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Fasig-Tipton To Sponsor Best Turned Out Award At Meydan This Season

The Best Turned Out Award at Meydan Racecourse will be sponsored by Fasig-Tipton in 2023, the Dubai Racing Club announced on Friday morning. There will be a cash prize presented to the groom of each award winner prior to each race as well as other merchandise throughout the season. Graduates of the American sales company to find success in Dubai include G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen winner Switzerland (Speightstown), as well as dual Golden Shaheen winner Mind Your Biscuits (Posse).

“Fasig-Tipton are hugely influential across the world of Thoroughbred sales and racing,” said Major General Mohammed Essa Al Adhab, General Manager of Dubai Racing Club. “We are delighted to have them on board to sponsor the Best Turned Out at Meydan Racecourse, an accolade which means so much to the grooms and stable staff who do so much to prepare our horses for racing.”

Boyd Browning, President & Chief Executive of Fasig-Tipton, added, “We are very pleased to work with the Dubai Racing Club to present the Best Turned Out award this season, highlighted by the Dubai World Cup Carnival, as well as one of international racing's great meetings, the Dubai World Cup, on Mar. 25.

“It will be exciting to see many of the world's top racehorses compete at Meydan and to reward those who take such great care of them.”

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Nominations For Dubai World Cup Carnival Open

Nominations are now open for the 2023 edition of the Dubai World Cup meeting, set for Saturday, Mar. 25 at Meydan Racecourse. Celebrating its 27th anniversary this year, the Dubai World Cup will offer $30.5 million in purses across eight stakes races.

In addition to the $6-million 2000-metre main event, supporting races include the G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic at 2400 metres; the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen set at 1200 metres on dirt; the G1 Al Quoz Sprint over 1200 metres on turf; the 3200-metre G2 Dubai Gold Cup on turf; 1900 metre G2 UAE Derby, which also offers 100 GI Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the winner; G2 Godolphin Mile offered at 1600metres on dirt; and the G1 Dubai Kahayla Classic for Purebred Arabians, over 2000 metres on dirt.

“As ever, we are so excited about welcoming the best horses, jockeys and trainers back to Meydan Racecourse for the Dubai World Cup meeting, which is one of the 'must do' events on the global sporting calendar,” Major General Mohammed Essa Al Adhab, General Manager of Dubai Racing Club, said. “The 2022 edition was a thrilling event and we feel sure that 2023 will surpass that and give racing fans memories and connections to last a lifetime.”

Nominations for the Dubai World Cup meeting are free, but close on Monday, Jan. 23. For more information please visit the Dubai Racing Club website.

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147 Horses Nominated To The Dubai World Cup Carnival

A total of 147 horses from 16 countries have been entered in the upcoming Dubai World Cup Carnival that begins at Meydan Racecourse on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The nine-week Carnival is a preview for the Dubai World Cup night festivities on Mar. 25 next year.

Among the horses that have accepted their Carnival engagements are an 11-strong team from American-based trainer Doug O'Neill, who saddled four winners from just 19 runners in 2022. Grade II scorer Slow Down Andy (Nyquist), third in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, is set for the desert, as is Oud Metha S. winner Get Back Goldie (Goldencents) and GI Pennsylvania Derby sixth B Dawk (Gormley).

Fellow American Dallas Stewart sends Long Range Toddy (Take Charge Indy), hero of the GII Rebel S. Equilateral (GB) (Equiano {Fr}), from the Charlie Hills barn, is back for a third time and he is joined by stablemate Khaadem (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Richard Hannon will send group winners Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and Happy Romance (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), the latter second in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint on Dubai World Cup night in 2022.

South American is also well represented by Group 1 winners La Validada (Arg) (Valid Stripes {Arg}), Nino Guapo (Arg) (Catcher In The Rye {Ire}) and El Musical (Arg) (Il Campione {Chi), all three from the yard of Juan Saldivia. Uruguayan Group 1 winner Loreley (Brz) (Kentuckian) is also set to participate for trainer Ricardo Colombo.

Stephanie Cooley, International Liaison for Dubai Racing Club, said, “We are delighted with the strength of nominations which we have received from across the world for the Carnival.

“To have nations such as South Korea, who have suffered from Covid restrictions in recent years, returning is gratifying, and it's also superb to welcome back many returning equine stars as well as some new faces from the UK, Ireland and the USA.”

To view the full list of accepted horses, please click here.

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2023 Dubai World Cup Carnival Programme Announced

The nine-week Dubai World Cup Carnival programme was revealed by Dubai Racing Club on Thursday. Beginning on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 with the G2 Al Maktoum Challenge, the G2 Al Fahidi Fort, the G3 Dubawi S. and the Listed Ertijaal Dubai Dash, the 2023 DWCC also features additional enhancements.

Several new races have joined the lineup, including the 2000-metre Thunder Snow Challenge, and the 1400m Ipi Tombe S. for fillies and mares. In total, there are 21 group races for Thoroughbreds and Purebred Arabians, as well as 20 handicaps–10 dirt and 10 turf–complementing the Pattern races. The Jumeirah Turf Series for 3-year-olds returns for a second season with an enhancement of two Classic races for 3-year-old filly events also on turf.

Super Saturday will take place on Mar. 4, the official dress rehearsal for the $30.5-million Dubai World Cup meeting at the end of the month. There is also the new Ras Al Khor, which was oversubscribed for the inaugural running in 2022.

Major General Mohammed Al Essa, General Manager of Dubai Racing Club, explained the new look of the Carnival programme and said, “Under the guidance of Sheikh Rashid Bin Dalmook Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Racing Club, we have been working hard on the Carnival progamme for 2023. We have reintroduced several handicaps which will hope will increase overseas participation and work well with the established group-race calendar.

“We look forward to welcoming horses, trainers, jockeys and owners to Dubai for what we are sure will be an exciting and memorable 20th running of the Dubai World Cup Carnival.”

For the full programme, please visit the Dubai Racing Club website.

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