Dubai International Horse Racing Carnival Live on Ten Sports

MUMBAI: Following an outstanding win last year by Mystical, the collective eyes of Indian Horse racing fans will be on Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel in the sub-continent, as it telecasts top racing action from the much-anticipated Dubai International Racing Carnival.

Starting Thursday, January 17, the first of 10 top-class fixtures will be telecast live, as the Dubai International Racing Carnival culminates into the richest horse racing event of the world, the Dubai World Cup, which will be held on Saturday, March 29.

Live telecast of the DIRC events will start from 10:30pm IST, and the next nine races are scheduled for January 24 and 31, February 7, 8, 14, 21, 22 and 28 and the final DIRC event is slated for March 6.

If 2007 edition of Dubai International Racing Carnival is any indication; the quality and international representation in 2008 will catch the imagination of all fans.

But the 2007 DIRC will always be remembered for the landmark win for Mystical, the five-year-old from Poonawala Stud Farm, which put India firmly on the international racing map. That win has prompted more Indian stables to enter in the events this season.