Laser ShoA conditions race for 3-year-olds, the $100,000 Al Bastakiya Trial sponsored by Hamdan bin Mohammed Cruises Terminal, was contested over the same 1900m on dirt as the big Super Saturday race itself. It was won in facile fashion by Laser Show, after which Bin Suroor had provided the winner of the three races in which he was involved. Settled in third by Kevin Stott, behind his stable companions Lost in Time and First View, the New Approach colt swooped past that pair at the top of the straight, immediately establishing a significant advantage that was never going to be bridged. Well-beaten in the 1600m UAE 2000 Guineas Trial, his local and dirt debut to weeks ago, this was a second career victory on just his fourth start, having landed a 1400m Sandown novice stakes on debut in July. The extra 300m and the fitting of a visor clearly benefitted him compared to his previous Meydan outing.
Bin Suroor said: “The visor has certainly made a difference; the last time he just took no interest in the race and was not concentrating. Obviously, he has stayed this trip well, but in the visor, we will probably have to try the 1600m again and go for the UAE 2000 Guineas.”
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