Dubai hosts racing World Cup despite Middle East turmoil

Marcus Armytage Fri, 27 March 2026 at 9:00 am UTC·6 min read The Dubai World Cup will go ahead tomorrow despite the Emirate being on the frontline of Iran’s retaliation against US-Israeli attacks. This year marks the meeting’s 30th birthday but any celebrations will probably be muted given geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The event has also lost some US and Japanese horses – and the crowd is expected to be down on Meydan’s 60,000 capacity – but the attitude of Dubai’s leader Sheikh Mohammed is that the show must go on.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement After all, he attended “Super Saturday” – the World Cup’s trials day – on the first day of the war. Rockets or no rockets, a...