Twice Over can rule world

Henry Cecil believes Dubai World Cup favourite Twice Over can scale even greater heights at the age of six.

It is unusual for the trainer to have a horse in his care at such an advanced age, with most moved on or retired after their second or third season.

However, there is a sense of unfinished business for Twice Over, who had an unfortunate experience in the world's richest race last year when he was drawn wide and was bumped.

Cecil has changed plans for the 1m2f Group One event, opting to bring him out in Dubai earlier in order to gain experience of the all-weather surface at Meydan, on which he won his prep-race over the course and distance on March 3.

"We thought we had a great chance last year but things just didn't go right," said Cecil. "The main thing is to adapt to everything and we tried something different this year.

"We've been planning this since after the Champion Stakes in October. He had a rest then we had the idea of coming out here and having a race. It's been quite a long process in getting it right and hopefully we have.