Dubai World Cup Night is a series of six thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

s held annually at Meydan Racecourse

Meydan Racecourse

Meydan Racecourse is able to accommodate over 60,000 spectators in a 1 mile long grandstand. When not used for races it will serve as a business and conference integrated facility. A horse racing museum and gallery are also planned...

 in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

. From 1996 through 2009, the event was held at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse is a former Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates opened in 1986. It has a 2,200 metre left-handed dirt race track and a left-handed turf course of the same distance...

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Run under the auspices of the Emirates Racing Authority, the event currently offers purses totalling US$21 million and is the single richest day of Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 racing in the world. The Dubai World Cup Night includes the following races:

• Dubai Kahayla Classic (for purebred Arabians
  Arabian horse
  The Arabian or Arab horse is a breed of horse that originated on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest breeds, with archaeological evidence of horses...
  
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• Al Quoz Sprint
  Al Quoz Sprint
  Al Quoz Sprint is a thoroughbred horse race held in Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2009, grouped to Group 3. In, 2010 move to Dubai World Cup Night meeting....
  
  
• Godolphin Mile
  Godolphin Mile
  The Godolphin Mile is a Group 2 flat Thoroughbred horse race in the United Arab Emirates for Southern Hemisphere three-year-old horses and Northern Hemisphere four-year-olds...
  
  
• UAE Derby
  UAE Derby
  The UAE Derby is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,800 metres on the Tapeta at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. It takes place annually during the Dubai World Cup Night in late March.It was first run in 2000 and attained...
  
  
• Dubai Golden Shaheen
  Dubai Golden Shaheen
  The Dubai Golden Shaheen is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,200 metres on the dirt course at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai in late March....
  
  
• Dubai Duty Free Stakes (part of the Asian Mile Challenge
  Asian Mile Challenge
  The Asian Mile Challenge is a series of four one-mile Thoroughbred horse races. Created in 2005, the series was launched with two races, one in Hong Kong, the other in Japan...
  
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• Dubai Sheema Classic
  Dubai Sheema Classic
  The Dubai Sheema Classic is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates open to thoroughbreds which are four-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres on the turf track at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, and it takes place annually during the Dubai World Cup Night in...
  
  
• Dubai World Cup
  Dubai World Cup
  The Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and from 2010 at the Meydan Racecourse in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates...