Meydan tips: Angus McNae's selections for Friday's action

This expensive breeze-up purchase is dirt bred through and through, and can land this maiden for Charlie Appleby before following a path to the UAE 2000 Guineas. 

He shaped well in defeat on debut at Kempton in September when second to Item, who has won since, and this youngster was green that day.

The selection will be better for the experience, which he can put to good use here on a surface that should really suit him. 

Meshtri won this race last year when sent off at 12-1, and while he will be a much shorter price this time, he looks the most likely winner again. 

The five-year-old has to concede weight to all of his rivals in this Listed contest, which should not hinder him given his superior form, and excellent record at the track where he has won three of his five outings at.

His jockey, Silvestre dee Sousa, has made an excellent start to the UAE season, and his mount can provide him with another winner. 

I like the look of Khanjar returning to the dirt over seven furlongs here. He has won on this surface at Meydan and has plenty of speed to secure a prominent position from his wide draw in stall eight. 

He has only raced over seven furlongs three times in the UAE, and his form figures read 213 over this trip. 

He was a comfortable winner when he last raced on the dirt at Meydan, and off a rating of 99, he looks sure to run well. 

I am taking on the odds-on favourite, Heart Of Honor, with Galactic Star who beat him in the Al Bastikiya last year. Heart Of Honor turned that form around comprehensively in the UAE Derby, but all cannot have been well there with Galactic Star, who was well supported to land that contest on Dubai World Cup night. 

At the early 11-4 on offer, he makes the most appeal.