KHUZAAM, four-times a winner for Roger Varian including the Lingfield all-weather mile championship, disputed the lead throughout over 6f at Jebel Ali but tired close home. He may be flattered by his 116 official rating though is suited by the race conditions. Quip, a dual Grade 2 winner in the USA, raced in top company here last winter and though having plenty to find will have come on markedly for his run here three weeks ago where he led for a long way. Bochart dropped down to this sort of level when scoring here in April but stable companion Kimbear looks more of a threat as he has a fine record around here and goes well fresh. Another from the yard, Imperial Empire, showed major improvement here last month and is the choice of Tadhg O'Shea.
Khuzaam (USA) (9-6) 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Al Tariq (9-6) at Jebel Ali 6f stks fst in Nov.
Quip (USA) (9-2) 4th of 7, 16 1/4l behind For The Top (9-2) at Meydan 1m 2f lst stks fst in Dec.
Bochart (9-6) 5th of 10, 15 1/2l behind Everfast (9-6) at Meydan 1m stks fst in Dec.
Kimbear (USA) (9-0) 4th of 15, 4 1/4l behind Rodaini (9-0) at Jebel Ali 7f stks fst in Mar.
Lord Tennyson 4-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, raced keenly, ridden over 1f out, pressed for 2nd briefly inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 4, 3 1/4l behind Happy Power (9-5) at Salisbury 7f stks (2) gf in Aug.
Boccaccio (IRE) 11-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 9 1/2l behind Harry's Bar (9-7) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (2) pol in Aug.
Saqqara King (USA) (9-11) 13th of 15, 30 1/2l behind Remorse (9-0) at Meydan 1m 2f hcp fst in Mar.
Syrtis 22-1 (10-1) Tracked leaders, pushed along when hampered inside final 2f, soon lost place, behind and eased final furlong, tailed off, last of 12, 32 1/4l behind Johan (10-0) at Salisbury 1m hcp (2) gs in Jun.
Imperial Empire (9-2) won at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Nov beating Tabarak (9-4) by 3 1/2l, 16 ran.
