Jalaa and Oasis Dancer represent Doug Watson and the latter looks interesting as he was probably unlucky not to beat Jawhar two weeks ago. Antinori is 7lb higher than when scoring over 1m2f on Tapeta but was staying on well over a mile in Jawhar's race and it will be a surprise if he's not competitive. Georgetown, who finished sixth, was staying on strongly and should get closer as that was his first start since arriving from France. Ukrainian was in fine shape around this time a year ago and won a Tapeta handicap in November before blowing the start on a subsequent visit. Ducab, a winner at Chester for Roger Varian, made a very good impression on his debut here two weeks ago and a 7lb rise won't be enough to prevent another big effort though the one to take from the race is ALMOONQITH, who started favourite despite a lengthy absence and was staying on nicely at the finish.
Marching Time 33-1 (9-3) 10th of 16, 4l behind Jawhar (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m hcp std in Jan.
Jalaa (IRE) 7-1 (8-9) 5th of 6, 7l behind Kanaf (8-9) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 7f hcp in Jan.
Oasis Dancer 14-1 (8-13) 2nd of 16, shd behind Jawhar (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m hcp std in Jan.
Tesslam 33-1 (9-0) 8th of 16, 2 1/2l behind Jawhar (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m hcp std in Jan.
Canadian (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) last of 12, 41l behind Henry Clay (9-5) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 1m 1f hcp in Jan.
Ukrainian (IRE) 4-1 (9-1) 8th of 11, 9l behind Interpret (8-6) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f hcp in Dec.
Almoonqith (USA) 4-1fav (9-3) 5th of 16, 6l behind Ducab (8-9) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f hcp in Jan.
Georgetown 10-1 (8-10) 6th of 16, 2 1/4l behind Jawhar (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m hcp std in Jan.
Ducab (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) won at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f hcp in Jan beating Representation (8-13) by 2l, 16 ran.
Hold The Line (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) 14th of 16, 38l behind Ducab (8-9) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f hcp in Jan.
Induna (AUS) 12-1 (9-6) 12th of 16, 13l behind Ducab (8-9) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f hcp in Jan.
Furnace (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) 5th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Touch Gold (8-12) at Meydan(UAE) 1m hcp in Jan.
Historic Find 33-1 (9-0) last of 9, 23l behind Kanaf (9-0) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 7f stks (3yo+) in Jan.
Malekov (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) 4th of 12, 9l behind Henry Clay (9-5) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 1m 1f hcp in Jan.
Wintergreen (IRE) (8-5) 4th of 12, 6l behind Moonlight Dash (9-0) at Abu Dhabi(UAE) 1m 3f hcp gf in Jan.
Antinori (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) 3rd of 16, 1/2l behind Jawhar (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m hcp std in Jan.