Michael Halford's USA import WILD DUDE, a regular winner at Group 1 and 2 level on Dirt in his home country, has performed with credit in better events than this in his two starts on this track and this looks within his capabilities. Fannaan has only raced on Turf and hasn't had much experience but he's shown himself to be very smart and will have come on a bundle for last week's debut on the track over 6f on Turf. Stunned easily landed a Jebel Ali handicap in December before taking on much better company on this track while French import Raafid completed a double on Polytrack at Deauville last summer. Shaishee has been beaten four times already this year but in very strong company and is slowly dropping to a mark he looks capable of winning from so he rates a big threat.
Wild Dude (USA) (9-0) 3rd of 6, 5l behind Cool Cowboy (9-0) at Meydan 6f fst in Feb.
Fannaan (USA) 11-2jfav (9-6) 8th of 14, 3 3/4l behind Krypton Factor (9-1) at Meydan 6f hcp gd in Feb.
Sahaafy (USA) 20-1 (8-11) last of 10, 8 3/4l behind Salateen (8-10) at Meydan 7f hcp gd in Feb.
Ross (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) 5th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Heavy Metal (9-2) at Meydan 1m hcp fst in Jan.
Stunned (9-0) 4th of 6, 6l behind Cool Cowboy (9-0) at Meydan 6f fst in Feb.
Raafid (8-13) 3rd of 7, 1/2l behind Qurbaan (8-13) at Deauville 7f stks pol in Aug.
Shaishee (USA) 8-1 (8-11) 3rd of 10, 5 1/2l behind Comicas (8-9) at Meydan 6f hcp gd in Feb.
Encipher (USA) 25-1 (8-7) 8th of 10, 6 1/2l behind Salateen (8-10) at Meydan 7f hcp gd in Feb.
