Runaholic looks easily best of his stable's four runners having been narrowly beaten in his last three starts in the UK for George Scott including on Tapeta at Wolverhampton. Almutawakel showed plenty of promise for Owen Burrows and will have come on a bundle for his debut on Dirt here last month but Ironside did better when reverting to Turf on that same card and looks more of a threat. TORKEE wasn't beaten far at Jebel Ali in November and would have an excellent chance on his close third over 6f on Turf here in February so gets the nod. Game Master was very disappointing for Godolphin after a fine opening run at Windsor but Maputo is making a belated racecourse debut and he's related to the Group 2 winner Tasaday.
Army Sergeant (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Dwelt in touch, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 6th of 11, 8 1/4l behind Sea Grey (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Chef De Partie 11-2 (9-1) Raced keenly tracking leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and plugged on in modest 4th final furlong, dropped to 5th last strides, 5th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Wild Lion (10-0) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Chief Scribe Frankel gelding out of Criticism.
Game Master 13-2 (9-9) Awkwardly away, tracked leader after 1f, pushed along 3f out, weakened entering final furlong, last of 5, 21l behind Kingdom Girl (8-11) at Yarmouth 1m 2f mdn hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Maputo (IRE) Shamardal gelding out of Tashelka.
Mischief Moon (USA) (9-2) 7th of 8, 25l behind Colour Up (9-2) at Meydan 6f mdn stks fst in Dec.
Persian Empire (IRE) (9-2) 10th of 15, 11 1/4l behind El Baareq (9-2) at Jebel Ali 6f mdn stks pol in Jan.
Torrkee (FR) (9-2) 6th of 8, 4l behind Mersaal (9-2) at Jebel Ali 6f mdn stks fst in Nov.
Al Hajaj (IRE) 80-1 (9-2) Hampered start, always towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, last of 13, 21 1/2l behind Epictetus (9-2) at Newmarket 7f mdn stks (3) gf in Jul.
Almutawakel (9-0) 8th of 14, 13l behind Shirl's Bee (9-0) at Meydan 1m gd in Dec.
Legend Of Cannes (USA) (9-0) 11th of 14, 21 1/4l behind Shirl's Bee (9-0) at Meydan 1m gd in Dec.
Runaholic (IRE) 15-8fav (9-7) Midfield, ridden 2f out, headway 1f out, ran on, just denied, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Connemara Coast (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Shake Hand (USA) (9-0) 12th of 14, 21 1/2l behind Shirl's Bee (9-0) at Meydan 1m gd in Dec.
Smart System (USA) The Factor colt out of Pinata Cat.
Sofalgin (USA) More Than Ready colt out of Seeking Sheba.
Emirates Voice (8-8) 9th of 10, 32 1/4l behind Mimi Kakushi (8-8) at Meydan 7f gd in Dec.
Ironside (IRE) (9-2) 3rd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Abshrek (9-2) at Meydan 6f gd in Dec.
Act Of Reason (IRE) (9-2) 4th of 9, 7l behind Abshrek (9-2) at Meydan 6f gd in Dec.
Flame Talon (IRE) (9-11) last of 10, dist behind Carpe Momentum (9-11) at Jebel Ali 1m mdn stks fst in Jan.
Panoshoshic (USA) (9-6) 6th of 10, 18 1/2l behind Carpe Momentum (9-11) at Jebel Ali 1m mdn stks fst in Jan.
