Haafaguinea had been in such good form that he deserved a crack at Group 3 level last month and made a bold bid to make all over 1m2f. He has no problems stepping up to this trip and will take some beating. Dariyan looks a class act and has every chance of adding to his three victories, one of them in Group 2 company last May. His final run of the campaign when a close third in the Hong Kong Vase was his best to date and a place on the podium should prove within his capabilities. POSTPONED has won five times on ground ranging from good to firm to testing when landing the King George at Ascot and the Prix Foy at Longchamp. He's being prepared for a crack at the World Cup but should be somewhere near his best which looks good enough. There's much more to come from the lightly-raced Balios, who won the King Edward VII Stakes on just his third start before finding soft ground in the Great Voltiguer at York against him.
Haafaguinea (9-1) Soon led, headed 200m out but ran on well, 2nd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Tryster (9-1) at Meydan 1m 2f stks gd in Feb.
Sanshaawes (SAF) (9-1) Tracked leader, not much room 500m out, ran on final 300m, 4th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Tryster (9-1) at Meydan 1m 2f stks gd in Feb.
Dariyan (FR) (8-9) 3rd of 13, 3l behind Highland Reel (8-9) at Sha Tin 1m 4f (1) gd in Dec.
Balios (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, outpaced 3f out, weakened 2f out, tailed off, 6th of 7, dist behind Storm The Stars (9-0) at York 1m 4f Grp 2 stks (1) gs in Aug.
Postponed (IRE) 11-10fav (9-2) won at Longchamp 1m 4f Grp 2 sft in Sep beating Spiritjim (9-2) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Captain Morley 2-1fav (9-2) In rear, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon clear, won at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Sep beating Kinema (9-5) by 4l, 7 ran.
Rembrandt Van Rijn (IRE) 7-1 (9-1) Steadied start, held up in rear, ridden and no response 2f out, no progress, 7th of 8, 4 3/4l behind Racing History (8-7) at Windsor 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gs in Aug.
Makzon (USA) (8-13) 4th of 0, 2 3/4l behind Haatheq (9-0) at Jebel Ali 1m 2f lst stks in Feb.
