Dubai World Cup 2026: Despite The War, The Race Is On
A peninsula jutting into the Strait of Hormuz may not seem the ideal location for a horse race now. But the Dubai Racing Club is staging the Dubai World Cup on Saturday.
DEL MAR, CA - NOVEMBER 01: Forever Young, left, ridden by Ryusei Sakai, wins the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic during the 42nd Breeders' Cup Thoroughbred World Championships on November 1, 2025, at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, CA. (Photo by Karl Anderson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The complex web of human tragedy and global financial and logistical challenges spun up by the war in the month since the outbreak of hostilities on February 28 have not stopped the Dubai Racing Club and the Meydan from forging ahead this weekend with their $30. 5 million series of races, the lodestone of which is Saturday’s $12-million Dubai World Cup.
The March 25 post position draw at the Meydan only confirmed the resolve. Hewing to the Middle Eastern habit of staging the feature races in the evening, post time is at 12:45 p. m.
EDT/8:45 p. m. Dubai.
Note: As in the Saudi Cup, the Meydan saddle-cloth/program number of the horse does not — repeat, does not — reflect his post position. We order the field here according to post position, with the Meydan’s saddle-cloth/program number in parentheses. We will update the odds as the weekend progresses toward post time.
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