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	Dubai World Cup \| Dubai World Cup Racing \| Dubai World Cup 2007
		The Dubai World Cup at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse is the richest and longest horse race in the Gulf region.
		Dubai World Cup is a truly thrilling challenge which attracts the world’s top trainers, riders and mounts.
		Dubai World Cup 2007 is the place to entertain or be entertained by combining the highest standard of racing with the glamour and excitement that surrounds the day's event.
	www.dubaicity.com /events/dubai-world-cup-2007.htm (455 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dubai World Cup
		The Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horserace event held annually since 1996 at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, 10 minutes away from the city centre of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
		Due to its importance in racing, in 2006, the Dubai World Cup was broadcast live on TVG and HRTV and taped later for showing on ABC.
		The Dubai World Cup is acclaimed as the world championship for thoroughbreds over a distance of 2000m (10 furlongs) and stands alone at the summit of international horse racing.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dubai-World-Cup (809 words)

	2007 Dubai World Cup \| All Horse Racing
		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 increasing quality of the Dubai World Cup itself is recorded by the post race average ratings for all starters in the event.
	www.allhorseracing.com /horse-racing/dubaicup-betting.php (816 words)

	Surprising Dubai
		I was stranded in Dubai on a Friday, the sabbath in the Islamic world, and the temperature was a sticky 86F.
		Dubai can be a painless introduction to what may otherwise seem a forbidding part of the world.
		Dubai is one of the cheapest places in the world to buy gold, which is fashioned in India and largely sold by weight, not level of workmanship.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/07_18/b4032084.htm (1461 words)

	Metroblogging Dubai: World Cup viewing
		The World Cup mania seem to have taken Dubai by storm.
		In UAE, the world cup is being broadcasted only on 1 channel, which is charging a premium for showing the matches.
		One of the particularly popular is the World Cup Fan Park, at the Trade Center exhibition halls.
	dubai.metblogs.com /archives/2006/06/world_cup_viewing.phtml (326 words)

	Emirates Racing Authority :: News Article Description
		The Dubai Duty Free (Group I), sponsored by Dubai Duty Free and the Dubai Sheema Classic (Group I), sponsored by Dubai Waterfront, the two turf races run on Dubai World Cup day, will now be worth a total of US$5,000,000 each, with a first prize of US$3,000,000.
		Saeed H. Al-Tayer, Chairman of the Dubai Racing Club, said, “We are excited to announce an increase in prize money for the Dubai World Cup meeting, one of the most important events of the global racing calendar.
		In 2004, the 1,777 metre Dubai Duty Free saw the first dead-heat in the history of the Dubai World Cup meeting, the first six horses to cross the winning line were separated by just over a length.
	www.emiratesracing.com /era/NewsLongDesc.cfm?ContentID=283 (387 words)

	Dubai World Cup: High hopes for Sheikh's favourite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		But one senses that if Dubai Millennium is beaten in today's $6 million Dubai World Cup, it could push the powerful owner to the edge of despair.
		Only the very best Godolphin horses are permitted to have Dubai in their name and the handsome bay son of Seeking The Gold has rarely looked anything but special; his record of seven wins from eight starts is proof of that.
		Dubai Millennium set a course record of 1m 59.60secs for the mile and a quarter, thus becoming the first to break the two-minute barrier on the Dubai course.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/03/25/sohot25.html (585 words)

	Invasor continues roll with $6M Dubai World Cup - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Invasor avenged the only defeat of his career with a thrilling victory in the $6 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday, outdueling Premium Tap in the stretch while rival Discreet Cat never posed a threat.
		The Dubai Duty Free was one of five on the undercard of the $21.25 million program at the Nad Al Sheba racetrack which led to the $6 million Dubai World Cup.
		In last year's UAE Derby, seen as a precursor for this year's Dubai World Cup, still-unbeaten Discreet Cat ran away with the race, beating current Horse of the Year Invasor, who was fourth.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/horses/2007-03-31-dubai-world-cup_N.htm?csp=34 (942 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Dubai race attracts rich and famous
		The Dubai World Cup race meeting is always the social event of the year in Dubai, and arguably the Gulf.
		Back near the track, the American owner of Roses in May, the favourite in the $6m (£3.2m) Dubai World Cup, watched the race from the owners' stand which is surrounded by public seating.
		The Dubai World Cup was designed as one of the means of raising the profile of the city of Dubai in order to attract more tourists and increase investment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/4385505.stm (593 words)

