Dubai World Cup Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Dubai World Cup Night)

2025 Dubai World Cup Preview

The Dubai World Cup comes with the status of being the richest horse race in the world with approximately $12m in prize money!

It is scheduled to take place in March of each year at the Meydan racecourse and is open to 3yo+ (southern hemisphere) and 4yo+ (northern hemisphere) and is run over a trip of one mile and two furlongs on dirt.

Dubai World Cup Information:

• Dubai World Cup Past Winners
• Dubai World Cup Trainer Statistics
• Dubai World Cup Jockey Statistics

If you are interested in other predictions at Meydan then head over to the Meydan tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Races Covered at Dubai World Cup Night section for links to these.

How competitive is the Dubai World Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 10 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2015 when the race had an over-round of 115%. The race in 2014 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 127%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Dubai World Cup, the over-round has been 121%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £121 which is bet.

Dubai World Cup Trends:

• 2025 Dubai World Cup Trends
• Dubai World Cup Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 10 if you had followed the winner of the Dubai World Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 8 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -5.20. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Dubai World Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 10 renewals, a time of 2:01.38 was set by Thunder Snow in 2018, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by Christophe Soumillon. The slowest winning time was set in 2022 when Country Grammer won in a time of 2:04.97, booked to ride was Frankie Dettori on this Bob Baffert trained runner.

These are the top three quickest-run Dubai World Cup over the last 10 renewals:

1. Thunder Snow (2:01.38) in 2018
2. African Story (2:01.61) in 2014
3. Mystic Guide (2:01.61) in 2021

Dubai World Cup Past Winners

Here are the Dubai World Cup past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Dubai World Cup as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Dubai World Cup have been based:

• USA: 4 winners with an additional 10 placings from 36 runners
• GB: 4 winners with an additional 3 placings from 17 runners
• UAE: 1 winner with an additional 1 placing from 26 runners
• JPN: 1 winner with an additional 3 placings from 24 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 4 runners
• SAF: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 3 runners
• KSA: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 3 runners
• HK: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners
• BHR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
• BRZ: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
• IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
• KOR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Dubai World Cup Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Dubai World Cup over the last 10 renewals is Saeed bin Suroor who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from African Story (2014), Prince Bishop (2015) and Thunder Snow (2018 & 2019). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Dubai World Cup is Bob Baffert (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Dubai World Cup trainer statistics over the last 10 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Dubai World Cup Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Dubai World Cup over the last 10 renewals is Christophe Soumillon who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Thunder Snow (2018 & 2019).

Here are some of the top Dubai World Cup jockey statistics over the last 10 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

2025 Dubai World Cup Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 10, 2, (1, 5), 1, 2, 12, 1, 4, 7, 8

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well. The trend information is based on the available information on the racing post in terms of previous runs etc.

• 10 / 10 (45%) - No bigger than 14/1
• 10 / 10 (51%) - Within the first 6 of the market
• 10 / 10 (55%) - Not on GS/GD/SLW/STD (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (57%) - Break of 20 - 56 days (Last Place)
• 10 / 10 (57%) - Achieved an RPR of 117+ (Last 5)
• 10 / 10 (67%) - Had 1 - 3 placings (Season)
• 10 / 10 (67%) - Beaten no more -3½l (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (69%) - No bigger than 33/1 (Career)
• 10 / 10 (69%) - Had 1 - 3 placings (90 Days)
• 10 / 10 (70%) - No bigger than 19/2 (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (73%) - Achieved an RPR of 103+ (Season)
• 10 / 10 (74%) - Held an OR of 115+
• 10 / 10 (79%) - Off a break of 20 - 56 days
• 10 / 10 (84%) - Highest Won is not G3/Cl2
• 10 / 10 (86%) - Made 1 - 3 starts (Season)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Meydan racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Dubai World Cup. You may want to do your research into the race, there are times when there are several runners who pass the trends so you need to do your research to find a bet, we have a Horse Racing Form Reading Made Easy & What to Look For article to help you do just this in the OLBG Betting School section.

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Dubai World Cup Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +16.21 is when runners had 2 starts in the past 180 days. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 season places, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-39.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

• 2024: Winner in 12 (5,10) [12 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 8 (13,2) [15 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 4 (6,3) [10 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 6 (3,12) [12 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 11 (7,1) [12 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Dubai World Cup is Meydan, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Meydan last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 10 winners from a total of 119 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 3 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Dubai World Cup, that stallion Helmet has produced 2 winners (2019,2018).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Dubai World Cup despite multiple attempts:

• King Kamehameha (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Medaglia dOro (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 10 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Prince Bishop in 2015, winning for Saeed bin Suroor at odds of 14/1 under the guidance of William Buick. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 10 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Dubai World Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page. All figures and trends above, such as the horse's previous runs are based on the information that is available on the racing post.

Races Covered at Dubai World Cup Night

Remember to head over to the Meydan predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters are supporting in the Dubai World Cup and don't forget we also cover the following races at Dubai World Cup Night.