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ABOUT THE DUBAI WORLD CUP

The Dubai World Cup is an annual thoroughbred horse race that has been taking place since 1996 initially held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse while currently ran at Meydan Racecourse in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This race is operated by the Emirates Racing Authority and consists of nine races, including eight Thoroughbred contests and one Purebred Arabian contest.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who owns Darley Stud & Godolphin Racing, created the Dubai World Cup in 1996. The race takes place annually on the last Saturday in March as part of the Dubai World Cup Night of races. Since 2019, the race has had a purse of $12 million, making it one of the world's richest horse races. It is a Group 1 flat race on dirt for Northern Hemisphere Thoroughbred four-year-olds and up, and Southern Hemisphere Thoroughbred three-year-olds and up, run over a distance of 2,000 meters.

The first winner of the race was Cigar, a future United States Hall of Fame Thoroughbred owned by Allen E. Paulson. A plaque honoring Cigar hangs outside the barn of Bill Mott at Belmont Park.




DUBAI WORLD CUP 2023 RACES

Saturday, March 25, 2023 // Meydan Race Course

RACE // PURSE TYPE // SURFACE DISTANCE // TIME
Race 1 // $1M Dubai Kahayla Classic // Dirt 2000 Meters // 3:30PM
Race 2 // $1M Godolphin Mile // Dirt 1600 Meters // 4:05PM
Race 3 // $1M Dubai Gold Cup // Turf/td> 3200 Meters // 4:40PM
Race 4 // $1.5M Al Quoz Sprint // Turf 1200 Meters // 5:15PM
Race 5 // $1M UAE Derby // Dirt 1900 Meters // 5:50PM
Race 6 // $2M Dubai Golden Shaheen // Dirt 1200 Meters // 6:25PM
Race 7 // $5M Dubai Turf // Turf 1800 Meters // 7:10PM
Race 8 // $6M Dubai Sheema Classic // Turf 2410 Meters // 8:00PM
Race 9 // $12M Dubai World Cup // Dirt 2000 Meters // 8:35PM


DUBAI WORLD CUP 2023 CONTENDERS

POST | RUNNER JOCKEY TRAINER
1 | Algiers James Doyle Simon and Ed Crisford
2 | Bendoog Christophe Soumillon Bhupat Seemar
3 | Cafe Pharoah Joao Moreira Noriyuki Hori
4 | Country Grammer Frankie Dettori Bob Baffert
5 | Crown Pride Damian Lane Koichi Shintani
6 | Emblem Road Adel Alfouraidi Ahmad Abdulwahad
7 | Geoglyph Christophe Patrice Lemaire Tetsuya Kimura
8 | Jun Light Bolt Ryan Moore Yasuo Tomomichi
9 | Panthalassa Yutaka Yoshida Yoshito Yahagi
10 | Remorse Tadhg O'Shea Bhupat Seemar
11 | Salute The Soldier Adrie de Vries Fawzi Abdulla Nass
12 | Super Corinto Hector I. Berrios Amador Merei Sanchez
13 | T O Keynes Oisin Murphy Daisuke Takayanagi
14 | Ushba Tesoro Yuga Kawada Noboru Takagi
15 | Vela Azul Cristian Demuro Kunihiko Watanabe


DUBAI WORLD CUP RACE RESULTS

Recent Winners

YEAR WINNER JOCKEY | TRAINER
2022 Country Grammer Frankie Dettori | Bob Baffert
2021 Mystic Guide Luis Saez | Michael Stidham
2020 Race Not Contested - | -
2019 Thunder Snow Christophe Soumillon | Saeed bin Suroor
2018 Thunder Snow Christophe Soumillon | Saeed bin Suroor


DUBAI WORLD CUP RACE REPLAY

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