	CNN.com - Roses in May wins Dubai World Cup - Mar 26, 2005
		DUBAI -- Roses in May became America's fifth winner in the 10 running of the world's richest race the $6 million Dubai World Cup.
		Roses in May, the class horse in the race, having finished second in the Breeders Cup Classic last year, was brought to the front by Velasquez early on to lie on the shoulder of South African challenger Yard-Arm.
		Velasquez, riding one of the races of his life, took his mount to the front rounding the final bend, with Choctaw Nation looming round the outside but still a way off.
	www.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/03/26/racing.dubai/index.html?eref=sitesearch (369 words)

	datadubai.com: Welcome to the world's richest horse race
		The Dubai World Cup is acclaimed as the world championship for thoroughbreds over a distance of 2000m (10 furlongs) and stands alone at the summit of international horse racing.
		The Dubai World Cup meeting, with prize money of $15,250,000 is the single richest day of racing in the world, and is the final race day of the inaugural Dubai International Racing Carnival.
		Ali Saeed Bilhab, chairman of the Dubai Racing Club and the Dubai World Cup Committee, said, "We are very excited by the quality of the horses from around the world who have been nominated for all the races on Dubai World Cup evening.
	www.datadubai.com /horace.htm (454 words)

	Nakheel to sponsor 2005 Dubai World Cup
		The Dubai World Cup is a momentous event in Dubais annual sporting calendar and we are proud to be playing a key part in it for the second time, said Sultan Amed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman for Nakheel.
		Horse racing is part of Dubais heritage and we are now entering a new era of international horse racing, were the world eagerly awaits the new developments and progress made by Dubai.
		The international community has welcomed the World Cup and Nakheels unique projects, providing us with unprecedented support and in turn, we at Nakheel are unwavering in the sponsorship of community events and are keen to nurture our heritage of achieving the impossible wherever possible.
	www.dubaiinvestorsgroup.com /content/news_35.asp (413 words)

	Dubai World Cup \| Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		EMIRATES AIRLINE has been the title sponsor of the Dubai World Cup (Gr.I) since the inaugural running in 1996, EMIRATES AIRLINE is the world's fastest-growing intercontinental airline and it is also one of the world's five most profitable and among the 20 largest.
		DUBAI DUTY FREE is a major investor in horse racing both at home and overseas through its sponsorship of race meetings in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and of course Dubai.
		DUBAI DUTY FREE are also great supporters of other sporting events and their own `Dubai Tennis Championships' reach a global audience of 400 million.
	www.dubaiworldcup.com /media/press_show.asp?news_id=33 (875 words)

	Invasor outduels Premium Tap in Dubai - Boston.com
		Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed watched as his unbeaten horse Discreet Cat finished last in the world's richest horse race Saturday, while his brother's horse Invasor ran off with the $6 million Dubai World Cup.
		Invasor's time of 1:59:50 in the race of about 1 1/4 miles was the second fastest in the 12 editions of the Cup, nine-tenths of a second short of the mark by Dubai Millennium in 2000.
		Still, the ruler of Dubai could be seen beaming in the grandstand as Invasor finished first and fans shredded their programs and tossed them skyward.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2007/03/31/invasor_outduels_premium_tap_in_dubai/?page=1 (959 words)

