Backed to win.

SAEED BIN SUROOR is in confident mood ahead of tonight's much-anticipated feature race at the Dubai International Racing Carnival. The Group 3 UAE 2,000 Guineas on the dirt at Nad al Sheba has attracted a field of ten with two trainers both seeking a fourth win in the race, responsible for half the field. But with Godolphin handler Bin Suroor saddling three, he's backing the Boys in Blue to come home with a win. Frankie Dettori is on Desert Party on whom he won three weeks ago. He was chased home in that 1,400m race by stable companion Regal Ransom who is one of six victims in that race back for another crack. And with exciting new recruit Vineyard Haven, a dual Grade 1 winner in his native USA on the dirt, completing his trio, Bin Suroor has a very strong hand and is hopeful. He said: "Vineyard Haven is a nice new horse who is going to improve a lot for the run. He does not show an awful lot on our Tapeta track but is a real dirt horse we have high hopes for. "We were very pleased with Desert Party and Regal Ransom last time and both came out of the race well. We have to be hopeful with our three runners." South African Mike De Kock has won the last two renewals of the race with Asiatic Boy and Honour Devil, both ridden by Johnny Murtagh in the colours of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. They bid for a hat-trick with Blues And Rock but he, like stable companion Rocks Off, has a lot of ground to make up on Desert Party. JJ The Jet Plane heads the weights in the 1,100m Insideout Trophy, a conditions race on the dirt, and South Africa's Champion Sprinter is an exciting addition to the De Kock Dubai-based string. However, his trainer sounded a note of caution: "He is giving a lot of weight away after a long break."

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