Charlie Appleby holds the key to this with Fly At Dawn and VAN DER DECKEN. The former won three of his five starts including a couple of nurseries but failed in a Listed race at Newmarket in October so it's his stable companion who looks the one to be on. He started off in Ireland where he won a Curragh maiden and though not successful later he raced in strong company and should just about have the edge. Call To War gained a comfortable victory at Gulfstream in June and could be anything while Mufeed made all and stayed on strongly to land a course and distance maiden last month though faces stiffer opposition.
Fly At Dawn (USA) 6-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, driven over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Coronet (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst stks (1) gd in Oct.
Arborist (IRE) 16-1 (8-5) 12th of 14, 20 1/2l behind Mathematics (9-1) at Meydan 7f hcp fst in Dec.
Call To War (USA) 18-5 (8-6) Up3w1/8p,ridden out, won at Gulfstream 5f mdn fst in Jun beating Timeiseverything (8-6) by 3l, 8 ran.
Mufeed (USA) (9-0) won at Meydan 7f mdn stks fst in Nov beating Kahrab (9-0) by 3l, 0 ran.
Van Der Decken 12-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd 5f out until halfway, chased leaders, ridden and hung right over 2f out, soon outpaced, plugged on again inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 6l behind South Seas (9-1) at Sandown 7f Grp 3 stks (1) gs in Aug.
Nomorerichblondes (USA) (8-9) won at Meydan 7f mdn fll stks fst in Dec beating Mabrouka (8-9) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Complimenti (USA) Congrats filly out of Goldilocks' Cat.
Nalout (USA) (8-5) 6th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Hello (9-5) at Jebel Ali 1m mdn fst in Dec.
