Dubai: BBC World returns to sponsor today's card at Nad Al Sheba, the fifth meeting of the Winter Racing Challenge.
Dubai Racing Club CEO Frank Gabriel Jr said: "The Dubai Racing Club is delighted to welcome back BBC World, who we have enjoyed a long and fruitful association with, and whose David Eades did such an excellent job as the moderator of the Asian Racing Conference, held in Dubai last January.
"The Winter Racing Challenge is starting to take shape and it's been a very positive start to the season, with many horses announcing themselves as contenders for the 2008 Dubai International Racing Carnival.
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"The Challenge has attracted some excellent exposure already, with film crews from countries such as Japan, Ireland, India, Singapore and Sweden having travelled over for the four meetings at Nad Al Sheba so far this season.
Hani Soubra, BBC World's Regional Director for Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, added: "Our relationship with the Dubai Racing Club is an important one for BBC World and we are thrilled to again be supporting this great night of racing."
BBC World is an international news and information channel. It provides news, business and sport, plus award-winning current affairs series and documentaries, to a weekly audience of 65 million. It also has the biggest daily reach of any international news channel among business decision-makers in the Middle East.
