1997 Dubai World Cup Explained

2nd Dubai World Cup
Horse Race:Dubai World Cup
Location:Nad Al Sheba
Date:3 April 1997
Winning Horse:Singspiel (IRE)
Winning Jockey:Jerry Bailey
Winning Trainer:Michael Stoute (GB)
Winning Owner:Sheikh Mohammed
Previous:1996
Next:1998

The 1997 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Thursday 3 April 1997. It was the 2nd running of the Dubai World Cup.

The winner was Sheikh Mohammed's Singspiel, a five-year-old bay horse trained in the United Kingdom by Michael Stoute and ridden by Jerry Bailey. Bailey had won the inaugural running of the race on Cigar in 1996.

Singspiel was an established international performer at the highest level, having won the Canadian International Stakes and the Japan Cup in 1996, but had never previously competed on dirt. In the 1997 Dubai World Cup Singspiel took the lead approaching the final furlong and won by one and a quarter lengths and one and a half length from Siphon and Sandpit, two Brazilian-bred horses trained in the United States by Richard Mandella. The Japanese mare Hokuto Vega was fatally injured in a fall approaching the straight, bringing down the British colt Bijou d'Inde.[1]

Race details

Full result

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Pos.Marg.Horse (bred)AgeJockeyTrainer (Country)
1Singspiel (IRE)5Jerry BaileyMichael Stoute (GB)
2Siphon (BRZ)6David FloresRichard Mandella (USA)
3Sandpit (BRZ)8Corey NakataniRichard Mandella (USA)
4Key of Luck (USA)6J. C. AriasKiaran McLaughlin (USA)
5Formal Gold (CAN)4Joe BravoW. Perry (USA)
6Juggler (AUS)6Glen BossGai Waterhouse (AUS)
7Even Top (IRE)4Richard HillsMark Tompkins (GB)
8Lammtarra (USA)4Frankie DettoriSaeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE)
9Luso (GB)5Mick KinaneClive Brittain (GB)
10nkFlemensfirth (USA)5Gary HindJohn Gosden (GB)
FellHokuto Vega (JPN)7Norihiro YokoyamaTakao Nakano (JPN)
BDBijou d'Inde (GB)4Jason WeaverMark Johnston (GB)

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Singspiel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dubai World Cup result . 3 April 1997 . Racing Post . 2014-04-08.