Ali Rashid Al Rayhi completed a double at Jebel Ali at the weekend with Connor Beasley getting his Dubai career off to a winning start. Trenches represents the trainer along with Prepared under Tadhg O'Shea, who also got off the mark at the weekend. The latter won a handicap here in February though took a few runs before reaching his peak, unlike MATHEMATICS, who made a winning reappearance at Sharjah last October then completed a double here in December. He should be wound up for this and gets the vote. Beasley is on board Strong Challenge, a Goodwood maiden winner for Godolphin but out of form earlier this year. Milton won a mile handicap here in January while Pirate's Cove is interesting having won for Andre Fabre in France. Whitman won four times as a juvenile for Mark Johnston but didn't train on as expected though generally competed in tough handicaps.
Milton (USA) 8-1 (9-2) 12th of 13, 27 3/4l behind Bochart (9-2) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Mar.
Pirate's Cove (IRE) (9-2) 4th of 16, 5 1/2l behind Nice To See You (8-13) at Saint-Cloud 1m hcp sft in Nov.
Ejbaar 7-1 (9-4) 2nd of 15, 2 1/2l behind Rocket Power (8-13) at Jebel Ali 6f hcp fst in Mar.
Strong Challenge (IRE) 15-8fav (9-6) Raced wide close up, pushed along to press leaders over 2f out, ran wide bend into straight 2f out, soon weakened, last of 13, 9 3/4l behind Make Music (9-2) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Trenches (USA) 5-2 (9-1) Prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 8 1/4l behind Fighting Temeraire (9-7) at Newmarket 7f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Mathematics (5-11) last of 10, dist behind Damar (8-8) at Chengdu 7f hcp gd in Apr.
Pit Stop (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) 5th of 12, 5 3/4l behind Prepared (8-7) at Meydan 1m hcp fst in Feb.
Prepared 5-1 (9-1) 3rd of 13, 4 1/2l behind Gavroche (8-10) at Jebel Ali 1m 1f hcp fst in Mar.
Whitman 12-1 (9-1) Keen, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened towards finish, 7th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Blair House (9-6) at Pontefract 1m hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Zain Empire 6-1 (8-7) 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Bochart (9-2) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Mar.
Fidaslemei (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) 7th of 13, 8 1/4l behind Shillong (8-9) at Jebel Ali 6f hcp fst in Nov.
Fear The Fury (USA) 25-1 (9-3) Close up, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 10, 32 1/4l behind Angel Down (9-4) at Newmarket 7f hcp (4) gs in Jun.