Posted on 03/26/2005 7:29:22 AM PST by ml/nj
I'm watching the Opening Ceremony for the Dubai World Cup, which curiously occurs after the fourth race on the program. (The Dubai World Cup is a very rich horse racing program - the richest - held in the United Arab Emirates.) I'm watching via the Internet on a restricted link, but I think this will be shown on Fox Sports at noon eastern time.
The thing that prompted me to post was a supposedly traditional dance normally performed by men, but today (tonight in the UAE) performed by women; and performed rather seductively I might add. All of the girls that the camera focused on were quite beautiful, with long dark hair, and flowing white robes that occasionally let enough light through to reveal the silhouettes of their legs to show. Considering that this is a Muslim country I was quite surprised by this. I wondered whether these were paid foreign dancers or native women.
As I type, these ceremonies continue. Watch if you can.
ML/NJ
The horses are just magnificent.
Dubai is supposedly the place to be in the ME...
this is about hte time to go....just before it gets too hot down there....
Roses in May will take the Dubai World Cup. I made some nice pocket change in Saratoga with this horse. He went off 8-1 on that day but will probably be the chalk today.
I bet RiM in the Donn (and lost). I wouldn't take him or any other being shipped halfway around the world at such a short price. (He's 6/5 now 34 minutes before the race.) I'm not sure if I'll take anything here yet. I did take Botanical in the sprint and was pleased to see that my "place" bet was really a show bet, as he finished third.
ML/NJ
Dubai World Cup
Nad Al Sheba, Race 7, 12:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 26, 2005
$6,000,000.00
Grade I Stakes
1 1/4 miles
Main Track
4YO & Up
PR # PP # Horse Name Jockey Odds
1 1. Adjudi Mitsuo Uchida 50-1
11 2. Roses In May J. Velazquez 5-2
4 3. Congrats T. Baze 5-1
8 4. Jack Sullivan Holland 20-1
5 5. Dynever J. Santos 8-1
10 6. Lundy's Liability P. Valenzuela 10-1
2 7. Chiquitin Kinane 12-1
7 8. Grand Hombre Dettori 20-1
6 9. Elmustanser Hills 50-1
13 10. Yard-Arm Marwing 10-1
3 11. Choctaw Nation V. Espinoza 8-1
9 12. King's Boy A Gryder 20-1
12 13. Ruler's Court McEvoy 50-1
I've been to Dubai a number of times. It's a nice place, more open to foreigners than most of the Middle East. I think on the Conservative-Liberal balance scale, it is the Arab equivalent to Kalifornia. They even have a (gasp!) Hard Rock Cafe!
Right now Roses in Ma is even money. Dynever and Congrats are 6-1. Lundy's Liability (whom I might take a shot on) is 7-1. The rest are longer.
ML/NJ
And Roses In May wins it! I have to say, this is a pretty poor field of horses for a $6,000,000 race. There are no Silver Charms or Cigars there today.
Agree.
ML/NJ
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