Star Empire, fifth in 2013 and a close third last year, has had his preparation this campaign geared towards this event and he'll be ready to go. Brown Panther is having his first run on the track but Tom Dascombe's classy stayer - last year's Irish St Leger and Chester Cup winner - has an obvious chance despite the lack of a recent run. He had Ahzeemah three lengths behind when landing the 2013 Goodwood Cup but Almoonqith could be a different proposition. He was a 33/1 chance when landing the recognised trial for this last month - his first start over 1m6f. He stayed well enough and had several of these behind including Rio Tigre, Meandre and Havana Beat though it was a bit of a messy race. John Gosden sent the lightly-raced Marzocco to Chelmsford for a run a couple of weeks ago and he duly obliged, though he'll need to do a great deal more against this opposition. BATHYRHON could prove the value in a tricky event as the France-based stayer won the Prix Gladiateur over this trip before finding High Jinx too strong over 2m4f in the Prix Du Cadran.
Dormello (IRE) (8-13) won at Abu Dhabi(UAE) 1m 3f Grp 3 gd, 13 ran.
Brass Ring (9-0) 9th of 11, 6l behind Sky Hunter (9-0) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) gf.
Cooptado (ARG) (9-0) 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Sky Hunter (9-0) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) gf.
Mushreq (AUS) 8-1 (9-6) 7th of 12, 7l behind Flying The Flag (9-3) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 2f hcp gd in Feb.
Dubday (9-1) won at Doha(QA) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Feb, 14 ran.
Star Empire (SAF) (9-2) 3rd of 11, 3l behind Almoonqith (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) fst in Feb.
Marzocco (USA) 4-9fav (8-12) Keen tracked leader, effort over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, driven out, won at Chelmsford City 2m cnd stks (4yo+) (2) pol beating John Reel (9-3) by nk, 5 ran.
Bathyrhon (GER) 5-1 (9-2) 2nd of 8, nk behind High Jinx (9-2) at Longchamp(FR) 2m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Oct.
Almoonqith (USA) (9-2) won at Meydan(UAE) 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) fst in Feb, 11 ran.
Havana Beat (IRE) (9-2) 4th of 11, 6l behind Almoonqith (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) fst in Feb.
Meandre (FR) (9-2) 5th of 11, 7l behind Almoonqith (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) fst in Feb.
Vaasa (IRE) (8-12) 3rd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Dormello (8-13) at Abu Dhabi(UAE) 1m 3f Grp 3 gd.
Rio Tigre (IRE) (8-11) 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Almoonqith (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) fst in Feb.
Brown Panther 11-1 (9-0) 3wd into str,wkened, 11th of 13, 6l behind Main Sequence (9-0) at Santa Anita(USA) 1m 4f Grp 1 gd in Nov.
Ahzeemah (IRE) (9-2) 8th of 11, well behind Almoonqith (9-2) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) fst in Feb.
