El Nasseeb (GB) Wins Mahab Al Shimaal at Meydan in 1:11.31

El Nasseeb (GB) captured the Group 3 Mahab Al Shimaal at Meydan, stopping the clock in 1:11.31 for the 1200-metre dirt dash on Feb. 28, 2026, with Dark Saffron (USA) second and Mufasa (CHI) third. The result came in Race 4 on the card, the Mahab Al Shimaal sponsored by Emirates Skycargo and scheduled at 15:25 Meydan.

Silvestre de Sousa rode the five-year-old home for trainer Musabbeh Al Mheiri and owner Mohammed (Mohd) Abdulla Mohd Rashed Al Shehhi. BloodHorse lists the jockey as “J:DE SOUSA SILVESTRE” and the trainer as “T:AL MHEIRI MUSABBEH,” while the breeder is shown as PETCHES FARM LTD (GB). BloodHorse’s race-row snippet also displays the figure “$720,000” adjacent to El Nasseeb in the listing; the provided excerpt does not label that number.

Pedigree details are clear: El Nasseeb is by Profitable (IRE) out of the New Approach mare Jafetica (GB), with New Approach noted as the broodmare sire. BloodHorse’s sale-history lines show 2021 TATDEF $41,985; 2022 TATSOM $66,533; and 2023 GOFDUB $6,620. HorseRacingNation’s profile lists El Nasseeb as a 5 year old who “has raced from 2023 to 2026” and records stakes wins including the 2026 Mahab Al Shimaal (G3), the 2026 Dubawi Stakes (G3), the 2025 Al Garhoud Sprint (LS) and a 2023 Maiden victory.

El Nasseeb arrived at Meydan with a compact recent form string: a win in the Jan. 2, 2026 Dubawi Stakes in 1:11.54, a second in the Jan. 23, 2026 Al Shindagha Sprint in 1:11.35 behind Drew’s Gold, and the Dec. 5, 2025 Al Garhoud Sprint win in 1:11.54. HorseRacingNation also records an outlying 12th-place finish in the 2025 Mahab Al Shimaal with a time of 1:10.22, a timing anomaly worth further verification against official charts.

Pre-race commentary had flagged El Nasseeb as among the form horses: Racingnews HKJC called him “One of the in-form gallopers of the contest, the lightly raced five-year-old strung together a hat-trick of victories before running a nice second behind Drew’s Gold last start. One of the better chances.” Rivals in the field included Tuz, Dark Saffron, World Record and Colour Up, with Sky Sports supplying the full runner list and silk descriptions used on the card.

Social reaction appeared quickly: the paddocast_ Instagram post on Feb. 28 read verbatim, "EL NASSEEB @silvdsousa wins the G3 MAHAB AL SHIMAAL" and registered 34 likes in the provided snippet. BloodHorse’s Meydan coverage placed the result inside a busy Super Saturday narrative that included headlines such as “Rebel's Romance draws clear in the Dubai City of Gold at Meydan Racecourse” and noted the Dubai World Cup Carnival building toward March 28.

Notes and caveats from the available records include BloodHorse’s “Margin:1” entry with no unit specified, the unlabeled $720,000 figure in the BloodHorse row, and truncated or template fragments on the HorseRacingNation profile such as “El Nasseeb has raced and won at .” Those items merit confirmation on the official Meydan result sheet for full margins, prize-money breakdowns and any timing reconciliations.