The 2010 Dubai World Cup was a

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held at

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on Saturday 27 March 2010. It was the 15th running of the

Dubai World Cup The Dubai World Cup (Arabic: كأس دبي العالمي) is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and contested at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The race is operate ...

. It was the first edition of the Dubai World Cup to be run at Meydan on the synthetic Tapeta surface. The winner was Stud Estrela Energia's Brazilian-bred Glória de Campeão, a seven-year-old

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horse trained in France by

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and ridden by

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. Glória de Campeão's victory was the first in the race for his jockey, trainer and owner and the first for a horse trained in France. Glória de Campeão had been trained in Brazil in the early part of his career before being transferred to the Bary's French stable in 2007. Although based in France, he was campaigned internationally, racing in Singapore, the United States and Dubai, finishing second in the 2009 Dubai World Cup on dirt and winning the

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on turf. In the 2010 Dubai World Cup he started a 16/1 outsider and won by a nose from the South African

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Lizard's Desire, with the Godolphin runner Allybar a short head away in third. The 100/30 favourite Gitano Hernando finished sixth of the fourteen runners.

Race details

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* Purse: £6,172,840; First prize: £3,703,704 * Surface: Tapeta * Going: Standard * Distance: 10 furlongs * Number of runners: 14 * Winner's time: 2:03.83

Full result

* Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head; nk = neck

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Glória de Campeão * Sex: Stallion * Foaled: 29 September 2003 * Country: Brazil * Sire: Impression; Dam: Audacity (Clackson) * Owner: Stud Estrela Energia * Breeder: Haras Santarém

References

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