This is a non-carnival meeting for the locals. Rua Augusta earned top rating with his three runs for Kevin Ryan last summer but he's run poorly since a reasonable start on Dirt here. He was behind BIG BROWN BEAR a month ago and Doug Watson's charge, who has a tremendous Dirt pedigree and started favourite though never got involved, is expected to do much better and recoup losses. New Arch, who finished in front of the pair of them, has been well beaten in two subsequent starts. Ismail Mohammed has two entries but Heart Power performed badly in January after a decent start behind the very smart Rayya a month earlier. Grand Storm finished a long way last on his debut here but did much better at Jebel Ali subsequently and his sire was a champion Dirt performer.
Al Hareth (IRE) (8-7) 11th of 16, 7 1/2l behind Cachao (9-6) at Jebel Ali 7f mdn stks fst in Dec.
Big Brown Bear (USA) 7-4fav (8-9) 4th of 16, 10l behind Yulong Warrior (8-9) at Meydan 1m mdn stks fst in Feb.
Dirilis Ertugrul (USA) 40-1 (8-9) 5th of 16, 11 1/2l behind Yulong Warrior (8-9) at Meydan 1m mdn stks fst in Feb.
Grand Storm (USA) 20-1 (8-6) 3rd of 15, 9l behind Jabir (8-6) at Jebel Ali 1m mdn stks fst in Feb.
Jockey Joe (USA) 11-1 (8-8) 5th of 14, 5 3/4l behind General Line (9-2) at Meydan 6f mdn stks fst in Feb.
Last Desire (USA) 66-1 (8-9) 12th of 16, dist behind Yulong Warrior (8-9) at Meydan 1m mdn stks fst in Feb.
New Arch (USA) 10-1 (9-0) 6th of 12, 14 1/4l behind Tale Of Fire (9-3) at Jebel Ali 6f stks fst in Feb.
Ocean Snow (USA) (8-9) 14th of 16, 18 3/4l behind Waqqad (8-9) at Meydan 7f mdn stks gf in Jan.
Rua Augusta (USA) 80-1 (8-9) 7th of 15, 19 1/2l behind Gold Town (8-9) at Meydan 1m Grp 3 stks (1) fst in Feb.
Heart Power 25-1 (9-0) 7th of 14, 20 1/2l behind Winter Lightning (9-0) at Meydan 7f stks fst in Jan.
Hawazen (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) 13th of 14, 34 1/2l behind Winter Lightning (9-0) at Meydan 7f stks fst in Jan.
