A fair draw for the participants in the most expensive horse race

"Godolphin" representative "Real World" kicks off the best gate in the 26th Dubai World Cup

During the Dubai World Cup draw ceremony in the presence of Rashid bin Dalmouk.

Photography: Ashok Varma

The draw for the Dubai World Cup in its 26th edition, which was held yesterday, at the Dubai Opera, was fair and balanced for all participants, whether Emirati or international horses coming from abroad.

The draw was held in the presence of Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmouk Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dubai Racing Club and Dubai Equestrian Club, Member of the Board of Directors and Director General of Dubai Racing Club and Dubai Equestrian Club, Major General Expert Mohammed Al-Adb, representatives of the sponsoring companies, owners, trainers and horses participating in the 26th evening From the Dubai World Cup, which starts next Saturday, with the participation of 131 horses, they will compete for the titles of their nine runs, with a total prize money of 30.5 million dollars (112.03 million dirhams).

The results of the draw for the ninth round and the president of the “Dubai World Cup” with a total prize money of 12 million dollars (44.08 million dirhams), and it is held over a distance of 2,000 sand meters, in the category of “Group 1” races, the highest in the world, resulted in fair results, in terms of their fairness to international horses. The 11 Emirati horses competed for the title of the 26th edition of the Cup, especially since the lottery granted starting gates between (5) and (8) allowing them to have greater ease, compared to the horses placed by the lottery in the side gates, which culminate in difficulty through the first and last starting gates ( 1) and (11).

Although the American representatives won, based on the results of the lottery, the seventh and eighth gates, which went to the benefit of the horses "Hot Rod Charlie" owned by "Rudraner Poit Racening and Strauss Jensway", under the supervision of coach Doug O'Neill, and the horse "Midnight Burson" with the logo of "Winchell Ltd.", and the supervision of the coach Stephen Asmus, however, the Emirati horses, in turn, got the best gate ever, the sixth gate, which went to the benefit of the representative of Godolphin, the horse Real World, under the supervision of coach Saeed bin Suroor, before the same blue logo had a relatively good gate with his second representative. Magny-Core" was the third Dubai World Cup last year, under the supervision of coach Andy Fabre, with its launch in the 2022 edition of the ninth gate.

The results of the draw continued to give the same preference at the level of gates, after the champion of the “Brides Cape Mile” and “Pegasus World Cup” races, the pony “Live Is Good”, under the supervision of coach Todd Pletcher, came in the first gate, the most difficult ever, which he met relatively from Where the difficulty is, by the representative of the Emirates, the horse "Hypothetical" owned by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, under the supervision of coach Salem bin Ghadeer, in the penultimate tenth gate.

The fourth and fifth gates, which are considered relatively easy, went to the representatives of Saudi Arabia, with the two horses "Groser Jack" with the logo of Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz, and the supervision of coach William Haggs, and the "Country Grammer" of "Zidane Racing", under the supervision of expert coach Bob Baffert, coming from Last month's runner-up in the "Saudi Cup" race for "Group 1" horses.

In the rest of the draw, last year's Dubai World Cup runner-up and the only representative of Japanese horses "Shawa Wizard", owned by "Shinobu Nakanishi", and coach Ryuji Okubo's supervision, got the third starting gate, before the second starting gate went to the representative of Brazil, the horse "Ario Trim". For the “Old Friends” stables, under the supervision of coach Antonio Sintra, and the representative of Kuwait, the horse “Remors” for the Al-Rasheed Stables, and the supervision of coach Bubat Semar, at the eleventh and last gate.

Rashid bin Dalmouk: We are happy that the "Cup" coincided with "Expo 2020"

Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmouk Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Racing Club and Dubai Equestrian Club, confirmed that “the 26th edition of the Cup coincides with the “fiftieth year”, during which we celebrate the march of renaissance and development witnessed in the first 50 years of the history of the UAE, and we are preparing To continue our path towards leadership over the next 50 years, this edition also coincides with the successful hosting of a huge global event, Expo 2020 Dubai, with the participation of 192 countries.”

He added: "Since the announcement of its establishment in 1995, the Dubai World Cup has embodied the noble values ​​on which the UAE was based, its supportive approach calling for peace, cooperation and coexistence, and its ambitious vision for the future, as the event continued, for more than a quarter of a century, to attract the best horses and elite owners And the most skilled trainers and jockeys from different countries of the world.”

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