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Animal Kingdom Brings It Internationally, On The Track And In The Shed

Last Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, Kentucky-bred Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby, ended three years of United States futility in the world’s richest horse race. Inaugurated in 1996, the Dubai World Cup had been won 9 times in 14 years by horses based in the United States, all when the race…

April 5, 2013 in Brooklyn Backstretch.

Three U.S. Horses Try To Win The World’s Richest Race

The inaugural Dubai World Cup was held in 1996 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates. Worth $5 million, the race was won by the U.S. horse Cigar, contributing to his retirement later that year as the leading money earner among U.S. Thoroughbreds.  In a four-year career, he raced 33 times and…

March 28, 2013 in Brooklyn Backstretch.

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