Alareef has won four times in South Africa, including on the Sand surface at Vaal. He'll be one of the few Mike De Kock runners on Dirt here and should go well. Muhtaram won twice over a mile before finding Filfil just too strong on his hat-trick attempt. He's been in the lead over today's trip in all those starts so dropping down shouldn't create a problem. IDLER was a regular winner for Mark Johnston in the UK and came here in November after a two-year break. He was never in the hunt that day but showed the benefit by scoring over 6f at Jebel Ali last month and, with the extra furlong in his favour, can complete the double. Mooqtar made a successful debut for Kevin Prendergast at Leopardstown in February and has returned to something like form recently so he's on the short-list along with the lightly-raced former Godolphin winner Bombardment and his stablemate Centrifugal, the choice of Pat Dobbs.
Ghaamer (USA) (9-2) last of 12, 10l behind Royal Revival (8-6) at Abu Dhabi(UAE) 7f hcp gd in Dec.
Alareef (SAF) 5-2fav (9-5) Shifted - rep short, 3rd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Stavinsky (9-1) at Vaal(SAF) 6f hcp in May.
Not A Given (USA) 5-1 (8-3) 7th of 10, 4l behind Atlantic Brave (8-11) at Meydan(UAE) 7f hcp in Dec.
Muhtaram 7-2 (9-2) 2nd of 12, 2 1/2l behind Filfil (9-0) at Meydan(UAE) 1m hcp in Dec.
Double Dealer 6-1 (8-5) 5th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Atlantic Brave (8-11) at Meydan(UAE) 7f hcp in Dec.
Idler (IRE) 16-1 (8-6) won at Jebel Ali(UAE) 6f hcp (2yo+) in Dec beating Ajraam (8-10) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.
Lanark (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Set steady pace until quickened halfway, headed over 2f out, weakened quickly, last of 5, 12l behind Spark Plug (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in May.
Role Player 5-1 (9-12) Tracked leading pair until ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, last of 8, 37l behind Triple Chocolate (8-12) at Windsor 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Bombardment (USA) 9-4 (9-2) Led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 6l behind Killing Time (8-11) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Sep.
Centrifugal (IRE) (9-0) 4th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Shihab (8-9) at Al Ain(UAE) 1m hcp in Dec.
Tigers In Red (USA) 14-1 (8-7) 8th of 13, 11l behind Muaanid (9-1) at Meydan(UAE) 6f hcp in Dec.
Mooqtar (USA) 7-1 (9-5) 2nd of 13, 1 1/4l behind Daar Zayed (8-5) at Meydan(UAE) 7f hcp in Dec.
