Dubai: Emirates Airline returns to Meydan Racecourse not once but twice this weekend to sponsor a huge double-header of racing as the Carnival builds to its pinnacle, the $30 million (Dh110 million) Dubai World Cup meeting.
The final two meetings of Dubai Racing Club’s international season prior to the March 26 Dubai World Cup, feature ten Group races including the final rounds of the Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge series for Purebred Arabians and Thoroughbreds.
Staged as the dress rehearsal for the Dubai World Cup day, racing on Super Saturday will start at 4pm.
Shaikh Majid Al Mualla, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice-President, Commercial Operations Centre said: “Emirates is proud of its association with the Dubai World Cup Carnival. In the same way as Emirates has, this event has been a success since day one and every year they both continue to grow and break records. Emirates is committed to this sponsorship and support of horseracing around the world.”
Malih Al Basti, Vice-Chairman of Meydan Group and Chairman of the Meydan Racing Committee said: “While Super Saturday is the official prep for the Dubai World Cup, it also stands alone as an important day of racing on the global calendar. It offers trainers the chance to put the finishing touches to their campaigns for the Dubai World Cup but also provides a significant prize purse making it an attractive proposition in its own right.
“Emirates Airline has been a valued supporter of this sport since the beginning of international racing in Dubai and backs this industry at every level, from the opening of the season to the biggest stage of all — the Dubai World Cup.”
