Thursday’s third Nad Al Sheba meeting of the new season, kindly sponsored by Al Tayer Motors, is a six race affair highlighted by two valuable handicaps.

And with the opportunity for racegoers to share in over AED90,000 in the free-to-enter prediction competitions an exciting night appears guaranteed.

Racing concludes with the Maserati Quattroporte Stakes (1600m) in which the very useful Roman’s Run makes his seasonal reappearance.

The mount of Dubai World Cup winning jockey Fernando Jara, he is trained by Champion Trainer Doug Watson who said: “He is in good form at home and we are hoping for a big run from him.

“He has to give weight all round but should give a good account.”

That race is worth AED110,000 as is the Maserati Granturismo Trophy (2400m), the third on the card, in which Watson saddles four of the seven runners.

Jara partners Elmustanser, who contested the 2005 Dubai World Cup, with Tadhg O’Shea on top-weight Mutasallil, a winner at the Dubai International Racing Carnival last season.