With prizes of up to AED 112 million

128 of the strongest horses compete for the 27th night titles at the Dubai World Cup

  • Saudi Arabia's Country Grams returns to defend his Dubai World Cup title. From the source

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The organising committee of the Dubai World Cup and Dubai Racing Club revealed yesterday the list of horses competing for the nine round titles of the 27th edition, which starts next Saturday at Meydan International Racecourse, with a total prize pool of $ 30.5 million (AED 112.03 million).

A total of 128 of the strongest horses on the international stage, representing 18 countries, including 83 horses from abroad, will compete for the evening's titles to compete against 45 of the strongest horses in the UAE.

She explained that the list confirms the prestigious international position and the weight of the evening «Dubai Cup» as a global center on the face of the globe, for the presence of the strongest and richest horse runs on the world stage, whether runs that take place on grass tracks, or their counterpart that are held on the sandy tracks, in a ceremony that includes 32 winning horses in the first category races «Group 1» the highest ranked in the world, seeking to put their mark on the historical records of the cup, including the return of the Saudi horse «Country Grammer» under the supervision of American trainer Bob Baffert, to defend his title In the ninth round, the President of the Dubai World Cup, with a total prize pool of $12 million, with the chance to equal the historic achievement of Godolphin star Thunder Snow, who was crowned champion in the 2018 and 2019 editions, and is the only horse to have won the main run twice in a row. Grams is led by a strong group of accomplished horses in G1 races, as the Saudi horse is expected to collide with a constellation of strong Japanese horses, aspiring to gift Japan its second title in the Dubai World Cup after the victory of Victoire Pesa in the 2011 edition, including Panthalasa, crowned February champion of the Saudi Cup, and Japanese hopes in the main half are counting on the horse Villa Azul, crowned champion in the Japanese Cup.

The evening will feature the largest participation in history for Japanese horses, with 26 horses competing in six of the nine runs, in addition to 13 horses from Ireland, nine from America, seven from Britain, four from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and France, three horses each from Bahrain, Kuwait and Hong Kong, and one representative each from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, New Zealand, Libya, Uruguay and Oman.

Godolphin, who holds the record with nine titles, was absent from the main half, leaving the task of gifting the UAE its historic 13th title in the Dubai World Cup to three representatives of the country's horses, led by Algers with the logo of Hamdan Sultan Al Sabousi, who was crowned champion in the first and second rounds of the Al Maktoum Challenge Championship for the current season, in addition to the two horses "Bandouk" for Mohammed Ahmed, and "Remories" with the logo of Al Rashid Stables.

Salute The Soldier holds the hopes of Bahrain and trainer Fawzi Nass to win the cup, after the eight-year-old's high performance on the fourth of March, towards winning the title of the third and final round of the Al Maktoum Challenge for G1 horses, which represents a final dress rehearsal in terms of the track and 2000,<>m dirt distance that extends over the main run.

Dubai Breeze Up auction kicks off at Meydan today

The second edition of the Dubai Breeze Up auction, organized by the Dubai Racing Club, in cooperation with Gopher International House, kicks off at five this afternoon and will be held on the display circuit at the Meydan International Racecourse in Dubai.

The auction was preceded yesterday by a sprint run on the training track of the Dubai Racing Club, and the auction includes 63 world-class two-year-old horses from Ireland, the United Kingdom and America, which are affiliated with the world's leading stallions, and are linked to the proportions of horses that have proven their superiority on the local and international arenas.

Registration for the auction has been open since the first of March, and the number of horses participating has risen to 63, especially after the owners of the most prominent international sellers set their sights on the Dubai auction this year, supported by the success of the first year.

The auction is expected to witness a large participation of owners coming from the Gulf countries, the region and around the world, after the great competition witnessed in the first edition last year.

The auction booklet features the world's finest breeds of fillies and colts descended from famous stallions, such as American Ferro, Constitution, Curlin, Justzaber, Hard Spun, Gunrunner, To Mischief, Justify, Kingman, Medalia d'Oro, No Nai Naver, Not This Time, Sea the Stars, Speighttown, Tabet, Warfront and Yoshida. , and other stallions.

• 18 countries register their horses for Dubai World Cup night.

• 83 horses from abroad compete with 45 of the strongest horses in the UAE.