Hit Show wins the 2025 29th edition of the Dubai World Cup, bagging the biggest prize of $12 million.
The final race of the evening at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai and Hit Show steals the show, ridden by ridden by Florent Geroux, running over a distance of 2,000m on dirt.
Pressure was on for one of Saturdays favourites Forever Young, who failed to live up to expectations finishing third.
HIT SHOW is on πππππππ πππππ in the $12million @emirates Dubai World Cup! #DWC25 pic.twitter.com/L4rANiyWw6
— Dubai Racing Club (@RacingDubai) April 5, 2025
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai's Crown Prince and the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, crowned Hit Show as the winner of the G1 Dubai World Cup race sponsored by Emirates.
Hamdan bin Mohammed crowns HIT SHOW as the winner of the $12 million G1 Dubai World Cup race sponsored by Emirates.#WamNews pic.twitter.com/r3PA1qKKix
— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) April 5, 2025

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