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WATCH: 'California Chrome' wins $10m Dubai World Cup

WATCH: California Chrome wins $10m Dubai World Cup

Dubai - Shaikh Mohammed congratulates California Chrome team on winning the 21st edition of the world's richest horse race in Dubai.

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Published: Sun 27 Mar 2016, 4:23 PM

Last updated: Sun 27 Mar 2016, 9:03 PM

California Chrome has finally brought it home.
The 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes had inspired a country song called Bring it on home, Chrome, and his Chromies back in the United States and his fan following elsewhere will be singing that after the five-year-old made his mark in the biggest payday in horse racing. After enduring disappointment last year, California Chrome finally lived up to the hype by clinching the prestigious Dubai World Cup at a glitzy Meydan Racecourse on Saturday night.
"It's unbelievable, he's now the world's richest horse. He did a superb job," said Art Sherman, trainer of California Chrome.
"Today it proves how he can run when he's 100 per cent. The prep he felt strong. He won easy," said jockey Victor Espinoza.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Shaikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai had attended the event, along with Shaikh Mohammed's wife Princess Haya bint Hussein and their daughter Shaikha Jalila.
Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, had officially opened the 21st edition of the world's richest horse race on March 26 (Saturday).

With more than $30 million across the nine races, the Dubai World Cup is the richest race meeting in the world. The climax is the $10 million World Cup race itself, which is run over 2,000 metres and dates back to 1996 when it was won by the great Cigar.
In his opening address, the Crown Prince of Dubai welcomed the high-profile audience and wished good luck to participants in the world's richest race.
Shaikh Mohammed took to Twitter to congratulate the owners and jockey of the American horse:
'Chrome' turns to gold as California Chrome crosses the finishing line of the Dubai World Cup race:
 
California Chrome as he crosses the finish line of the Dubai World Cup
A video posted by Dubai Racing Club (@drc_meydan) on
 
The breathtaking opening ceremony:
 
Time lapse of the beautiful display of colors inspired by the poem of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai "Determination of Youth" I journey on nights that know not of peace, My path ahead full of doubt and unease. Driven by valor and powerful ambition, I command the winds with utmost conviction. If the reins which I grasped were to be released, I would soar beyond the galaxy, where the light has ceased. A salute to our youth, promising and ambitious Our country's tomorrow, fulfilling all wishes. When I was young like you, I envisioned a dream, The more I dreamt, the more it would gleam. A mere lad I was, at the age of eighteen, I witnessed tough times.harshest I've seen. How I wish to portray days of the past, Full with hardships that forever last. As our people struggled, little did they rest, Enduring with patience every grueling test. Living in arid lands, they led a life of persistence, The sea, a source of livelihood and subsistence. Those who set out diving endangered their lives, Within fatal realms they tried to survive. Whence the ordeals ended, spring arrived glorious, The land was paradise where everyone joyous. Happiness sheltered us from the tyranny of time, As we all united...a nation in its prime. O young ones, you live in a time of blissful spring, Needless to taste the past's suffering. Learn from the past, and in the present relish, With your ambitions #DubaiWorldCup #DWC2016 #DubaiWorldCup16 #Dubai #DXB
A video posted by Dubai Racing Club (@drc_meydan) on
 
Highlights from some of the races:

Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, claps after presenting the Dubai World Cup to Denise Martin and Perry Martin, the coowners of California Chrome, at the Meydan racecourse in Dubai on Saturday. — Photo by Rahul Gajjar
Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, claps after presenting the Dubai World Cup to Denise Martin and Perry Martin, the coowners of California Chrome, at the Meydan racecourse in Dubai on Saturday. — Photo by Rahul Gajjar
HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and son, Shaikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, arrive at Meydan racecourse for the Dubai World Cup.
HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and son, Shaikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, arrive at Meydan racecourse for the Dubai World Cup.

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