Dubai: John Gosden will be hoping to boost his record with younger horses when he saddles Muwaary in the Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises Handicap at Newbury on Friday.

A multiple winner of Britain’s top two and three-year-old races the 1,000 Guineas (G1), St.Leger (G1), Fillies’ Mile (G1) and Coronation Stakes (G1), it’s not surprising to see that Gosden’s charge is the 15/8 ante-post favourite to bag the 1400m contest, which traditionally attracts horses with a bright future.

The Oasis Dream colt will be making only his second career start following an impressive victory in the E.B.F. Maiden Stakes at this track last July.

He is one of two horses owned by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, in the ten-horse field. The other being the Ed Dunlop-trained Zarwaan, who also comes into the contest on the back of a smart win at Haydock last summer.

Paul Hanagan will ride Muwaary, while Dane O’Neill gets the leg-up on Zarwaan

Although he was entitled to run a bit green on his first career start, Muwaary did show a very professional attitude encouraging ex-jockey Richard Hills, and said: “He is a good horse and a quick learner, although he was still green.

“We like to bring nice horses to Newbury and we’re very pleased with him. He showed a nice turn of foot and this maiden will produce some very nice horses,” said Hills, who is the racing advisor to Shaikh Hamdan.

There is significant Dubai interest in the race, with Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, also represented by Torchlighter, who had a busy juvenile season with five starts. He broke his maiden at the third time of asking with a pounding seven-length victory at Pontefract in September, and can be expected to run well.

Dubai businessmen Saeed Manana and Malih Al Basti also supply runners, with Brazos representing Manana and Baby Bush running in the colours of ERA Board Member Al Basti.

Brazos has also been busy since he made his debut last July, making seven visits to several racecourses around Britain, with his lone success coming in a competitive maiden at Goodwood. But it was in this race that the son of Clodovil hinted at better things to come when digging deep to see off Lyn Valley and Mystique Rider in a close finish.

He is trained by Clive Brittain and will be ridden by James Doyle, who is the retained jockey of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Khalid Abdullah.

Baby Bush won his debut at Newbury last season but failed to deliver when he stepped up in class for the Group 3 Sweet Solera Stakes, which was won by Godolphin’s Ithimal. On his next outing, he finished third behind Richard Hannon’s unbeaten Piping Rock.

Last year, Hannon landed the Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises Handicap with Baltic Knight.

The race is also part of the British Owners and Breeders Incentive Scheme (BOBIS), which offers owners and breeders a valuable incentive to keep investing in British racing by offering a boost to prize money.

From the bonus of £10,000, 60 per cent goes to the owner (nominator) and 30 per cent to the person who registers the horse (usually the breeder), while the trainer, jockey and winning stable will also receive a percentage of the prize.