Bungles Brother Muarrab wins Jebel Ali Sprint

06 Mar 2015

Bungle Inthejungle’s half brother, Muarrab (Oasis Dream ex Licence To Thrill) was the victor in Friday’s Jebel Ali Sprint, the highlight of the penultimate meeting of the season at the Jebel Ali course.

 

 

Owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed and ridden by retained jockey Paul Hanagan, the horse has won seven of his eight Jebel Ali starts, three over this 1,000-metre distance.

Hanagan always had Muarrab near the front of the six runners, before easing his mount to the lead 600m from home.

“There is just something about this place and this horse – he absolutely loves it here,” Hanagan said. “Halfway up the straight he just pricked his ears – he knows exactly where he is.He was hardly blowing after the race and I was always happy. With luck this will be enough to get him considered for one of the two sprints on Dubai World Cup night. If that is the case, the whole team will need to sit down and decide whether to stick at 1,000m and switch to turf, or stay on dirt and step up to 1,200m.

 

State City, in 2003, won this Jebel Ali Sprint before going to Nad Al Sheba to land the Golden Shaheen for Paddy Rudkin.

 

Muarrab was purchased from Chris Wright's Stratford Place Stud by Shadwell as a yearling at Tattersalls Book 1 for 280,000gns. His dam, Licence To Thrill, has produced 9 winners from 9 runners including 7 black type sprinters. 

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