The recent Coronavirus outbreak means Meydan’s Super Saturday meeting will now take place behind closed doors but that certainly doesn’t change the fact that this is a brilliant card which features two Group One contests.

All eyes - well, you know - will be on Barney Roy as he chases his second top-level success in the Jebel Hatta, trainer Charlie Appleby having done a fine job in slowly bringing him back to his best after an unsuccessful spell at stud.

The six-year-old was all class when comfortably seeing off old foe and the re-opposing DREAM CASTLE in the Al Rashidiya but neither have drawn ideally on this occasion and both might have to be played late.