THE Dubai Carnival got under way last week, with meetings scheduled at Meydan on most Thursdays and roughly every other Saturday until the climax on Dubai World Cup Day on March 30th.

The first card of 2019 included the UAE 1000 Guineas Trial, usually won by a useful filly but very likely substandard this time around. The winner, Al Hayette, was worth a timefigure of just 79 by my reckoning.