A look at the bigger picture

Dubai: Horse racing in Dubai has received a major boost with the announcement yesterday of a full-fledged horse city which will be called Meydan.

It will be developed around the existing racecourse at Nad Al Sheba and extend to the Dubai Country Club area in Aweer.

The project will start shortly after the dust settles on today's Dubai World Cup meeting and is expected to be completed by 2009. When completed the horse city will include a dirt and turf race track, new stables and training tracks, receiving barns and a Godolphin gallery and museum.

Details of the project were unveiled in a video-presentation at Mina Salaam hotel yesterday.