Richie Mullen was on board for both of Commanding's victories at the turn of the year and his excellent fourth in the Listed Al Bastakiya. However, he's switched to stablemate LAKE CAUSEWAY here and his mount, a close fourth in the UAE 2000 Guineas, can take advantage of the 7lb weight concession. Rio Angie scored first time out at this meeting a year ago and ran well in much better company later so has to be a major threat for Doug Watson. Al Modayar is very closely matched with Commanding in two runs last term so is another to be considered.
Commanding (IRE) (9-0) 4th of 16, 4l behind Emblem Storm (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f lst stks gd in Mar.
Speed Chance (IRE) (8-12) 6th of 11, 7 3/4l behind Alocasia (8-9) at Chantilly 6f lst stks gs in Jun.
Al Modayar (USA) (9-0) last of 16, dist behind Emblem Storm (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f lst stks gd in Mar.
Sanad Libya (USA) (9-0) 7th of 16, 12l behind Emblem Storm (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f lst stks gd in Mar.
Lake Causeway (USA) (8-9) 11th of 13, 35l behind Full Flat (8-9) at Riyadh 1m fst in Feb.
Spirit Of Light (IRE) (9-0) 5th of 16, 9 1/4l behind Emblem Storm (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f lst stks gd in Mar.
Rio Angie (USA) (9-0) 4th of 9, 10 3/4l behind Dubai Love (9-0) at Meydan 1m lst stks (1) gd in Jan.