On Mar. 29, 35, 000 people, many from overseas, attended the Dubai World Cup horse race.
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"My favorite jockey of all time, " said Romans, who has Dullahan in the Dubai World Cup, as he chatted with Douglas.
Stevens won the Dubai World Cup on Silver Charm in 1998 and came in second in the 1996 race behind the Mott-trained Cigar.
Originally called Yaazer, he changed the name before his star raced as a two-year-old, with the 2000 Dubai World Cup clearly already at the forefront of his mind.
However, attempts to live up to his promise on the international stage had been hampered by injury and he has run just twice since he was ruled out of last year's running of the Dubai World Cup.
But racing is also an international sport, with British, Irish and French contenders in the Dubai World Cup meeting in March, in the Breeders Cup series in America in the autumn and in the Hong Kong Festival meeting in December.
The day of races attracts some of the biggest names in the sport and this year the Dubai World Cup features 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, two-time Eclipse Award-winning Royal Delta and defending champion Monterosso, owned by Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.
Ireland will travel to Dubai in January for a pre World Cup training camp, and have scheduled warm-up games against New Zealand and Zimbabwe in Nagpur.
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But, you know, like I say, we'll enjoy today and then obviously we're off to Dubai tomorrow and then we'll start concentrating on the World Cup.
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We have been pooled with the reigning Rugby World Cup holders, Fiji, and Samoa in Dubai and then the IRB Series champions New Zealand and Argentina in George.
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Monterosso, owned by Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, is back to try for a second straight World Cup win.
Djokovic, who helped Serbia reach the quarterfinals of the World Group of the Davis Cup for the first time in the week following his Dubai success, will next target the Masters events in the United States in early spring before turning his attentions to the French Open at Roland Garros as he bids to extend his grand slam tally.
Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed celebrated as Mikael Barzalona rode Monterosso to victory in the the emirate's World Cup in April, but the result was somewhat overshadowed by the death of another Godolphin horse, Fox Hunt, in the inaugural Gold Cup held earlier in the meeting.
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