Today, 87 elite local and international horses demand titles for the fifth evening at the Dubai World Cup Carnival, which is held at the Meydan track in Dubai, and its seven runs are sponsored by Emaar, with total prizes amounting to one million and 70 thousand dollars. The horse “Algers” with the slogan of Hamdan Al-Sabousi, under the supervision of coach Simon Crisford, is looking for the fifth round and the head of the first-class horses, for a distance of 1900 sandy meters, to continue his brilliance in the “Al Maktoum Challenge” rounds, and to snatch the title of the second round, after he was crowned in early January with the title Opening round. His ambitions collide with the presence of eight elite horses, most notably “Salute the Soldier” with the slogan “Victoria Racing”.
The main championships continue their way towards the sixth round, with the start of the 10th edition of the “Singspiel Stakes Challenge” for horses of the second category, with the participation of the prominent candidate “Valent Prince” with the “Godolphin” logo and under the supervision of coach Charlie Appleby, who came from a deserved victory in the Rashidiya race in the middle of last month.
The Godolphin team is pushing four of its horses to snatch the seventh title in a row in the Cape Verde Championship for fillies and mares for the second category, led by Soft Whisper, under the supervision of national trainer Saeed bin Surour, who won over her stablemate, White Moonlight, in their last meeting. While coach Charlie Appleby pushes “With the Moonlight” and “Wild Beauty”. The second half will see 11 horses test their endurance with the start of the “Vazirabad” championship for “Handicap” horses, including “Global Heat”, “Golden” and “First Roller” for Godolphin.
The horse, “Al-Tarek” by Abdul Mohsen Al-Abdul-Karim, aspires to regain his title in “Al-Shindagha Sprint” in the third round, which he previously won in the 2021 edition, before losing in the last year’s edition in favor of the horse “Meras”. The ambitions of “Al-Tarek” collide with elite horses, including “Majestic” owned by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and “Eastern World” by Muhammad Al-Sabousi.
The evening ends with a race for the “Handicap” category for a distance of 1,600 meters, with prizes amounting to $ 75,000, in which 16 horses participate, including the American horse “Zero to a Hundred”, supervised by Bobat Simar, winner on the same track and distance last season, and the danger comes in this half. By “Pay of Honor” owned by “Godolphin” and supervised by trainer Charlie Appleby. It is being held today on a seven-run field track sponsored by Emaar, with a total prize pool of $1,700,000.
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