GOLDEN SPEECH was placed five times in six races for Charlie Appleby including on Tapeta and Polytrack and an official mark of 82 should be enough to make a successful start on Dirt. Nevershow Weakness ran reasonably well on Turf here in January while Doug Watson is off the mark for the campaign and the newcomer Alajdl looks best his two entries. With his stable having started off the season in sparkling form, it would not be a surprise to see Meshtri, a son of Medaglia d‘Oro, in the firing line.
Alajdl (FR) Candy Ride colt out of Queen Of The Sand.
Alimento (USA) (8-9) 10th of 11, 36 1/4l behind Southern Artist (8-9) at Jebel Ali 7f stks fst in Feb.
Classic Medal (USA) (8-11) 13th of 15, 23 1/2l behind Maputo (9-11) at Al Ain 1m mdn stks fst in Mar.
Golden Speech 9-4 (8-11) Prominent, kept wide away from rest until tacked over and led over 5f out, headed over 1f out, not pace of winner, lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 11, 4 3/4l behind Measured Time (8-11) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Meshtri (USA) Medaglia D'oro gelding out of Clothes Fall Off.
Mulhim (IRE) (9-0) 7th of 9, 15 3/4l behind Ghazzwaan (9-0) at Jebel Ali 1m mdn stks fst in Mar.
Nevershow Weakness (USA) (9-2) 5th of 16, 4 3/4l behind Legend Of Cannes (9-2) at Meydan 1m mdn stks gd in Jan.
