Ahatis is difficult to weigh up having won five out of six races in Greece. Doug O'Neill has won three races here in the past few weeks and POSITIVITY, a close second in the California Cup Sprint at Santa Anita last month, is very much better than he showed in a Grade 3 sprint here last week. Imperial Empire won two non-carnival events at the end of last year and didn't perform badly when stepped up in grade. Tadhg O'Shea prefers him to Behavioral Bias while Island Rule finished runner-up to Mubakker last month and Ray Dawson reported his mount to be lame when well beaten in a Group 3 next time.
Imperial Empire (9-0) 5th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Mubakker (9-3) at Meydan 7f stks gd in Jan.
Island Rule (IRE) (9-0) 5th of 8, 14 3/4l behind Hypothetical (9-0) at Meydan 1m Grp 3 stks (1) fst in Feb.
Positivity (USA) (9-4) 8th of 9, 6 1/4l behind Meraas (9-4) at Meydan 6f Grp 3 stks fst in Feb.
Uae Prince (IRE) (9-0) last of 12, dist behind Algiers (9-0) at Jebel Ali 1m Grp 3 fst in Feb.
Desert Safari (IRE) (8-10) 10th of 11, 14 3/4l behind Mubakker (9-3) at Meydan 7f stks gd in Jan.
Silent Night (SWE) (9-0) 6th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Creative Flair (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 2 stks (1) fst in Feb.
Aquaman (IRE) (9-10) 11th of 16, 11l behind Valiant Prince (9-7) at Meydan 1m hcp fst in Jan.
Ahatis (IRE) (0-0) won at Markopoulou 7f in Dec.
Behavioral Bias (USA) (9-8) 5th of 11, 9 1/2l behind Meraas (9-11) at Meydan 6f hcp fst in Dec.
Desert Doctor (IRE) (8-7) 4th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Mubakker (9-3) at Meydan 7f stks gd in Jan.
