The Dubai Racing Club at Meydan just opened on January 28th so we decided to get some seats for the International Horse Racing Carnival. The facility is massive and it is completely brand new with small parts still under construction. We got premium seats at the finish-line and learned some fun tidbits about the Pick Seven and how to read horse profiles and predict winners. Horse names are the best, our favorites included: Bikini Babe, Escape Route, Two Step Salsa, and Snow Runner (scott's pick which obviously lost since we are in the desert).
The highlight of our evening was a surprise appearance by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. His photos are all over billboards around Dubai and you are constantly reading about him in every newspaper. It was very exciting to see him in the flesh! UAE male nationals usually wear white kanduras. Sheikh Mo is known for his iconic colored kanduras and today he appeared in mustard! Here you'll see my photo of him....it looks like he's staring right at my camera :)
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