Doug Watson will surely be striking form soon and both Exciting Days and Meqdam have chances and they finished 1-2 at Al Ain in April. The former was beaten just over two lengths when third behind Branwell on that track in January and the latter won over the course and distance a month later. He had a run in a better race here as did Perfect Balance, who had earlier scored at Sharjah when Dubai Vision was behind though the latter had beaten that rival a short-head there in March when conceding 5lb. MAKFOUL (NAP) was placed three times for the Crisford‘s before heading here and after a moderate debut made all for a very convincing victory at Al Ain so a mark of 80 may be underestimating him.
Big Team (USA) 22-1 (10-4) Raced keenly, headway to lead 10f out, joined and pushed along 3f out, headed over 2f out, outpaced and no chance with winner when lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened quickly, 11th of 13, 16 1/4l behind Humanity (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Makfoul (IRE) (9-2) won at Al Ain 1m 2f fst in Nov beating Oasis Moon (8-13) by 5 1/2l, 10 ran.
Branwell (IRE) (8-11) 4th of 13, 6 1/4l behind Qareeb (8-9) at Meydan 1m 1f hcp in Nov.
Watch My Six (IRE) (9-4) 2nd of 16, 1l behind Haasim (9-4) at Jebel Ali 7f mdn stks in Dec.
Exciting Days (USA) (9-10) won at Al Ain 1m 2f hcp in Apr beating Meqdam (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 15 ran.
Green Jacket (USA) (8-13) 12th of 13, dist behind Qareeb (8-9) at Meydan 1m 1f hcp in Nov.
Ahesta Bero (9-5) 2nd of 16, 1 3/4l behind Webinar (9-7) at Abu Dhabi 1m 4f hcp gd in Mar.
Saqqara King (USA) (9-5) last of 13, 18 1/2l behind Aswan (9-5) at Abu Dhabi 1m hcp fm in Nov.
Dubai Vision (USA) (9-6) 2nd of 4, 1l behind Attribution (9-6) at Jebel Ali 1m 2f hcp in Nov.
Meqdam (IRE) (9-7) 2nd of 15, 1 1/2l behind Exciting Days (9-10) at Al Ain 1m 2f hcp in Apr.
Perfect Balance (IRE) (9-10) 3rd of 10, 5 1/4l behind Al Jaddaf (9-10) at Meydan 1m hcp in Nov.
Aldhaja (USA) (8-11) 11th of 12, 24 1/4l behind Made In Dubai (9-5) at Meydan 1m hcp fst in Nov.
Act Of Wisdom (IRE) (9-10) 12th of 15, dist behind Exciting Days (9-10) at Al Ain 1m 2f hcp in Apr.