Tadhg O'Shea chooses recent easy course winner Perfect Balance of the Seemar trio and his mount didn't look suited to Jebel Ali's stiffer track on Sunday. Hyde Park ran very well to finish runner-up at the same fixture so has to be considered but TABARAK may be the one to beat. A course and distance winner back in 2019, he hasn't had much racing subsequently and was staying on strongly when runner-up over 6f last month. Triple Venture has shown potential in just three starts though was behind Mayaadeen last time and Doug Watson's track and trip winner looks the main threat.
Hyde Park (9-1) 2nd of 10, 4l behind Celtic Prince (9-11) at Jebel Ali 1m hcp fst in Feb.
Perfect Balance (IRE) (9-6) 7th of 9, 15 1/4l behind Tenbury Wells (9-6) at Jebel Ali 1m stks fst in Feb.
Fabrizio (9-2) last of 16, dist behind Ebnzaidoon (9-2) at Jebel Ali 7f mdn stks fst in Feb.
Atlantic Sky (8-9) 8th of 10, 7 1/2l behind Scabbard (9-3) at Meydan 1m hcp in Jan.
Tabarak (USA) (8-5) 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Shanty Star (9-1) at Meydan 6f hcp gd in Feb.
Augustus Caesar (USA) (9-7) last of 12, 15 1/4l behind Rayig (8-13) at Jebel Ali 6f hcp fst in Feb.
Mayaadeen (IRE) (9-7) 2nd of 12, 3 1/4l behind Perfect Balance (9-10) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Feb.
Davy Lamp (8-10) 5th of 12, 10 3/4l behind Day Approach (9-4) at Jebel Ali 6f hcp fst in Feb.
Speedy Move (IRE) (9-0) 11th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Jadwal (9-11) at Meydan 6f hcp gd in Feb.
Triple Venture (USA) (9-5) 3rd of 12, 5 1/4l behind Perfect Balance (9-10) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Feb.
Tepui (USA) (9-3) 4th of 12, 10 3/4l behind Perfect Balance (9-10) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Feb.
Zahau (USA) (9-2) 9th of 15, 4 1/4l behind Bosphorus (9-2) at Meydan 6f mdn stks gd in Feb.