Continuing the 14-year horseracing legacy laid down by Nad Al Sheba, the new Meydan Grandstand and Racecourse will set new standards for luxury and propel UAE’s horseracing scene to greater heights on the global arena.

Equipped with first-class hospitality offerings and state-of-the-art racing facilities, the Meydan Racecourse is unlike any other in the world. Its most outstanding feature is the Grandstand, an architectural feat featuring a crescent-shaped roof clad with solar panels. The Grandstand spans 1.5 kilometres and can accommodate up to 60,000 guests.

The Racecourse also includes the world’s first trackside five-star hotel, The Meydan, with almost all of its 230 suites having direct, unobstructed views of the tracks. It will also have high-end international restaurants, an IMAX theatre, the Meydan Museum and Gallery, Meydan Marina and the Falcon Commercial Park free zone offices.

The Racecourse comes with a 1,750m All-Weather track and a 2,400m turf track. Other facilities include receiving barns, stables, turf and All-Weather training tracks and jockey and horsemen’s lounges.  

The Meydan Grandstand and Racecourse’s first race meeting will be the seventh Dubai International Racing Carnival starting 28 January 2010, which will culminate with the Dubai World Cup (DWC) on 27 March in the same year.  DWC 2010 is especially symbolic not only because of its 15th anniversary, but celebrating the milestone at the iconic Grandstand will make it one of the most dynamic and memorable horseracing experiences yet. The prize money for DWC has been raised to US$10 million, which would no doubt raise the stakes for spectator and competitor alike at the highly-anticipated event.