A cadre of seasoned Dubai veterans are set to contest this listed contest at Jebel Ali on Friday. While Meydan is usually getting all the plaudits at this time of the Dubai racing season, it’s dirt-oriented cousin Jebel Ali still manages to boast plenty of quality action.

A fair portion of the contenders here have had outings at Meydan this season and the big variable here is likely to be how good of a reference the Meydan to Jebel Ali turns out to be. A certain amount of punters may be tempted to stick with proven dirt form over some of the higher-ratings shipping over from Meydan. Most of the Meydan contenders don’t boast winning form.

The biggest culprit appears to be Snaafy (Kingmambo) and the seven year-old horse won his Meydan debut last February in...