Reynaldothewizard won this last year when MUARRAB was a well-beaten fifth. He also won it the previous year and had his big day when landing the 2013 Golden Shaheen. But Satish Seemar's veteran couldn't handle his old rival in last season's Group 1 and, with a run under his belt and ridden for the first time by Jim Crowley, the latter can take this on the way to defending his Group 1 title. Michael Halford has always done well here and his USA import Wild Dude has been brought here with the big sprints in mind. A dual Group 1 winner on Dirt, he might just need his first run since September but should soon be challenging for top honours. The Happy Prince did well in Ireland for Aidan O'Brien and showed there were races to be won with him here with an excellent second to the classy Ertijaal over the minimum on Turf last week, though he'll be having his first start on this surface. Moviesta gave the latter 5lb and beat him just over a length at Dundalk in August so is no forlorn hope here while Desert Force has won two 7f handicaps in a canter, though faces much faster opposition.
Wild Dude (USA) (8-11) 9th of 18, 9 3/4l behind Super Jockey (8-11) at Seoul 7f stks fst in Sep.
The Happy Prince (IRE) (9-0) 2nd of 16, 1 3/4l behind Ertijaal (9-6) at Meydan 5f hcp gf in Jan.
Moviesta (USA) 9-1 (9-13) Tracked leaders, 7th halfway, ridden in 6th on outer 1f out, under pressure and edged left inside final furlong, kept on well, just failed, 2nd of 14, hd behind Caspian Prince (9-13) at Dundalk 5f lst stks (1) pol in Oct.
Muarrab (9-5) 2nd of 0, 4 3/4l behind My Catch (9-0) at Meydan 6f lst stks fst in Dec.
Mubtaghaa (IRE) (8-5) 12th of 16, 7 1/2l behind Ertijaal (9-6) at Meydan 5f hcp gf in Jan.
Reynaldothewizard (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Never near to chance but ran on well final 400m, 4th of 0, 5 3/4l behind Muarrab (9-0) at Meydan 6f Grp 1 (1) fst in Mar.
Desert Force (9-4) won at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Dec beating Heavy Metal (9-5) by 7 3/4l, 10 ran.
