1998 Dubai World Cup

	3rd Dubai World Cup; Nad Al Sheba, 28 March 1998
	won by Silver Charm (USA)

Last updated October 06, 2020

The 1998 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Saturday 28 March 1998. It was the 3rd running of the Dubai World Cup.

Silver Charm was named American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse for 1997 when he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Before being shipped to Dubai he won San Fernando Stakes in January and the Strub Stakes in February. In the 1998 Dubai World Cup Silver Charm took the lead approaching the final quarter mile and held off the late challenge of the Godolphin runner Swain by a short head with the French challenger Loup Sauvage two and a half lengths back in third place.^[1]

Race details

Sponsor: none
Purse: £2,439,024; First prize: £1,463,415
Surface: Dirt
Going: Fast
Distance: 10 furlongs
Number of runners: 9
Winner's time: 2:04.29

Full result

Pos.	Marg.	Horse (bred)	Age	Jockey	Trainer (Country)
1		Silver Charm (USA)	4	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert (USA)
2	shd	Swain (IRE)	6	Mick Kinane	Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE)
3	2½	Loup Sauvage (USA)	4	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre (FR)
4	shd	Malek (CHI)	5	Alex Solis	Richard Mandella (USA)
5	15	Behrens (USA)	4	Jerry Bailey	Harold James Bond (USA)
6	5	Kyoto City (JPN)	7	Mikio Matsunaga	K Nakao (JPN)
7	hd	Luso (GB)	6	Pat Eddery	Clive Brittain (GB)
8	5½	Borgia (GER)	4	Kieren Fallon	Andreas Schütz (GER)
9	11	Predappio (IRE)	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE)

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

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Silver Charm

Sex: Colt
Foaled: 22 February 1994
Country: United States
Sire: Silver Buck; Dam: Bonnie's Poker (Poker)
Owner: Beverly & Robert B. Lewis
Breeder: Mary Wootton

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References

↑ "Dubai World Cup result". Racing Post. 28 March 1998. Retrieved 2014-04-08.

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[1] "Dubai World Cup result". Racing Post. 28 March 1998. Retrieved 2014-04-08.