Barbecue Eddie's winning streak came to an end in a Group 3 here won by Moonwalk In Paris but he was staying on strongly under his penalty and is taken to reverse the form. However, there's no getting away from the chances of AFRICAN STORY, who beat Barbecue Eddie on his return to action last season before a brilliant victory in the Godolphin Mile on World Cup night when Red Jazz was almost 6l away in third. He hasn't been seen since a decent run in Hong Kong in May but an absence didn't stop him scoring a year ago. The selection's stablemate Aesop's Fables, a Group 1 winner at Chantilly in July, will be better for his run at the end of January and can provide a threat while Kieren Fallon has picked up a fine ride on the USA-based Dullahan, a triple Grade 1 winner in his native country.
