Ghost Army hails from an in-form yard and was favourite for a Listed contest in France last year but he failed to fire on his reappearance at Jebel Ali. Like most of these, Covert Desire has become disappointing but wasn't beaten far in a similar race last month though Fa'Iz, who finished just in front of him, has been well beaten subsequently. Sooth Al Saalam finished behind the pair of them but got no sort of run and can reverse the form. MURASIL made a fair debut at Kempton for Godolphin in October but flopped when fancied there a couple of weeks later. He's obviously got some ability which may be enough for his new trainer to exploit and is given the nod.
Covert Desire 7-2 (9-0) 3rd of 16, 2l behind Exploratory (8-13) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f mdn stks in Jan.
Earth Tour 6-1 (9-0) 6th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Bravo Ragazzo (8-10) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f mdn stks in Nov.
Fa'iz (IRE) 14-1 (7-13) 13th of 14, 13l behind Mutual Force (8-0) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 2f hcp.
Ghost Army (IRE) 7-4fav (9-0) 9th of 15, 13l behind Damar (9-0) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 7f mdn stks in Jan.
Lake Hawk (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) 6th of 9, 17l behind Returning Hero (9-0) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 1m mdn stks.
Mutayaser 12-1 (8-9) 9th of 16, 16l behind Firstknight (9-2) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 7f hcp in Jan.
Serjaan 14-1 (9-0) 14th of 15, 38l behind Momaris (9-3) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 7f mdn stks in Nov '12.
Tadmir (USA) 8-1 (9-3) Started slowly, towards rear, good headway on outside over 2f out, chased leader 1f out, every chance and stayed on inside final furlong, not quicken close home, 3rd of 11, 1/2l behind Homeric (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct '12.
Court Politics 9-1 (8-4) 6th of 12, 19l behind Art Wave (8-6) at Jebel Ali(UAE) 7f hcp.
Murasil (USA) 7-4fav (9-5) Dwelt, held up towards rear, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, 7th of 13, 14l behind Okavango (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Sooth Al Ssalam (USA) 3-1fav (8-13) 5th of 16, 3 1/2l behind Exploratory (8-13) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f mdn stks in Jan.
Tailoring (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) 7th of 16, 5l behind Exploratory (8-13) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f mdn stks in Jan.