Dubai World Cup

The richest and most outlandish meeting of the world’s best bloodstock in pursuit of racing’s richest purse marks its second running at Dubai’s Meydan in 2011. The 16^th Dubai World Cup meeting boasts a packed card for an action-packed evening featuring two sprints (one on turf and one on the Tapeta) with the Al Quoz sprint on turf brought back to 1000m from 1200m for 2011. The action opens as is traditional with the Group I Kahayla Classic for Purebred Arabians before the Thoroughbreds are put through their paces. Racing eyes from across the world are certain to be focused on Meydan for the evening but it seems impossible that the 2011 renewal of the world’s richest race can produce the drama that unfolded in 2010 when Lizard’s Desire lost out in the world’s most expensive photo-finish to Glória De Campeao.

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