MIKE has a good record in the Group 1 Dubai Duty Free having won it with Ipi Tombe in 2003 and dead-heater Right Approach in 2004 and looks to hold strong claims again this year with both Musir and Mutahadee in the field.

Photographed at the track on Tuesday with Musir, Mike said: “Musir was  one we had a few options for with the Godolphin Mile a strong consideration, but I have always maintained he is a turf horse so we are running him in the Duty Free, he is very well.”

Musir with Mike de Kock at Meydan training paddocks, photographed by Andrew Watkins.