Having finished placed in three races last week, I’m hoping we see a fightback from the visiting international contingent against the locals when Meydan stages its fourth Carnival meeting on Friday.
There are 23 overseas-trained horses taking part across the eight races and they have some strong chances of recording a third winner, having already had Enemy and Al-Dasim triumph for British trainers Ian Williams and George Boughey.
But the locals — including Godolphin, of course — will be extremely tough to beat. One of the leading international hopes is Nicolas Caullery’s Batwan, who is two from two at Meydan but now goes up in grade in the Listed Dubai Sprint.
I’d love him to win, but he might well need the run and I’m not brave enough to tip him against a race-fit Man of Promise, who will appreciate being back at 1,200m.