Winclude, a 6f winner on Dirt in the USA, has his first start here and could be on a fair mark. PADLOCK scored for Dave Simcock at Southwell and made a promising debut here a month ago, his first start since July. That was only his sixth run and he can go one better. Dairam is very consistent at this sort of level and though his victory at Al Ain last month was over the minimum trip he's finished runner-up over a mile here last January. The veteran Tagseed wasn't far behind in the former event and has a chance of reversing the places on the revised terms but fourth-placed Mutahaddith had every chance and looks held. Desert Ranger hasn't run for over a year but won four times for James Tate and is no forlorn hope to make a successful debut in Dubai.
Padlock (IRE) 7-2 (9-3) 2nd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Can You Conga (9-1) at Meydan 6f hcp fst in Dec.
Dairam (USA) (9-10) won at Al Ain 5f hcp fst in Dec beating Intense Effort (8-9) by nk, 14 ran.
Vigor (IRE) 33-1 (8-6) 5th of 8, 6 1/4l behind Mushaakis (8-11) at Jebel Ali 6f hcp fst in Dec.
Desert Ranger (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Steelriver (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Winclude (USA) 3-10fav (8-5) 4w, stalk, 4w, norally, 5th of 6, 7 3/4l behind Curlinator (8-7) at Retama Park 1m fst in Sep.
Tagseed (IRE) (9-7) 3rd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Dairam (9-10) at Al Ain 5f hcp fst in Dec.
Mutahaddith 6-1 (9-3) 4th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Hammurabi (9-4) at Jebel Ali 6f hcp pol in Dec.
Candy Apples (IRE) (8-11) last of 10, 11 3/4l behind at Doha 6f stks in Apr.
Zalzilah 12-1 (9-1) won at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Dec beating Marching Time (9-6) by 2l, 8 ran.
