5 inspiring scenes tell the creativity story of the 26th Dubai World Cup

Horse racing enthusiasts around the world are preparing to follow the most prominent event, the "Dubai World Cup", which kicks off in its twenty-sixth edition at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, next Saturday.

The drawing ceremony was held yesterday evening, Tuesday, at the Dubai Opera House, to officially announce the launch of the grand event, which is the most expensive in the world, with prizes amounting to 30.5 million dollars.

Before the start of the global event, the Emirates News Agency monitored the 5 most prominent scenes of the global event, which will be held in the UAE next Saturday, with the participation of 131 horses representing 13 countries.

The prizes for the current edition of the Dubai World Cup became the largest, after the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to raise the prize money to $30.5 million.

Also, for the first time and within the current version, the Breeze Up auction is held for two-year-old horses, in which 69 horses of the purest and most prominent breeds are participating to be the nucleus of a large number of horses that will be able to make the difference in the upcoming editions of the Dubai World Cup.

For the first time, the Dubai World Cup draw was also held outside the Meydan Racecourse, where it was held at the Dubai Opera, the main round of the event, along with 4 races of the race.

The current version of the Dubai World Cup came to carry the message of the return of life to normal, for the first time in two years, as the draw for the last version was held without attendance .. while the 2020 version was canceled due to the repercussions of the Corona virus, so that the current version comes and witnesses a busy gathering between owners and trainers to talk about the participating horses And their expectations for the race, during the ceremony.

Also, for the first time, the draw for the main round is held through a "model of the Burj Khalifa" chosen by the owner or trainer, to choose the gate from which his participating horse will take off. Previously, the owner or trainer was chosen to draw in the usual way.

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