Determine the starting gates for the strongest horse racing runs
Today, the world's attention is focused on the silver jubilee draw for the evening of the "Dubai World Cup"
The "Dubai World Cup" attracts the world's elite horses to compete for the nine rounds.
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The horse is "Lord North".
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The champion of the Saudi Horse Cup is «honorable».
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The horse is "rotten".
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At half past eleven in the morning, the world's attention turns to Meydan Racecourse, where the silver jubilee draw ceremony of the Dubai World Cup horse racing evening, scheduled for next Saturday, with total prizes of $ 26.5 million (97.3 million dirhams). During the draw, the horses participating in the fourth round, and then from the sixth to ninth round, which are classified within the top-ranked Group 1 races in the world, will be determined during the draw. The main race will be awarded to the Dubai World Cup, whose prizes are $ 12 million (44.08 million dirhams), With special attention from the international media, as it represents the jewel of the evening races, in a competition that annually attracts the elite of horses seeking to win the title of the strongest sand track races for a distance of 2000 meters on the international stage.
The importance of the draw is evident in that it gives the horses that come in gates 7 and 8 a comfortable starting advantage, compared to the horses that the lottery places at gates close to the inner and outer edges, through the first and last gates. »The strongest and most famous in the world, and each year attracts the elite of horses, in terms of grass and dirt tracks alike, in the same way as the current 25th edition, with the participation of 117 horses representing 11 countries.
The day before yesterday, a draw for the accompanying runs, with a total prize pool of 750,000 dollars, was held, represented by the opening run (Dubai as Haila Classic), dedicated to purebred Arabian horses «Group 1» for a distance of 2000 sand meters, and the second half «Godolphin Mile» for purebred horses "Group 2" for 1600 sand meters, and the third "Dubai Gold Cup" for purebred horses "Group 2" for 3200 meters grass, then the fifth "Emirates Derby" for purebred "Group 2" horses for a distance of 1900 sandy meters.
The draw continues its way to the rest of the games «4-6-7-8-9», and the excitement is evident in the main race (Dubai World Cup), which witnesses the participation of 14 of the world's strongest horses, preceded by a traditional competition between Emirati and American horses to grab the title, in There were still five horses carrying Emirati hopes to win the 13th title historically in the race, three of which stand out with the "Godolphin" logo represented by "Gifts of Gold" under the supervision of Saeed bin Surur, and "Magni Corse", coming from the French races under the supervision of coach Andre Faber, and "Mystic Guide", the star of the American track, under the supervision of coach Michael Steadam, amid the aspirations of the Blue Stable horses to continue their dominance as the most successful horse for the title with eight victories, and follow in the footsteps of Godolphin’s legendary horse, Thunder Snow, who in the last version became the only horse to win the trophy. Twice in a row.
The Emirati hopes also depend on the "hypothetical" horse, owned by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, under the supervision of trainer Salem bin Ghadeer, especially after the strong performance of the horse since the beginning of the season, and its arrival in the summer early this month in the third round of «Al Maktoum. The Challenge »On the Super Saturday evening, the final dress rehearsal in terms of distance and track of the" Dubai World Cup "half.
On the other hand, American horses are counting on regaining their prestige and crowning the title, which they have missed since the victory of the "California Chrome" in the 2016 edition, over each of the "Jesus Team" and the summer of the Pegasus World Cup races and the "Braders Cup Mile" In addition to "Sleepy Is Todd", winner of three races last year, and "Title Ready", title holder of the Louisiana Stakes "Group 3".
"Great Scott", owned by Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz, under the supervision of Abdullah Musharraf, also appears in the list of the ninth round, after last month the horse won third place in the second edition of the Saudi Cup, along with the representative of Bahrain, "Salute The Solger", under the supervision of Fawzi Nass, who came from two victories in the second and third round titles in the "Al Maktoum Challenge", as part of the current season's races in the "Dubai World Cup Carnival."
And international representation continues, in the competition for the title of the main race, with the presence of the Japanese horse "Chu Wizrad", champion of the "Champions Cup Japan" race for "Group 1" horses, seeking to follow in the footsteps of the mare "Victoire Besa", which gifted the country of the samurai in the 2011 edition. Her only title is in the "Dubai World Cup".
The 2021 version records the appearance of the horse "Agusti Fiscal", which seeks to endow Uruguay with a first title in the history of the Cup, especially since the horse arrived early in Dubai, and had previously played two entries on the Meydan track.
Lord North is the highest rated in Dubai Turf
The title of the seventh round, "Dubai Turf", which is reserved for purebred "Group 1" horses, with prizes amounting to four million dollars, competes with 10 elite horses of 1,800 meters of grass, led by the highest-ranked horse "Lord North", with the slogan of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and under the supervision of trainer John Gossden, after the remarkable brilliance of the horse in international races, and his achievement last summer of the title of "Prince of Wales Stakes" at the prestigious British Royal Ascot Festival.
The champion of the last edition of the "Hatta Mountain" championships on the Super Saturday evening and the "Singspil Stakes" last January, the horse "Lord Glitters", by David Amira, in addition to representatives of Godolphin, will enter the competition circle, as well as the representatives of "Godolphin", in light of the pursuit of the stable. Al-Azraq to preserve its title in the latest version, by pushing the blue stable in each of Al-Suhail, under the supervision of coach Charlie Appleby, and the horse "Land of Legends", under the supervision of Saeed Bin Surour, who won last January the title of "Al-Fahidi Castle".
"Musharraf" is the most prominent in "Dubai Shima Classic"
Among the list of 10 horses competing for the title of the eighth session (Dubai Shima Classic), which is reserved for purebred "Group 1" horses for a distance of 2,410 meters of grass, with prizes amounting to five million dollars, the representative of Saudi Arabia, the horse "Musharraf", owned by Prince Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah Al-Faisal, under the supervision of Coach John Gossden, in light of the high achievements made by Al-Jawad in his international participation, which include the French Derby title, and his strong victory last month in the title of the second edition of the "Saudi Cup".
The Emirati hopes in this half depend on "Walton Street", with the slogan "Godolphin", and supervised by coach Charlie Appleby, the winner of the "City of Gold" race in the last Super Saturday ceremony in Maidan, and his runner-up in the same race and his colleague in the horse stable "Dubai Future", under the supervision of Trainer Saeed bin Suroor.
American-Japanese conflict in the "Shaheen"
Owners of Japanese and American horses are the elites of speed horses to compete for the title of the seventh period, "Dubai Golden Shaheen", which is reserved for purebred "Group 1" horses, for a distance of 1200 meters of sand, with prizes amounting to 1.5 million dollars, presented by the champion and runner-up of the "Sports Sprint" in an evening The Saudi Cup, last month, «Kobano Kicking», owned by «Sashiki Kobayashi», and «Matera Sky» by its owner «Tsuyoshi Ono», an American strike force met with the horse «Wildman Jack», under the supervision of coach Doug O'Neill, the winner two months ago Santa Anita track. The half is noticeably absent from the "Godolphin" horses, but the Emirati hopes for the title race are attached to each of the "Canvassed", owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Obaid Al Maktoum, the winner of his last two entries at Meydan Racecourse, including his victory in the championship title The "North Blow", which was held on the Super Saturday evening on the sixth of March, in addition to the "Tariq" horse, supervised by the same coach, who had previously won last February on the same track and the same distance.
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