Ryan Moore's victory on THE GREY GATSBY in the Irish Champion Stakes was one of the riding highlights of the last campaign and, hopefully, Kevin Ryan's colt will be at his best as he'll need to be in this company. This has been his target since that victory over Australia in September and his class can see him home despite the trip looking on the short side. Solow progressed into a high-class performer last season which culminated in victory in the Group 2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein at Longchamp. That looked a strong renewal and with a recent run at Chantilly under his belt he's an obvious threat. Mshawish has completed a hat-trick on very fast ground at Gulfstream and though beaten into fourth in this last year he didn't get the best of runs and comes back for another crack. He'd beaten Trade Storm comfortably in the Zabeel Mile earlier and is a real threat to the Europeans. The lightly-raced Cladocera defied a poor draw to land the Balanchine on her second run here last month and she's progressing at a rate of knots while Marco Botti's Euro Charline landed the prestigious Beverly D at Arlington in August on just her seventh racecourse appearance.
Euro Charline 10-1 (8-5) Rated rail, swung 5wd, won at Arlington(USA) 1m 1f Grp 1 gd in Aug beating Stephanie's Kitten (8-11) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Umgiyo (AUS) (9-0) 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Sky Hunter (9-0) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) gf.
Mshawish (USA) 7-5fav (8-6) Waitd1/4,split foes1/8, won at Gulfstream(USA) 1m 1f Grp 1 hcp gd in Feb beating Slumber (8-3) by shd, 9 ran.
Earnshaw (USA) (9-0) 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Safety Check (9-3) at Meydan(UAE) 1m Grp 2 (1) gf in Feb.
Limario (EG) (9-0) 10th of 12, 14l behind Hunter's Light (9-0) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) gf.
The Grey Gatsby (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) In rear, pushed along approaching straight, switched right 2f out and progress to go 2nd over 1f out, kept on under pressure, led close home, won at Leopardstown 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gf in Sep beating Australia (9-0) by nk, 7 ran.
Trade Storm (9-0) 2nd of 12, 7l behind Hunter's Light (9-0) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) gf.
Cladocera (GER) (9-3) won at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f Grp 2 flls (1) std in Feb beating Anahita (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
Farraaj (IRE) (9-0) 6th of 12, 2 3/4l behind Designs On Rome (9-0) at Sha Tin(HK) 1m 2f stk gf in Dec.
Solow (9-4) won at Chantilly(FR) 1m 4yo stk beating King Air (8-11) by 4l, 6 ran.