Dubai World Cup

The Dubai World Cup, which was first run in 1996, is a Group 1 race run over one mile and two furlongs at Meydan, and was formerly the richest race in the world with a purse of $10 million before it was overtaken by the inaugural Pegasus World Cup in 2017. The race is held at the end of March as part of the Dubai World Cup Night, the single richest race card of thoroughbred racing in the world, featuring five Group 1 contests.

American horses have a good record in the Dubai World Cup - recent victors include the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Arrogate and the leading North American prize-money earner California Chrome.

Dubai World Cup Top Trainer

Saeed bin Suroor – 8 wins

Almutawakel (1999), Dubai Millennium (2000), Street Cry (2002), Moon Ballad (2003), Electrocutionist (2006), African Story (2014), Prince Bishop (2015), Thunder Snow (2018)

Dubai World Cup Top Jockey

Jerry Bailey – 4 wins

Cigar (1996), Singspiel (1997), Captain Steve (2001), Street Cry (2002)

Jerry Bailey – Leading Jockey in the Dubai World Cup

Dubai World Cup Night Racecard

The World Cup is the feature race, but the supporting card is one of the best you will ever see, with no less than five Group 1 races in total.

Al Quoz Sprint – a Group 1 race over six furlongs for horses aged three and older

Godolphin Mile – a Group 2 race over a mile for northern hemisphere horses aged four and older and southern hemisphere horses aged three and older

Dubai Gold Cup – a Group 2 race over two miles for horses aged three and older

UAE Derby – a Group 2 race over one mile and one and a half furlongs for three-year-old from the northern hemisphere and four-year-olds from the southern hemisphere

Dubai Golden Shaheen – a Group 1 race over six furlongs for horses aged three and older

Dubai Turf – a Group 1 race over one mile and one furlong for northern hemisphere horses aged four and older and southern hemisphere horses aged three and older

Dubai Sheema Classic – a Group 1 race over one and a half miles for southern hemisphere three-year-olds and northern hemisphere four-year-olds

Dubai World Cup – The feature race on the card

Meydan – Home of the Dubai World Cup

Dubai World Cup Betting

Whilst betting isn’t allowed in the UAE, there is a big interest in betting on the Dubai World Cup around the rest of the world, both with Online and betting shop bookies in the UK & Ireland and now in some states in America. The Dubai World Cup is usually shown on ITV and draws a lot of interest due to the huge prize funds on offer.

Dubai World Cup Free Bets & Betting Offers

As with any big race, the top online bookies like Paddy Power and Betfair will have Dubai World Cup Free Bets and Dubai World Cup Betting Offers. Often the bookies will give you an enhanced price on one of the favourites, or they may offer a Bet Through The Card – get free bets when you bet on the first race of Dubai World Cup Night. Either way, we have you covered here with the best sign-up offer and betting specials for the Dubai World Cup.

Dubai World Cup Runners & Form

Timeform is your best bet for finding the winner of the Dubai World Cup. When the race card for Dubai World Cup Night is available over on our Races page, you will be able to find the latest form and insight on all of the Dubai World Cup runners from the team of expert tipsters at Timeform. Our Dubai World Cup runner-by-runner guides will be available on our website and on our mobile app. 

Dubai World Cup Tips

Want to know which horses the expert Timeform Tipsters are backing on Dubai World Cup night? You can get free tips for Dubai World Cup Night either on the Timeform website or app. However you like to bet, Timeform has you covered with Dubai World Cup betting tips.  

Dubai World Cup Latest News, Odds & Results

Follow all the build up to the Dubai World Cup on the News pages at Timeform. Whether you are after the latest betting odds, market movers, going updates and non-runners, plus the latest from the stables of the top horses for the Dubai World Cup, you’ll find it right here. Simply want to know which horse was first past the post? Then go to our Results page to get the latest Dubai World Cup results.

Dubai World Cup Past Winners – this Century