ran green towards rear, headway and hung left over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous
slowly into stride, held up, headway and switched left 2f out, never dangerous
ran green, dwelt, held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong
raced mid-division, improved over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong
slowly into stride, raced mid division, ridden and weakened over 1f out
close up, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not pace to challenge
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakend 2f out
went right start, soon close up, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
made all, ridden and ran on inside final furlong
squeezed out start, held up in rear, headway 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
tracked winner, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakend final furlong
Golden Fury and Windsor Knot probably have the best form of those to have raced previously but this may go to one of the newcomers with Monsoon Rain preferred to Dubai Venture among them. The selection, an American-bred colt, makes plenty of appeal on pedigree and comes from the Godolphin yard that has done so well with their juveniles first time out this term. Sir Michael Stoute's Dubai Venture is a son of Rainbow Quest out of a Generous mare and can reasonably safely be expected to do better over middle distances next term. Ed Dunlop's two-year-old runners normally need their first start so the chances are that Desert Classic is probably going to be best watched along with John Dunlop's Ebtikaar. The latter's stablemate Golden Fury ran promisingly on his debut at Doncaster, while John Gosden's Windsor Knot showed enough at Sandown to suggest that he would win races. However, Monsoon Rain makes plenty of appeal on his debut and is taken to win first time out.
