Mohammed bin Rashid attends ‘Fashion Friday’ at Meydan Racecourse

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, contiguous attended the prestigious ‘Fashion Friday’ lawsuit astatine the Meydan Racecourse.

The lawsuit is simply a cardinal item of the Dubai Racing Carnival and a standout successful the region’s equine racing calendar, renowned for its internationally acclaimed high-calibre races.

The evening featured the information of an elite lineup of the world’s finest horses preparing for the 29th variation of the Dubai World Cup, scheduled for 5 April 2025.

The event’s 9 races, classified crossed assorted radical categories, brought unneurotic 99 horses competing for a full prize excavation of AED10.53 million.

The centrepiece of the evening was the Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge, the sixth contention of the programme. It serves arsenic a cardinal preparatory contention for the Dubai World Cup, covering a region of 2,000 metres connected the ungraded way with prize wealth of AED3.68 million. Among the competitors was the defending champion, Kabirkhan.

Another item was the Group 1 Jebel Hatta, the seventh contention of the evening, which is simply a cardinal lead-up to the Dubai Turf. The race, contested implicit 1,800 metres connected the turf, had a full prize excavation of AED1.85 million.

The evening besides included races from the Group 2 and Group 3 categories, specified arsenic the Al Fahidi Fort implicit 1,400 metres, the Blue Point Sprint, and the Group 3 Firebreak Stakes, which featured the 2024 Dubai World Cup winner, Laurel River, arsenic portion of his preparations for different effort astatine the prestigious title. Additional races included the UAE 2000 Guineas for three-year-olds.

The evening besides featured standout races specified arsenic the Group 3 Al Shindagha Sprint implicit 1,200 metres and the Al Khail Trophy, tally implicit an extended region of 2,810 metres.

The programme opened with Al Maktoum Challenge for Purebred Arabian horses, a Group 2 contention that acceptable the signifier for an exceptional nighttime of competition.

Since its motorboat successful 2024, ‘Fashion Friday’ has gained singular recognition, attracting immoderate of the champion planetary horses and reinforcing Dubai’s presumption arsenic a planetary centre for equine training.

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