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Dubai World Cup
The Group I Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates, stands alone at the summit of international horse racing. As horse racing entered a new era with the changeover of centuries, it was the Dubai World Cup, inaugurated in 1996, that paved the way forward.
With the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East, in general, hosting what is now the centrepiece of international racing and recognised as the thoroughbred "World Championship" the Dubai World Cup represents the wheel turning the full circle. Every thoroughbred in the world today descends from the three Arabian stallions exported from this part of the world - the Darley Arabian, the Byerley Turk and the Godolphin Arabian.
- The American champion Cigar's epic victory in 1996 began an honour roll of champions and set in motion an event that is now unrivalled in the world of international horse racing. Since Cigar there has been Singspiel, Silver Charm, Almutawakel and Dubai Millennium.
- In such a short space of time, the Dubai World Cup has produced a growth curve in quality unmatched anywhere else in the world. It's status as an event now sees it as the highlight of an evening of racing which is the richest in the history of racing. At US$6million, the Dubai World Cup is the jewel in the crown of a programme of racing which, on March 24th 2001, will be worth $US15.25million.
- The 2001 Dubai World Cup meeting set the benchmark with 70 international runners arriving in the United Arab Emirates to compete on the evening, the very best facilities awaiting both horses and their connections, highlighting the standards of excellence of which the UAE and Dubai are world renowned.
- The Dubai World Cup meeting is the centre of massive international exposure for Dubai capturing an audience in the hundreds of millions. The meeting is attended by an unrivalled number of media and features regularly in prominent magazines and newspapers around the world.
- The increasing quality of the Dubai World Cup itself is recorded by the post race average ratings for all starters in the event.
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