Dubai World Cup

"The richest day’s racing in the world takes place at Nad Al Sheba on Saturday March 31st, 2007. The evening features the US$6 million Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race, supported by the US$5 million Dubai Duty Free and US$5 million Dubai Sheema Classic, the two most valuable turf races in the world. The other Group 1 race is the US$2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen, which carries the same value as the Group 2 UAE Derby. The Group 2 Godolphin Mile is worth US$1 million, while the meeting begins with the US$250,00 Dubai Kahayla Classic, a Group 1 race for Purebred Arabians. "


i do not understand much about horse races. what i just remembered was being in one preliminary races in the dubai world cup when we became one of the sponsors of the event. i sat on the airconditioned bleachers, and waited painstakingly (well for me) for the start of the race. up there were europeans and locals, and down there on the ground floor ring were the asians, mostly indians and pakistanis, and none of the pinoys.


later still, the race started. thru my digicam zoom, i can see how shiny the hair of those horces are!!!! must be the reason why kris aquino used the Mane & Tail shampoo... a few seconds has passed and the people started getting so pumped up that many can't stay on ther seats. and i ask, does yelling has to be necessary? well, i don't share their passion, so maybe that's why i'm so pathetic. in a few more seconds, the race was finished! wow, my wait was longer than the actual event! after that, we had a very upscale dinner which they say is suited to the ambiance.

now, the closest i can get to a finale of the Dubai World Cup was last 2006 when we waited for our boss who attended the event, at the carpark. the people who went out of the event were all in matching suits. and finally, i got to see those weird-looking yet overstated hats which only comes out once a year! (thank goodness!) and the ladies are all dressed to impress! i asked him how his experience went. he said, 'well it's very opulent event. those horses are treated like kings. it's all basically a social gathering'...

well, that's once facet of dubai for you guys...