Dubai World Cup - 29 Mar 08

The Dubai World Cup is the world's richest horse race, attracting competitors from around the globe, as well as a world-wide audience.

The total prize money for the day is more than $21 million and it is one of the main events on the international racing calendar.

Al Jazeera's Karthi Gnanasegaram reports from Dubai.

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[dirtyproduction]

Arabs do come to the USA, Ireland and other countries to build their stable. Beyond that, Arabs have been coming to the USA to buy Arabian horses as well. The majority of large Arab stables have stocked their stables with Arabians from the USA.

[Tareq88]

I'm sure many other countries have their sets of strong, fast horses. But to generalize and say it is the Arabs who come to America and buy American thoroughbreds is like re-inventing the wheel. America is not even 200 years old.

[lawforever]

It is the Arabs that come to America and buy American thoroughbreds. I live near Kentucky, couple of hours from the Kentucky Derby. You will see many Arabs there watching their American bred thoroughbreds race.

[stallioneoo]

grow up all i gota say to you,

[HHShKhalidFan]

???

[slicbro]

you have more people in our lands than we have in your lands. I say you guys leave, and we leave you land, i mean desert, i mean shithole, okay.......whatever you call you unlivable sandhole

[EdyPegasus]

lol nothing personal, just bringing up what i thought in that very moment. Isnt this what is for?

[pakiman47]

i think you are being a little too sensitive..

[pakiman47]

that's a very unislamic thing to say, in fact i would say it is something a "kafir" would say....read the Quran

[EdyPegasus]

LOL, they make it sound as though it was bad that an american horse won.