Desert Doings: Bin Harmash Saddles Four In 3YO Maiden

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In this series, we will have a look predominantly at American-bred first-time starters in maiden races at Meydan Racecourse, with a specific focus on pedigree and/or performance in a sales ring. The flagship venue for racing in the United Arab Emirates is Meydan, which hosts racing on Fridays through the end of March, with the exception of Super Saturday on Feb. 28 and Dubai World Cup night Mar. 28, 2026. Here are the horses of note for this Friday's program at Meydan:

Friday, January 9, 2026
2nd-MEY, AED165,000 ($45k), Maiden, 3yo, 1600m
YAMDEEK (Yaupon) is the priciest of the four first-starters from the yard of trainer Ahmad Bin Harmash, having fetched $270,000 at last year's OBS April Sale after changing hands as a weanling and yearling at Keeneland ($75,000 KEENOV, $130,000 KEESEP). The Feb. 21 foal, second in a trial at Jebel Ali last month, is out of an unplaced daughter of MSW & GISP Hot Storm (Stormy Atlantic), whose five winners includes Japanese listed scorer A Shin Gorgeous (Exchange Rate). He will need to work out a trip from gate 13 in a field of 14.

 

 

 

New York-bred Honest Desert (Honest Mischief) was a $60,000 acquisition at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic yearling sale in the fall of 2024, but improved nicely over the course of the next six months and raised a bid of $175,000 from Bin Harmash at OBS April (breeze video). The gelding drew outside of his stable companion in 14.

 

 

Fire d'Oro (Bolt d'Oro), a son of the Grade II-placed juvenily filly Portrait (Tapizar), was a $45,000 KEESEP yearling and matured into a $140,000 OBSAPR juvenile after he worked an eighth of a mile in :10 flat (breeze video). Sam Hitchcott rides from the six hole.

 

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