The gelding was suited by extreme "hold-up" tactics and was usually restrained at the rear of the field before being produced for a late run in the straight.
In the early part of 2011 at Meydan he won the Al Rashidiya and finished third in the Jebel Hatta before recording his most important win in the Dubai Duty Free.
Ridden by Ryan Moore he recovered from being hampered in the early stages to take the lead a furlong out and won by seven lengths from Rose Street.
In early 2009 Presvis was sent to race in the United Arab Emirates and ran three times at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, ridden on each occasion by Moore.
After being restrained in last place he produced a strong late run but failed by a head to overhaul the Brazilian champion Gloria de Campeao.
Moore felt that the horse had been an unlucky loser as he had been blocked and unable to obtain a clear run at a crucial stage, whilst Cumani said that he had been unsuited by the course.
[11] After a six-month break, Presvis made his first and only appearance of the year in England when he started 4/5 favourite for the Listed Churchill Stakes on the synthetic Polytrack surface at Lingfield Park Racecourse.
He finished second to Allybar when favourite for the Al Tayar Motors Trophy on the synthetic Tapeta surface on 5 February and then won the Group Two Jebel Hatta on turf a month later, coming from last place to beat the favoured Alexandros by one and a half lengths.
[12] Presvis then ran for the second time in the Dubai Duty Free but never looked likely to challenge the leaders and finished eleventh of the sixteen runners behind the 40/1 outsider Al Shemali.
[14] On 3 March Presvis attempted to repeat his 2010 success in the Jebel Hatta, but despite producing his customary late surge he finished third behind Wigmore Hall and Poet's Voice.
His opponents included Wigmore Hall, the South African mare River Jetez, Mendip, Beauty Flash (Hong Kong Mile) and Debussy.
In May he started second favourite for the Singapore Airlines International Cup but after running wide on the final turn he made no impression in the straight and finished tenth of the twelve runners behind the five-year-old Gitano Hernando.
He finished fifth behind the Australian-bred Musir in the Al Rashidiya and ninth to the Aidan O'Brien-trained Master of Hounds in the Jebel Hatta.
On his final racecourse appearance he contested the Dubai Duty Free for the fourth time but made no impact, finishing fourteenth of the fifteen runners behind Cityscape.