LAVASPIN gained his fourth track victory with a comfortable all-the-way success in November. He was competing in Carnival races last year which will be his aim again so should be up to winning this despite a 6lb rise. Vale Of Kent won eight races for Mark Johnston including three on the all-weather while Behavioral Bias made a fine reappearance in a Listed contest last month. Rio Angie dropped down a couple of levels to make all for a very easy victory in November but will find this much tougher while Madkhal also takes a step-up in class after a comfortable victory over 7f with Moqarrab 6 lengths behind. Dark Silver had 17 races in the UK without winning but made a spectacular debut for new connections at Jebel Ali, scoring by almost ten lengths.
Lavaspin (9-11) won at Meydan 6f hcp fst in Nov beating Dahawi (8-7) by 3l, 14 ran.
Vale Of Kent (IRE) 17-2 (9-0) Pressed leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 9 3/4l behind Ostilio (9-0) at Redcar 7f lst stks (1) sft in Oct.
Behavioral Bias (USA) (9-2) 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Important Mission (9-2) at Meydan 6f lst stks fst in Dec.
Taamol (IRE) (9-2) 5th of 16, 4 1/2l behind Boerhan (9-2) at Abu Dhabi 1m gd in Dec.
Madkhal (USA) (8-9) won at Meydan 7f hcp in Dec beating Shanty Star (8-10) by 3 1/4l, 16 ran.
Moqarrab (USA) (9-5) 3rd of 16, 6l behind Madkhal (8-9) at Meydan 7f hcp in Dec.
Dark Silver (IRE) (8-11) won at Jebel Ali 6f stks fst in Dec beating You're My Rock (8-11) by 9 1/4l, 8 ran.
Tupi (IRE) (8-13) 3rd of 14, 2 1/4l behind Ode To Autumn (9-8) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Mar.
Fanaar (IRE) (9-2) 11th of 16, 8 3/4l behind Boerhan (9-2) at Abu Dhabi 1m gd in Dec.
Rio Angie (USA) (8-10) won at Meydan 7f stks in Nov beating Commanding (9-4) by 8 3/4l, 7 ran.
