Dubai set for world's richest horse race - 10 mil.

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2011/03/2011325201514502696.html


Anticipation rises as horse racing fans get ready for this weekend's $10m Dubai World Cup.


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Saturday's race, held annually since 1996, is the creation of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of the emirate.

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there is a video

and wonder if the Japanese horses arrived in Dubai before radiation or after

what a difference! Japan is being destroyed and Dubai is holding the richest horse race in history

Japanese horses won first and second!
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/62133/victoire-pisa-wins-dubai-world-cup-for-japan

There were tears of joy everywhere at Meydan Racecourse for earthquake ravaged Japan after Victoire Pisa scored a stunning upset over Transcend to give the nation a one-two finish in the $10 million Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (UAE-I) March 26.

Victoire Pisa's victory was the first for a Japanese-bred horse in the 16-year history of the world's richest horse race.

Three Japanese horses, including the mare Buena Vista, Japan's Horse of the Year in 2010 who finished eighth, were entered in the World Cup. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of the country clearly were on the minds of the owners and trainers. Many wore polo shirts with the word ``Hope'' on the sleeve and the date of the double-disaster that have left more than 10,000 dead and more than 17,000 missing.

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The winner, Victoire Pisa
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/thoroughbred/victoire-pisa-jpn/2007?source=BHonline

Second place, Transcend
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/thoroughbred/transcend-jpn/2006?source=BHonline

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