Six races on the Abu Dhabi turf on Thursday, the meeting concluding with the only Thoroughbred contest, a 1600m handicap with 12 due to face the starter, the weights headed by Desert Destination, to be ridden by Antonio Fresu for rookie trainer Osama Refai.
Fresu’s mount, a 5yo Night Of Thunder gelding, remains a maiden after nine starts, evenly divided between Godolphin’s Saeed bin Suroor, Beverley Deutrom and Refai but has shown plenty of promise both locally and in the UK.