2015 Dubai World Cup Carnival

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2015 Dubai Wold Cup Carnival Information

Dates: February 19 - March 28
Where: Meydan Racecourse, Dubai
Post Times: 9:30am ET/6:30am PT
TV Coverage: HRTV will broadcast live coverage the first Carnival meeting, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST.

2015 Dubai Wold Cup Carnival Stakes Schedule

Thursday, 19 February 2025

$200,000 Balanchine (G2)
Fillies and mares – 1,800 metres – Turf

$200,000 Dubai Millennium Stakes (Listed)
2,000 metres – Turf
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Thursday, 26 February 2025

$250,000 UAE Oaks (G3)
Three-year-olds, Fillies – 1,900 metres – Tapeta

$250,000 Zabeel Mile (G2)
1,600 metres – Turf

$125,000 Meydan Classic (Listed)
Three-year-olds – 1,600 metres – Turf
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Saturday, 28 February 2025

$200,000 Nad Al Sheba Trophy (G3)
2,800 metres – Turf
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Saturday, 7 March 2025 (Super Saturday)

$400,000 Al Maktoum Challenge – R3 (G1)
2,000 metres – Tapeta

$300,000 Jebel Hatta (G1)
1,800 metres – Turf

$250,000 Dubai City of Gold (G2)
About 2,400 metres – Turf

$200,000 Mahab Al Shimaal (G3)
1,200 metres – Tapeta

$200,000 Burj Nahaar (G3)
1,600 metres – Tapeta

$250,000 Al Bastakiya (Listed)
Three-year-olds – 1,900 metres – Tapeta

$175,000 Meydan Sprint (G3)
1,000 metres – Turf
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Saturday, 28 March 2025 (Dubari World Cup Night)

$10,000,000 Dubai World Cup (G1)
2,000 metres – Tapeta

$5,000,000 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1)
2,400 metres – Turf

$5,000,000 Dubai Duty Free (G1)
1,800 metres – Turf

$2,000,000 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1)
1,200 metres – Tapeta

$2,000,000 UAE Derby (G2)
1,900 metres – Tapeta

$1,000,000 Godolphin Mile (G2)
1,600 metres – Tapeta

$1,000,000 Al Quoz Sprint (G1)
1,200 metres – Turf

$1,000,000 Dubai Gold Cup (G2)
3,200 metres – Turf

$250,000 Dubai Kahayla Classic for purebred Arabians (G1)
2,000 metres – Tapeta
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Meydan Racetrack Information

Location: Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, UAE

Main track (Dirt): 3 chutes
Chute 1: 2,000 metres (1 1/4 miles)
Chute 2: 1,600 metres (1 mile)
Chute 3: 1,200 metres (3/4 mile)
Track width: 21 metres (66 feet)
Maximum starters: 16

Turf course: 11 furlongs
Camber on straights: 2%
Camber on turns: 4%
Composition: Bermuda hybrid in the summer, winter rye in the winter, top dressed with two inches of Irish peat moss
Maximum starters: varies by distance

Dubai World Cup Carnival wagering may include: Win, Place, Show, Quinella, Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Daily Double, Pick 3, and Pick 4.

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