2008 Dubai World Cup

The 2008 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Saturday 29 March 2008. It was the 13th running of the Dubai World Cup.

The winner was Stonestreet Stables & Midnight Cry Stables' Curlin, a four-year-old chestnut colt trained in the United States by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Robby Albarado. Curlin's victory was the first in the race for his jockey, trainer and owner.

Curlin had been the American Horse of the Year in 2007 when his wins included the Preakness Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Classic. He was sent to Dubai in early 2008 and won a handicap race at Nad Al Sheba on 28 February. In the 2008 Dubai World Cup he started the 4/11 favourite and won by a record margin of seven and three quarter lengths from the South African-trained Asiatic Boy, with Well Armed a neck away in third.^[1]

• Sponsor: Emirates Airline
• Purse: £3,015,075; First prize: £1,809,045
• Surface: Dirt
• Going: Fast
• Distance: 10 furlongs
• Number of runners: 12
• Winner's time: 2:01.15

Further details of the winner, Curlin

• Sex: Colt
• Foaled: 25 March 2004
• Country: United States
• Sire: Smart Strike; Dam: Sheriff's Deputy (Deputy Minister)
• Owner: Stonestreet Stables & Midnight Cry Stables
• Breeder: Fares Farm