1996 Dubai World Cup

	1st Dubai World Cup; Nad Al Sheba, 27 March 1996
	won by Cigar (USA)

Last updated October 06, 2020

The 1996 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Wednesday 27 March 1996. It was the inaugural running of the Dubai World Cup.

Cigar had been the dominant racehorse in the United States in 1995, winning eight Grade I races including the Breeders' Cup Classic and being voted American Horse of the Year. Before being shipped to Dubai he had added another Grade I success when winning the Donn Handicap in February. The 1996 Dubai World Cup also attracted competitors from the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan as well as four locally trained runners. Cigar took the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish and held off the challenge of Burt Bacharach's Soul of the Matter to win by half a length. L'Carriere, who had finished second to Cigar in the Breeders' Cup Classic, completed a 1-2-3 for American trained horses as he got the better of a struggle with the British colt Pentire for third place.^[1]

Race details

Sponsor: none
Purse: £2,580,645; First prize: £1,548,387
Surface: Dirt
Going: Fast
Distance: 10 furlongs
Number of runners: 11
Winner's time: 2:03.84

Full result

Pos.	Marg.	Horse (bred)	Age	Jockey	Trainer (Country)
1		Cigar (USA)	6	Jerry Bailey	Bill Mott (USA)
2	½	Soul of the Matter (USA)	5	Gary Stevens	Richard Mandella (USA)
3	8	L'Carriere (USA)	5	J. F. Chavez	Harold James Bond (USA)
4	¾	Pentire (GB)	4	Michael Hills	Geoff Wragg (GB)
5	3½	Tamayaz (CAN)	4	Chris McCarron	Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE)
6	6	Lively Mount (JPN)	5	Mamoru Ishibashi	F Shibata (JPN)
7	1	Needle Gun (IRE)	6	Brett Doyle	Clive Brittain (GB)
8	¾	Torrential (USA)	4	Olivier Peslier	Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE)
9	3	Larrocha (GB)	4	Pat Eddery	Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE)
10		Halling (USA)	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE)
11		Danewin (AUS)	5	Damien Oliver	R. Thomsen (AUS)

Abbreviations: DSQ = disqualified; nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head; nk = neck; dist = distance; BD = brought down

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Cigar

Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 18 April 1990
Country: United States
Sire: Palace Music; Dam: Solar Slew (Seattle Slew)
Owner: Allen Paulson
Breeder: Allen Paulson

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References

↑ "Dubai World Cup result". Racing Post. 27 March 1996. Retrieved 2014-04-08.

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[1] "Dubai World Cup result". Racing Post. 27 March 1996. Retrieved 2014-04-08.