This is a tight handicap with just 8lb covering the field. Count Paris is the only C&D winner in the line-up and is just 2lb higher than for his victory in March. He'll be better for his run behind Skycruiser at the opening meeting and can reverse form with runner-up Mutayaser. The latter hails from a yard that can do no wrong at present and are also represented by Dubai Set and Game Stalker with the former looking the best of that pair. Harry Bentley rode a hat-trick on opening day and is booked for Boogie Waltzer, five times a winner for Stuart Williams in the UK though not seen since last October. Formal Demand, a winner at Southwell for Ed Vaughan, had a spin at Jebel Ali earlier this month and that will have blown the cobwebs away while Lingfield winner Firstknight may do better now returned to this trip. KINGDOM BEAUTY beat the useful Garbah on his reappearance here a year ago and though not quite running up to that level subsequently he now looks on a fair mark and is ready to score again.
