Burgas has won eight races in Turkey including the Derby and has the top international rating of these. Star Safari won the race a year ago having arrived in winning form. He's followed a similar path this time and William Buick chooses him over Royal Fleet, though the latter ran a superb race under James Doyle behind Lord Glitters in the Singspiel and is improving fast. Marie's Diamond finished runner-up to Star Safari last month though the race was run at a crawl before turning into a sprint and he ran poorly next time. The one to take from the race is the France-trained INTEGRANT, who was making his debut. In the rear until the straight, he had no chance of making up the ground but finished with a flourish and the likely faster gallop can see him spring a surprise.
Al Maysan (9-0) 5th of 16, 5 3/4l behind Eastern World (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f hcp stks fst in Feb.
Big Team (USA) (8-10) 3rd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Appreciated (8-7) at Meydan 1m 2f lst stks fst in Feb.
Lucius Tiberius (IRE) (9-2) 11th of 13, 16 1/4l behind Moqtarreb (9-2) at Abu Dhabi 1m gd in Dec.
Marie's Diamond (IRE) (9-8) 11th of 16, 14 1/2l behind Valiant Prince (9-6) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Feb.
Pensiero D'Amore (IRE) (9-11) 14th of 16, 21 1/4l behind Valiant Prince (9-6) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Feb.
Star Safari (9-6) won at Meydan 1m 2f lst stks (1) gd in Jan beating Marie's Diamond (9-0) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Volcanic Sky (9-8) 3rd of 15, 1/2l behind Global Storm (9-8) at Meydan 1m 4f hcp fst in Feb.
Burgas (TUR) (8-11) won at Ankara 1m 4f Grp 1 in Oct.
Castlebar (IRE) (9-2) 3rd of 13, 4 1/4l behind Al Madhar (9-1) at Meydan 1m 2f hcp gd in Feb.
Integrant (FR) (8-13) 5th of 14, 1 3/4l behind Star Safari (9-6) at Meydan 1m 2f lst stks (1) gd in Jan.
Royal Fleet (9-0) 2nd of 11, 1l behind Lord Glitters (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 2 stks fst in Feb.
Iron Butterfly (SWE) (9-1) won at Ovrevoll 1m 2f gd in Oct beating Hollywoodboulevard (9-4) by 2l, 0 ran.