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Horse Muarrab wins 1,200m race at Dubai World Cup

Xinhua, March 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Seven-year-old Royal Emirati owned Muarrab won the 1,200m race at the Dubai World Cup on Saturday, winning 1.2 million U.S. dollars prize money.

Muarrab's jockey Paul Hanagan who finished at a time of 1 minute and 10.59 seconds, said, "We really had to fight for every meter and every second, it was a tough race."

Hanagan will also ride the 7th match of the Dubai World Cup which marks the 21st edition of the annual equestrian challenge, with 30 million dollars to be won over nine races. Enditem