Conquerant, who won at Catterick in 2014, showed his liking for Dirt with an easy handicap victory at Al Ain and has gone well first-time-back in the past. Heraldic won a handicap over 1m2f here in February when leading a long way from home so he'll have no problems with the shorter trip. His stable also run SKY JOCKEY, who began the last campaign with a course and distance victory and ended it by landing a handicap at Jinna Lake in China and gets the nod. Naaeebb has been a short-priced beaten favourite in all three starts for Godolphin in the summer including on Tapeta at Newcastle so this could be a last throw of the dice. Jim Crowley's mount Moosir has never recaptured the form that saw him complete a double here in the spring of last year. Right Flank ran three times for Andre Fabre without showing much but Mears showed a bit of potential in the USA.
Conquerant (9-0) won at Al Ain 1m fst in Mar beating Sogno D'amore (8-13) by 3 1/2l, 15 ran.
Heraldic (USA) 12-1 (8-10) 8th of 13, 11 1/4l behind Gavroche (8-10) at Jebel Ali 1m 1f hcp fst in Mar.
Right Flank (USA) (9-2) 7th of 11, 9 1/2l behind Rebellito (9-2) at Saint-Cloud 1m stks sft in Jun.
Mears (USA) 10-1 (8-6) Stlkd,steadied,wkn upr, 9th of 10, 6l behind Keepingitquiet (8-6) at Gulfstream 1m mdn gd in May.
Moosir (USA) 20-1 (8-11) 7th of 8, 23 1/4l behind Secret Ambition (9-2) at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Mar.
Muqaatil (USA) (8-6) 5th of 6, 10 1/4l behind Resonant (9-5) at Jebel Ali 1m hcp fst in Nov.
Emirates Airline 14-1 (8-7) 9th of 15, 9 1/2l behind Rocket Power (8-13) at Jebel Ali 6f hcp fst in Mar.
Naaeebb (USA) 7-4fav (9-5) With leader, ridden over 1f out, no extra last 75 yards, 5th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Breeze (9-0) at Newcastle 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
New Signal 5-1 (9-11) 15th of 16, 19 1/2l behind Najm Suhail (9-8) at Jebel Ali 7f hcp fst in Nov.
Pinter (9-0) 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Damar (8-8) at Chengdu 7f hcp gd in Apr.
Royal History 25-1 (8-8) 14th of 15, 18 1/4l behind Rocket Power (8-13) at Jebel Ali 6f hcp fst in Mar.
Sky Jockey (9-2) won at Chengdu 1m hcp gd in Apr beating Signs In The Sand (9-8) by nk, 9 ran.
Hello (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) 10th of 15, 16l behind Aslan (9-1) at Jebel Ali 1m 2f hcp fst in Nov.
Ballad Singer (8-4) 6th of 10, 15l behind Damar (8-8) at Chengdu 7f hcp gd in Apr.