	Dubai World Cup Nad Al Sheba Race Entries to Kentucky Derby Triple Crown at Horses Wild
		The Dubai World Cup is a Grade I stakes race for three year old and four year old thoroughbred horses, run at a distance of 2,000 miles (10 furlongs) on the dirt.
		Dubai World Cup day is the world's richest day of racing, with US$15,250,000 in total prize money between its 7 horse races pitting champion thoroughbreds from all over the world.
		Dubai World Cup 2004: On March 27, 2004, the Dubai World Cup presented the perfect occasion for a rematch between Perfectly Pleasant and Medaglia d'Oro after their duel in Breeder's Cup Classic 2003 at Santa Anita Park where the two were just a length and a half apart at the finish.
	www.horseswild.com /Dubai_World_Cup_Nad_Al_Sheba.php (1896 words)

	Dubai World Cup \| Sponsors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is the world's largest waterfront development and is located 35 km south west of Dubai, bordering Abu Dhabi, on the last remaining coastal waterfront of the Emirate.
		Dubai Waterfront has been carefully crafted and developed by an international consortium of the world's best architects, planners and urban developers assembled by Nakheel in 2004, whose goal was to create a destination never before seen in Dubai, or the world.
		Dubai Waterfront forms the first phase of a larger effort, the Arabian Canal, a 75 km development envisioned by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed.
	www.dubaiworldcup.com /sponsorship/sponsors/nakheel.asp (169 words)

	AUSRACING - Racing & Breeding on the Internet
		The Chairman of the Dubai World Cup Committee, Mr Les Benton, was "absolutely delighted" when receiving confirmation that the Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Sheema Classic and Dubai Golden Shaheen would join the Dubai World Cup as Group I races.
		"The strength of the Dubai World Cup meeting is recognised throughout the world and we are pleased for our partners who sponsor the races that their generous support has resulted in the upgrading of their races."
		The 2002 Dubai World Cup meeting will now boast five Group I races, four for thoroughbreds and one for Purebred Arabians, and two Group II events.
	www.ausracing.net.au /international/news010627c.htm (409 words)

	Gulfnews: Ode to Dubai World Cup
		Dubai: Inspired by his visit to Nad Al Sheba, racing poet Henry Birtles has written an ode in honour of the Dubai World Cup.
		The bard's first visit to the richest race meeting in the world came in the year 2000 when the breathtaking performance of Dubai Millennium left an indelible mark seared in his mind.
		And the wordsmith hailed the contribution of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to the world of racing.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/07/04/05/10116087.html (508 words)

	Emaar sponsors Dubai World Cup 2006:: Gowealthy.com
		Emaar Properties, the world's number one real estate developer, is once again proud sponsors of the Dubai Kahayla Classic Race at this year's Dubai World Cup.
		The Dubai World Cup is one of the most significant events in the global thoroughbred horseracing calendar and its growing popularity and stature is a measure of the dynamic growth witnessed by Dubai over the last decade as the region's business, finance and entertainment hub," said Ahmad Al Matrooshi, Managing Director UAE of Emaar Properties.
		The Dubai World Cup, which is in its eleventh year, is firmly established as the most international race meeting worldwide.
	www.gowealthy.com /realestate/news/971/detail.asp (508 words)

	US horses could bloom in desert for Dubai World Cup - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Roses in May and three other American-based horses are the ones to beat in the US$6 million Dubai World Cup, the world's richest race that will be without an entry from one of racing's most powerful stables.
		The ruling Maktoum family, owner of Godolphin Racing, has won the World Cup five of the nine times it has been run, with US horses taking the other four.
		The five winners by the Maktoums and Godolphin at the Dubai World Cup were: Singspiel (1997), Almutawakel (1999), Dubai Millennium (2000), Street Cry (2002) and Moon Ballad (2003).
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050325T160000-0500_77474_OBS_US_HORSES_COULD_BLOOM_IN_DESERT_FOR_DUBAI_WORLD_CUP.asp (654 words)

	Team Harmony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dubai Millennium, who made all to win by six lengths in a record time, was the best horse owned by Godolphin.
		Following his Dubai World Cup victory, he captured the Group One Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot, England, in runaway fashion.
		Of the three other Dubai World Cup winners, two came from America, Silver Charm in 1998 and Captain Steve in 2001, with both trained by Bob Baffert, while the remaining victor, Singspiel (1997) was trained in England by Sir Michael Stoute.
	www.teamharmony.net /dubai/worldcup.html (526 words)

	The Seattle Times: Sports: Notebook: Roses in May wins Dubai World Cup
		After Roses in May won the $6 million Dubai World Cup yesterday — and added $3.6 million to the Ramsey family's bank account — the co-owner hoisted a gold cup overhead, received congratulations from Dubai's rulers and said he plans to stick around for a while.
		Roses in May, runner-up in his last two starts — the Breeders' Cup Classic in October and the Donn Handicap last month — hit the jackpot in the world's richest Thoroughbred race.
		The American horse is trained by Richard Mandella, who won the Dubai World Cup last year with Pleasantly Perfect.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002221246_horse27.html (648 words)

	World's Best Preparing For Dubai World Cup
		Headlining the Dubai World Cup (Gr.1) this year is the Japanese superstar Kane Hekili, trained by Katsuhiko Sumii and the mount of Yutaka Take.
		Seeking The Dia, trained by Hideyuki Mori, has finished runner-up to Kane Hekili on his last two occasions, in the Japan Cup Dirt (Gr.1) and the February Stakes (Gr.1), will also be flying the flag for Japan at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on 25th March, in the Dubai World Cup (Gr.1).
		Ireland is likely to be represented in the Dubai World Cup (Gr.1) by the Dermot Weld-trained Grey Swallow, a five-year-old son of Daylami and winner of the 2004 Irish Derby and 2005 Tattersalls Gold Cup.
	www.racingbetter.co.uk /news/2006/02/08_dubai_world_cup.html (969 words)

	World Cup in Dubai - Dubai Holidays - Voyana
		The twelfth running of the Dubai World Cup is to be held at Nad Al Sheba on the 31st of March 2007.
		This Extravagant affair is by far the world’s richest day of racing and the most prestigious sporting and social event in the region.
		The Dubai World Cup is the place to entertain or be entertained, and the 2007 Dubai World Cup will be no different.
	www.voyana.com /Dubai/WorldCup.asp/HD/7 (1703 words)

	Arlington Park Serves as Dubai World Cup Simulcast Host \| bloodhorse.com
		The world's richest race will be one of four group I simulcast races, with total purses of $12 million, available through Arlington Park from Dubai's Nad Al Sheba Racecourse.
		The $2,000,000 Dubai Duty Free (UAE-I) for 4-year-olds and upward will be contested at a mile and an eighth on the dirt at 10:50 a.m.
		Dubai time) will be the featured $6,000,000 Dubai World Cup for 4-year-olds and up at a mile and a quarter on dirt.
	news.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=14278 (519 words)

	dubai world cup 2000
		The DWC Committee altered the distance and surface of some races, changed their names, and most significantly, raised the purses to hefty levels.
		The DWC is the curtain raiser of the Emirates World Series Racing Championship which is a series of 11 horse races held around the world.
		The top brass of the DWC put this event on at 8 a.m., and over 1000 people were treated to a buffet breakfast.
	www.thejoyofhorses.com /apr00/dubai-starry-night.htm (1235 words)

	Roses in May Gets World Cup Bouquet \| bloodhorse.com
		Saturday's 10th edition of the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) may not have been the best quality race ever staged at Nad Al Sheba but, as predicted, the Dale Romans-trained Roses in May scored a fifth win in the race for America Saturday.
		Roses in May's victory was a fitting climax to the world's richest race meeting and a second winner on the night for the Americans.
		The World Cup was the centerpiece of a seven-race, $15.25 million card at the track, a horse- and camel-racing complex outside the city.
	racing.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=27344 (966 words)

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