The Germany-trained Ross has taken well to Polytrack and landed a Listed contest at Deauville last month so if he acts on this surface he'll be a threat to all. FREE WHEELING is a class-act on his day as he showed when a close third in the Godolphin Mile on World Cup night. He didn't run very well on his reappearance but should put that behind him here and gain his second victory on the track. Cool Cowboy produced a superb performance when runner-up to Reynaldothewizard over 6f two weeks ago and if building on that looks certain to get involved. He holds Muaanid on a line through that winner and the latter is also very closely matched with Encipher on their 1-2 over track and trip a year ago.
Free Wheeling (AUS) (9-0) 12th of 0, 18 3/4l behind Le Bernardin (9-0) at Meydan 1m Grp 2 stks fst in Jan.
Cool Cowboy (USA) 25-1 (9-0) 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Reynaldothewizard (9-0) at Meydan 6f lst stks fst in Jan.
Emirates Skycargo (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) 9th of 16, 6l behind Forries Waltz (9-5) at Meydan 1m hcp gf in Jan.
Muaanid (9-0) 10th of 0, 24 1/4l behind Tamarkuz (9-0) at Meydan 1m Grp 3 (1) fst in Mar.
Almargo (IRE) 33-1 (8-8) 9th of 16, 7 1/4l behind Dark Emerald (9-0) at Meydan 7f hcp pol in Feb.
Encipher (USA) 33-1 (8-9) 6th of 16, 1 1/2l behind Ghaamer (8-11) at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Jan.
Frank Lloyd Wright (SWE) 20-1 (8-13) 7th of 8, 10l behind Nawwaar (8-10) at Meydan 6f hcp fst in Jan.
Giftorm (USA) 25-1 (9-4) 12th of 16, 8 1/4l behind Forries Waltz (9-5) at Meydan 1m hcp gf in Jan.
Ross (IRE) (8-12) won at Deauville 7f lst stks (1) pol in Dec beating Sovereign Debt (9-5) by shd, 16 ran.