Cat out to impress

Discreet Cat will have to “win and win well” in Saturday’s UAE Derby if he is to be considered a legitimate contender for a trip to Kentucky, connections have reported.

Bookmakers William Hill quote the son of Forestry at just 13-8 for the $2m (€1.7m) prize this weekend after he won his first start for Godolphin in a minor event at Nad Al Sheba earlier this month with ridiculous ease.