Big prizes at opening Dubai World Cup Carnival meeting at Meydan

This content was originally posted in 7DAYS UAE website at: Big prizes at opening Dubai World Cup Carnival meeting at Meydan The first Dubai World Cup Carnival card of 2016 on Thursday, January 7 will be worth US$920,000. Highlights include the first rounds of the Al Maktoum Challenge races for Purebred Arabians and Thoroughbreds. The meeting begins with the evening’s only Purebred Arabian race, the $60,000 Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge over the mile and is followed later in the card by the equivalent $250,000 Group 2 race for Thoroughbreds. Each of the three-rounds of the Al Maktoum Challenge may be used as preparation races for the $1m Dubai Kahayla Classic for Purebred Arabians and the $10m Dubai World Cup for Thoroughbreds. The turf track will be opened for the first time this season with three handicaps taking place over 2000m, 1400m and 1000m. The launch of the 10-meeting Dubai World Cup Carnival signals the countdown to the world’s richest day of racing, the Dubai World Cup, which takes place at Meydan on Saturday, March 26 and carries a purse worth $30 million. Thursday’s racecards can be viewed by clicking on emiratesracingauthority.com. General admission to Meydan Racecourse is free.     Read the original story at: Big prizes at opening Dubai World Cup Carnival meeting at Meydan