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Curlin Wins Dubai World Cup at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse
The 4-year-old favorite son of Smart Strike, Curlin, did not disappoint horse racing fans as he won the US$6 million Dubai World Cup by 7 3/4 lengths on Saturday, March 29, at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse.
“It’s a great privilege for me to be on him,” Curlin’s jockey Robby Albarado said. “What a horse. He does it all on race day. It’s easy when you ride a great horse like Curlin. He’s not even tired.”
The Dubai World Cup is Curlin’s 8th career victory in 11 starts and was worth $3.6 million which boosted Curlin’s career earnings to $8,807,800. Curlin now ranks third behind Cigar ($9,999,815) and Skip Away ($9,616,360) among all-time North American earners.
“To win on the international stage like this is unbelievable,” said horse trainer Steve Asmussen, the trainer for Curlin. “It’s a great honor to be involved with this horse.”
Curlin’s final time for the 1 miles was 2:00:15, the third fastest in 13 runnings of the Dubai World Cup.
Mike de Kock trainee Asiatic Boy, the winner of the 2007 United Arab Emirates Triple Crown, is second in the Dubai World Cup.
“My horse has run a marvelous race and he fought and fought to get his second place,” Asiatic Boy’s jockey John Murtagh said. “The winner is a monster.”
Curlin became the fourth horse to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic and then take the World Cup the following year. The others horses were Cigar, Pleasantly Perfect and Invasor. Curlin’s record is now 8-1-2 record from 11 career starts.
Winstar Farm LLC’s Well Armed finished third followed by A P Arrow, Great Hunter, Lucky Find, Jalil, Gloria De Campeao, Premium Tap, Sway Yed, Kocab, and Vermilion completed the order of finish. Happy Boy was scratched.
Curlin will ship back to Keeneland on April 6. Plans for the rest of his 2008 campaign have yet to be announced.
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2 Responses to “Curlin Wins Dubai World Cup at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse”
T
March 30th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I was at work during the Dubai Cup races. does anyone know where I can go for all the results of the other races with the payoffs>
DRF and equibase don’t have them.
thanks in advance for the knowledge for future International events….as well.
[…] But the son of Smart Strike won the Preakness Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup Classic, and was voted the Horse of the Year. Then he captured this year’s Dubai World Cup. […]
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T
March 30th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I was at work during the Dubai Cup races. does anyone know where I can go for all the results of the other races with the payoffs>
DRF and equibase don’t have them.
thanks in advance for the knowledge for future International events….as well.
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[…] But the son of Smart Strike won the Preakness Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup Classic, and was voted the Horse of the Year. Then he captured this year’s Dubai World Cup. […]