{"id":68962,"date":"2026-03-27T04:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=68962"},"modified":"2026-03-28T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:37:19","slug":"100-horses-to-compete-in-30th-dubai-world-cup-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/100-horses-to-compete-in-30th-dubai-world-cup-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Horses To Compete In 30th Dubai World Cup Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai<\/a> will host the 30th Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, featuring 100 horses from leading international stables competing across nine races with total prize money of $30.5 million.<\/p>\n

The organising committee at Dubai Racing Club said preparations for the event have been completed, with strong local and international interest expected in this year\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the evening is the main race, the Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline, offering $12 million in prize money. The Group 1 race will be run over 2,000 metres on dirt, with nine of the world\u2019s leading thoroughbreds set to compete.<\/p>\n

Among the contenders are last year\u2019s winner \u201cHit Show\u201d, \u201cMeidan\u201d, winner of Super Saturday, \u201cForever Young\u201d, champion of both the UAE Derby and the Saudi Cup, and \u201cImperial Emperor\u201d.<\/p>\n

The meeting opens with the Dubai Kahayla Classic for Purebred Arabians (Group 1), over 2,000 metres on dirt, featuring 15 runners competing for $1 million, featuring 15 runners including “Murad”, “First Class”, “Fallah” and “Mubeed”.<\/p>\n

The second race, the Godolphin Mile (Group 2), over 1,600 metres on dirt, features 12 runners competing for $1 million, including \u201cCommissioner King\u201d, \u201cPanching\u201d, \u201cMendelssohn\u201d and \u201cDavid of Athens\u201d.<\/p>\n

The third race, the Dubai Gold Cup (Group 2), over 3,200 metres on turf, brings together 10 runners competing for $1 million. Leading contenders include \u201cAl Riffa\u201d, \u201cAl Nayyir\u201d, \u201cSiskany\u201d, \u201cSons and Lovers\u201d and \u201cVery Elegant\u201d.<\/p>\n

The fourth race, the UAE Derby (Group 2), over 1,900 metres on dirt, features 12 runners competing for $1 million, led by \u201cPyromancer\u201d, \u201cWonder Den\u201d, \u201cSix Speed\u201d and \u201cBrotherly Love\u201d.<\/p>\n

The fifth race, Al Quoz Sprint (Group 1), over 1,200 metres on turf, includes 13 runners competing for $1.5 million, faeturing \u201cLazzat\u201d, \u201cRiff Runner\u201d, \u201cCover Up\u201d and \u201cMarbaan\u201d.<\/p>\n

The sixth race, Dubai Golden Shaheen (Group 1), over 1,200 metres on dirt, features 12 runners competing for $2 million, including \u201cBentornato\u201d, \u201cAl Naseeb\u201d, \u201cMidland Money\u201d and \u201cMufasa\u201d.<\/p>\n

The seventh race, Dubai Turf (Group 1), over 1,800 metres on turf, sees 11 runners competing for $5 million, led by \u201cFacteur Cheval\u201d, alongside \u201cEmbodiment\u201d, \u201cQudwah\u201d and \u201cAl Najm\u201d.<\/p>\n

The eighth race, Longines Dubai Sheema Classic (Group 1), over 2,410 metres on turf, features six runners competing for $6 million, including \u201cCalandagan\u201d, \u201cEziqal Diamond\u201d, \u201cGaiyyath Loto\u201d and \u201cRoyal Power\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dubai will host the 30th Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, featuring 100 horses from leading international stables competing across nine races with total prize money of $30.5 million. The organising committee at Dubai Racing Club said preparations for the event have been completed, with strong local and international interest expected in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68964,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68962\/revisions\/68964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}