The Dubai World Cup is a truly spectacular festival in terms of duration and scope and has successfully attracted racing’s brightest stars. The Dubai World Cup Carnival has a fantastic global appeal and regularly attracts the highest level of runners from - Great Britain, the United States of America, Japan, France, Germany, Sweden, Singapore, Brazil, Australia and Hong Kong to name a few.

The American champion Cigar's epic victory in 1996 began an honour roll of champions and set in motion an event that is now unrivalled in the world of international horse racing. Since Cigar there has been Singspiel, Silver Charm, Almutawakel and Dubai Millennium.

In such a short space of time, the Dubai World Cup has produced a growth curve in quality unmatched anywhere else in the world. It's status as an event now sees it as the highlight of an evening of racing which is the richest in the history of racing. At US$10 million, the Dubai World Cup is the jewel in the crown of a programme of racing.

The Dubai World Cup meeting is the centre of massive international exposure for Dubai capturing an audience in the hundreds of millions. The meeting is attended by an unrivalled number of media and features regularly in prominent magazines and newspapers around the world.

The increasing quality of the Dubai World Cup itself is recorded by the post race average ratings for all starters in the event.