Those who witnessed SUYOOF's reappearance a fortnight ago won't want to miss him here. A winner on the track in 2017, he only had two runs last season and disappointed but came from out of the clouds to snatch fifth in the race won by Another Batt two weeks ago and with that under his belt will take some beating. Mike De Kock also runs Fire Away, who has been acquired from the USA where he was a regular winner and landed a Grade 3 at Pimlico in May. Key Victory, a Listed winner at Newmarket in May, dropped away quickly on his debut here a fortnight ago while Settle For Bay can go well despite never getting into contention in the same race, his first since winning the Royal Hunt Cup. Saeed Bin Suroor has three entries at the bottom of this handicap and the lightly-raced Desert Fire could have got in lightly after winning twice in the summer by a combined total of 18l.
Key Victory (IRE) 11-10fav (8-13) 12th of 16, 9 3/4l behind Dream Castle (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 3 stks gd in Jan.
Settle For Bay (FR) 10-3 (9-0) 14th of 16, 18 1/4l behind Dream Castle (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 3 stks gd in Jan.
Suyoof (AUS) 25-1 (8-13) 5th of 14, 5 1/4l behind Another Batt (8-9) at Meydan 7f hcp gd in Jan.
Fire Away (USA) 11-2 (8-10) 2w,driven 4w into lane, 4th of 8, 4l behind Oscar Performance (8-12) at Belmont Park 1m stks gd in Jun.
Fly At Dawn (USA) 12-1 (9-1) 10th of 16, 6 1/2l behind D'bai (9-3) at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Jan.
Muraaqeb (AUS) (8-9) 3rd of 9, 1/4l behind Tally (9-2) at Sandown 1m 1f stks gd in Nov.
Poet's Society 8-1 (9-10) Prominent, lost place over 4f out, ridden 3f out, well beaten final 2f, 10th of 11, 22 3/4l behind Boy In The Bar (8-5) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (2) pol in Sep.
Bedouin's Story 5-1 (9-3) Held up and behind, good headway far side of group chasing leaders 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, soon clear, won at Newbury 7f hcp (4) gs in Oct beating Ptarmigan Ridge (9-7) by 3l, 20 ran.
Desert Fire (IRE) 1-16fav (9-7) Made all, pushed clear over 1f out, comfortable, won at Leicester 1m 2f stks (5) gf in Jul beating Jaquar (9-0) by 12l, 5 ran.
Race Day (IRE) 14-1 (8-5) 10th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Faatinah (9-6) at Meydan 5f hcp gd in Jan.
Stratton Street (USA) (8-13) 6th of 7, dist behind Heavy Metal (9-2) at Meydan 1m lst stks (1) fst in Dec.
Musaddas 100-1 (9-0) 15th of 16, 24 1/4l behind Dream Castle (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 3 stks gd in Jan.