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Silver Charm Wins Dubai World Cup By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff March 28, 1998 / 5:50 PM / CBS Sportsline In a dramatic finish, Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm nosed out. Mar 04, 2021 Over the next three weeks, the Dubai Racing Club will pay tribute to each of the previous Dubai World Cup winners. Today, we rewind to 1998, when Silver Charm won the Dubai World Cup title for Bob. 1998 Dubai World Cup (G1) race results, race date, entries, field, video, contenders, probables, news, notes, & comments. Kentucky Derby 2021 - Derby 2021 - Road to the Derby. Memorable: Silver Charm, ridden by Gary Stevens, left, wins the 1998 Dubai World Cup Image Credit: Silver Charm takes the Dubai World Cup in 1998. Also in this package. 25 years of the Dubai World.

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Silver Charm to Old Friends
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1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm was bred in Florida by Mary Lou Wootton. Owned by Robert and Beverley Lewis and trained by Bob Baffert, he leaped to a juvenile stakes win in the 1996 Del Mar Futurity (G2) ridden by David Flores, then hit the 1997 Derby trail with his San Vicente (G3) win, Chris McCarron up.

The Kentucky Derby began Silver Charm’s partnership with jockey Gary Stevens. In a thrilling finish they prevailed over Captain Bodgit and Free House. A repeat performance in the Preakness raised Triple Crown hopes and Silver Charm ran a heroic Belmont, but he was edged out by Touch Gold.

Silver Charm was awarded the 1997 Three Year Old Male Championship. In 1998, teamed with Stevens, he won the San Fernando (G2), Strub (G2) and prestigious Dubai World Cup (G1), Kentucky Cup Classic (3) and Goodwood (G2). A close second in the 1998 Breeders’ Cup Classic and win in the Clark (G2) rounded out this superlative campaign. At five, Silver Charm won the San Pasqual (G2). In his 24 starts he achieved 12 wins, 7 seconds and 2 thirds for $6,944,369.

He entered stud in 2000 at Three Chimneys in Kentucky, was relocated in 2005 to Japan and stood at JBBA’s Stallion Stations until 2014. Silver Charm was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 2007.

In December 2014 he retired to Old Friends thanks to the cooperative efforts of JBBA, the Lewis family and Three Chimneys.

Statement from the Lewis Family:

'The Robert and Beverly Lewis family are thrilled and proud to have Silver Charm returning to America and beginning his retirement at Old Friends Equine in Georgetown, Kentucky. The racing thrills and excitement that he brought to our lives will never be forgotten. Winner of the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, the 1998 Dubai World Cup and numerous other graded stakes, Silver Charm demonstrated amazing heart and competitiveness during his four-year racing career. His 2007 induction into the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame was proper recognition of his great career on the track.

We extend our gratitude to J.B. and Kevin McKathen, who spotted him as a two-year old in Florida, Bob Baffert, who so capably trained him, Gary Stevens, who rode him to his greatest victories, Rudy, his groom, who cared for Silver Charm wherever he went, Three Chimney's Robert Clay and Dan Rosenburg, who managed his U.S. stud career, the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders Association, who managed his Japanese stud career, Case Clay, who was instrumental in assuring his return home, and Michael Blowen, who was steadfast in his determination to see Silver Charm, one day, residing at Old Friends.

We hope that thoroughbred racing fans from around the world will enjoy visiting Old Friends and saying 'Hello' to one of America's great race horses!'

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• 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 2004 when Pleasantly Perfect won the Dubai World Cup in thrilling fashion.

• 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 2003 when Moon Ballad gave jockey Frankie Dettori his second, and trainer Saeed bin Suroor his fourth, Dubai World Cup title.

• 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 2002 when Street Cry gave jockey Jerry Bailey his fourth and trainer Saeed bin Suroor his third Dubai World Cup title.

• Sunday’s racing on the Abu Dhabi turf was officially highlighted by the 1400m Group 2 Liwa Oasis and it delivered a nail biting conclusion worthy of any feature race with the gallant, heartbreakingly for connections, Rawaa denied in the final strides by the persistent challenge of Hakeemat Muscat.

  The pair, having seem off the challenge of eventual third MH Rahal, basically duelled throughout the final 225m with Hakeemat Muscat finally able to stick her head in front in the closing stages with the 6-year-old mare answering every urging requested by Szczepan Mazur.

• 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.

• 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 2001 when Captain Steve gave American trainer Bob Baffert his second Dubai World Cup title.

• 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)

• AL BASTAKIYA (LISTED)
  $150,000 | 1900m (dirt) | TB
  Winner: PANADOL (USA)
  Pedigree: Flatter (USA) - Arradoul (USA) by Dixieland Band (USA)
  Owner: Sh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum
  Trainer: S bin Ghadayer
  Jockey: Mickael Barzalona
  Official Time: 1:58.13
  Track Record: 01:55:18 - MENDELSSOHN - 2018
  Race Record : 1:58:05 - YULONG WARRIOR - 2018
  Margin of Victory: 3/4 Length

• 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.

• Seven races at the penultimate Jebel Ali meeting of the ongoing season, highlighted by a 1200m conditions race for 3-year-olds, was won in taking fashion by Hawa Bilady.

• 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.

• Three weeks before the UAE’s biggest day of horseracing, the Dubai World Cup card, this weekend’s Super Saturday is a ‘dress rehearsal’ with all seven races mirroring the conditions of one of those on the big day, officially highlighted by the Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge R3 on dirt along with the Group 1 Jebel Hatta, the turf highlight.

  The seventh meeting of the 2021 Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan, is sponsored by Pillar Partners Emirates.

  Group 1 $390,000 Al Maktoum Challenge R3 (2000m D)

• 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. Today, we rewind to 1998, when Silver Charm won the Dubai World Cup title for Bob Baffert. The first of many successful outings in the UAE for the American trainer.

• 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.