow afternoon.
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