Planteur will be making a pretty brief visit to the Gulf as he prepares to leave Newmarket this weekend ahead of the Dubai World Cup on March 30.

Marco Botti's six-year-old looked in excellent health on Monday, despite having spent his time preparing through the chilly British weather.

He has taken a slightly different route towards the planet's richest race when landing the Winter Derby Trial in February.

In his first season since leaving Elie Lellouche in France, Planteur stayed on to finish third in last year's World Cup but was put in his place by Frankel on his final start of the summer in the Juddmonte International.

"I was very pleased with his run at Lingfield considering I knew he would need it a lot," Botti said.

"He'll do one more piece of work this week and then he leaves for Dubai on Saturday.

"He's going there in very good shape."

In new premises, Botti's aim this season is to train a domestic Group One, and one of the top on his list is Moohaajim, a contender for the 2000 Guineas Stakes.

Winner of the Mill Reef at Newbury, the Cape Cross colt was touched off by Reckless Abandon in the Middle Park Stakes.

"I'm pleased with his progress - it's so far, so good - and we plan to run him in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury," said Botti.

"He's entered in the French and English Guineas but the priority will be the English.

"He was on the small side last year, but he has done well."