2001 Dubai World Cup

6th Dubai World Cup Dubai World Cup Nad Al Sheba 24 March 2001 Captain Steve (USA) Jerry Bailey Bob Baffert (USA) Michael E. Pegram 2000 2002 The 2001 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Saturday 24 March 2001. It was the 6th running of the Dubai World Cup. The winner was Michael E. Pegram's Captain Steve, a four-year-old chestnut colt trained in the United States by Bob Baffert and ridden by Jerry Bailey. Captain Steve's victory was a third in the race for Bailey, a second for Baffert and a first for Pegram. Captain Steve was one of the leading colts of his generation in the United States, winning the Hollywood Futurity in 1999 and the Swaps Stakes in 2000. Before being shipped to Dubai he won the Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park on 3 February. In the 2001 Dubai World Cup he started the 7/4 joint-favourite and won by three lengths from the Japanese challenger To The Victory with the French-trained Hightori half a length away in third place. The other joint-favourite was the Godolphin runner Best of the Bests, who finished eighth of the twelve runners.https://www.racingpost.com/results/483/nad-al-sheba/2001-03-24/298831 Dubai World Cup result 24 March 2001 Racing Post 2014-04-07 Race details Sponsor: none Purse: £4,000,000; First prize: £2,400,000 Surface: Dirt Going: Fast Distance: 10 furlongs Number of runners: 12 Winner's time: 2:00.40 Full result Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Captain Steve (USA) 4 Jerry Bailey Bob Baffert (USA) 7/4 jt fav 2 3 To The Victory ja トゥザヴィクトリー (JPN) 5 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee (JPN) 25/1 3 ½ Hightori (FR) 4 Gerald Mosse Philippe Demercastel (FR) 8/1 4 shd State Shinto (USA) 5 Ted Durcan John Sadler (UAE) 25/1 5 1½ Sei Mi (ARG) 5 Chris McCarron Jerry Barton (KSA) 66/1 6 1 Aptitude (USA) 4 Gary Stevens Robert J. Frankel (USA) 5/1 7 1¾ Ekraar (USA) 4 Richard Hills Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) 12/1 8 4 Best of the Bests (IRE) 4 Jamie Spencer Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) 7/4 jt fav 9 nse Regular Member (JPN) 4 Mikio Matsunaga S Yamamoto (JPN) 50/1 10 hd Broche (USA) 4 David Flores Saeed bin Suroor (GB/UAE) 22/1 11 6 Aristotle (IRE) 4 J. Saimee M. Thwaites (SIN) 40/1 12 2 Early Warning (USA) 6 Sebastian Madrid S Al Shaibani (KSA) 40/1 Abbreviations: DSQ = disqualified; nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head; nk = neck Winner's details Further details of the winner, Captain Steve Sex: Stallion Foaled: 11 March 1997 Country: United States Sire: Fly So Free; Dam: Sparkling Delite (Vice Regent) Owner: Michael E. Pegram Breeder: Roger Laubach References Category:Dubai World Cup Dubai World Cup Dubai World Cup Dubai World Cup