FROM THE EDITOR 3 ADIYAT RACING PLUS ISSUE 840 Thursday 4th April 2024 adiyat racing plus.com adiyat racing plus.com — RECORD BREAKING DWC NIGHT PROVES A TRULY INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR Wasn’t a bad night, was it!? Nine exhilarating races, victories for a staggering eight different international jurisdictions, a spectacular Dubai World Cup victory and, just when you thought the action couldn’t be topped on the track, three Guinness World Records were broken courtesy of a spectacular drone and fireworks show, the like of which those present at Meydan were incredulous to witness. Hopefully, we have done justice to the magnificence of a truly international Dubai World Cup night. Fittingly, the man of the hour Bhupat Seemar features in our final Big Read (p10-13) of the season, and we wish both him and Michael Costa the best of luck as the trainer’s championship goes down to the wire at Abu Dhabi and Al Ain this week. They are locked at 36 winners apiece and their duel provides an intriguing encore following Saturday’s main event. We also have a first-person view of the DWC from Laurel River’s indomitable rider Tadgh O’Shea (p9) who shares his thoughts and emotions from a spell-binding evening for him and his family. Our outstanding photographers have captured the colour and majesty of Saturday’s events and their pictures compliment some superbly in-depth race reviews, written by Marcus Townend, Suleiman Altaf and Duane Fonseca. Finally, with regards to Saturday evening, our thoughts are with Christophe Lemaire who broke his collar bone and two ribs when unshipped from the ill-fated Catnip in the Dubai Turf. We wish both him and Eldar Eldarov a speedy recovery. This 24th and final edition of Adiyat Racing Plus represents a wrap for the magazine, at least in print anyway. Our diligent team will continue to report and showcase brilliant equine stories online and through social media in the forthcoming months until we return for a new UAE season in the autumn. Afford me a small indulgence if you will, but I would like to put on record my gratitude and thanks to all at AR+ who have made my first season in Dubai such a memorable one. Special thanks go to my highly talented assistant editor, Duane Fonseca, who has displayed remarkable patience in helping me navigate my first journalistic role outside of the UK. Thanks also go to Managing Editor Taha Osman for his unstinting guidance and wisdom and to our outstanding design team who have embraced my hair brained ideas, some of which may have actually worked! Thanks to you too, our loyal readers who religiously support AR+ in big numbers on a weekly basis, we hope you have enjoyed the last few months as much as we have enjoyed bringing you the stories and the pictures from a season which thrilled and captivated race fans. Eid Mubarak! — Sam Turner English Editor
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