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Article: Dubai World Cup: Godolphin desperate for Cup win; Sheikh Mohammed is going all out to capture the world's richest race for Dubai.(Sports)

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The Racing Post (London, England)
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March 26, 1999
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THE short history of Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation has seen the Dubai team become a byword for equine pioneering, writes Nicholas Godfrey.

Love 'em or loathe 'em, it cannot be denied that the Dubai team has been responsible for significant advances in the horseracing arena.

Traditional methods have been turned on their head, and frontiers have been broken as Godolphin has travelled far and wide in search of the sport's biggest prizes.

However, it must remain a source of intense frustration to Sheikh Mohammed and his team that they have yet ...

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