A high-class renewal with six rated 120 or over. Japan's Glory Vase, dual winner of the Hong Kong Vase, comes out best on 123 and he had Coronation Cup winner Pyledriver a length behind in the Sha Tin Group 1 last month. The latter had no chance from a wide draw at Riyadh last time so that run should be ignored. AUTHORITY, who stays 2m, dropped down to 1m2f and made all in a lucrative Group 3 at Riyadh when he had the staying-on Kaspar just over a length behind. Another raider from Japan, Group 1 winner Shahryar, was three lengths behind the selection in the Japan Cup and was also behind Stella Veloce earlier though didn't act on the soft ground. Alenquer was impressive when beating Lord North in the Winter Derby at Lingfield and had Derby winner Adayar in second and Godolphin's Yibir a close third in Sandown's Classic Trial last April though the latter improved dramatically as the season progressed culminating in victory in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar. Hukum earned his place with a victory in the Dubai City Of Gold last month.
Authority (JPN) 7-4fav (8-13) won at Riyadh 1m 2f Grp 3 gf in Feb beating Kaspar (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 14 ran.
Dubai Future 11-1 (9-6) 5th of 14, 8l behind Stay Foolish (9-6) at Riyadh 1m 7f Grp 3 hcp gd in Feb.
For The Top (ARG) (9-0) 7th of 14, 12 1/4l behind Hypothetical (9-0) at Meydan 1m 2f Grp 1 fst in Mar.
Glory Vase (JPN) (9-0) won at Sha Tin 1m 4f Grp 1 gd in Dec beating Pyledriver (9-0) by 1l, 8 ran.
Hukum (IRE) (9-0) won at Meydan 1m 4f Grp 2 fst in Mar beating Without A Fight (9-0) by hd, 14 ran.
Kaspar (EG) 40-1 (8-13) 2nd of 14, 1 1/4l behind Authority (8-13) at Riyadh 1m 2f Grp 3 gf in Feb.
Pyledriver 9-4 (8-13) 11th of 14, 12 1/2l behind Authority (8-13) at Riyadh 1m 2f Grp 3 gf in Feb.
Without A Fight (IRE) (9-0) 2nd of 14, hd behind Hukum (9-0) at Meydan 1m 4f Grp 2 fst in Mar.
Alenquer (FR) 11-4 (9-0) Prominent, pushed along and led under 3f out, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside last, readily, won at Lingfield 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) pol in Feb beating Lord North (9-0) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Burgas (TUR) (9-3) 4th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Royal Fleet (9-3) at Meydan 1m 2f Grp 3 stks in Feb.
Dubai Honour (IRE) (8-11) 4th of 12, 1 1/4l behind Loves Only You (8-10) at Sha Tin 1m 2f Grp 1 gd in Dec.
Shahryar (JPN) 3-1 (8-9) 3rd of 18, shd behind Contrail (9-0) at Tokyo 1m 4f fm in Nov.
Stella Veloce (JPN) 4-6fav (9-0) 2nd of 16, shd behind Yoho Lake (8-9) at Chukyo 1m 3f in Jan.
Yibir 17-2 (8-10) Circled, full of run, won at Del Mar 1m 4f gd in Nov beating Broome (9-0) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Uberleben (JPN) 2-1fav (8-7) 5th of 13, shd behind African Gold (8-11) at Hanshin 1m 3f in Feb.
