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Ten have been declared for the 1400m Group 2 Liwa Oasis, the highlight of six races at Abu Dhabi on Sunday, including Sharaf Al Reef, winner of the race in 2019 for Al Ajban Stables and Abdallah Al Hammadi.

The admirable 12-year-old has been a great servant to connections, not only having won this race before, the most recent of his six career victories, but also the 2016 Group 3 National Day Cup, the highlights among his six career wins, all on the Abu Dhabi turf.

Super Saturday, the second biggest meeting of the UAE season at Meydan and a dress rehearsal for Dubai World Cup night three weeks later, was officially highlighted by the Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge R3 sponsored by Emirates Airline.

Group 1 $390,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 (2000m D)

The Dubai World Cup meeting celebrates its historic 25th anniversary on March 27, with six Group 1 races and three Group 2s, including one of the world's premier races, the $12 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline.

Over the next three weeks, we will pay tribute to each of the previous Dubai World Cup winners. Today, we rewind to 2000, when Dubai Millennium won what was described by many as one of the most memorable victories to date, ridden by the mercurial Frankie Dettori, becoming the fifth winner of the Dubai World Cup.

The Dubai World Cup meeting celebrates its historic 25th anniversary on March 27, with six Group 1 races and three Group 2s, including one of the world's premier races, the $12 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline.

Over the next three weeks, we will pay tribute to each of the previous Dubai World Cup winners. Today, we rewind to 1999, when Almutawakel, trained by Saeed bin Suroor, became the first Godolphin winner of the Dubai World Cup.

Jebel Ali stage their penultimate fixture of the current season on Friday afternoon, seven races officially highlighted by a 1200m conditions contest for 3-year-olds for which eight have been declared, the weights headed by Zhou Storm.

Trained by Ali Rashid Al Rayhi for Elbashir Salem Elhrari, the Due Diligence colt, the only previous winner among the octet, is penalised for a pair of juvenile victories, his first two racecourse appearances, over 1200m at the beginning of November and a month later over 1400m.

The Dubai World Cup meeting celebrates its historic 25th anniversary on March 27, with six Group 1 races and three Group 2s, including one of the world's premier races, the $12 million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline.

Over the next three weeks, we will pay tribute to each of the previous Dubai World Cup winners. We rewind to 1997, when Singspiel, owned and bred by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and trained by Sir Michael Stoute, won the Dubai World Cup.

Racing at Sharjah Longines Racecourse on Saturday afternoon featured the track’s traditional annual highlight, the HH The Ruler Of Sharjah Cup. a 1700m conditions race afforded Prestige status, where class prevailed with Jawaal delivering a workmanlike, rather than spectacular, performance to win the prestigious prize.