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    <title>Godolphin Big Race Focus</title>
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    <description>Big Race Focus from Godolphin.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE DUBAI WORLD CUP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The US$10-million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race, was established to raise Dubai’s global profile and turn the country into a premier racing venue, both of which objectives have been achieved with great success.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=97</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE DUBAI SHEEMA CLASSIC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The US$5-million Dubai Sheema Classic, inaugurated in 1998, was promoted to Group One status in 2002. The 12-furlong race was run at Nad Al Sheba up to last year.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=103</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE DUBAI DUTY FREE]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The US$5-million Dubai Duty Free started out as a 10-furlong race on dirt before being switched to the turf in 2000 when it was run over a furlong less.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=98</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The first two runnings of what is now the Dubai Golden Shaheen in 1993 and 1994 happened in the month of December and the sprint was then transferred to the initial Dubai World Cup day in 1996.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=99</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE HONG KONG SPRINT]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint was first staged in 1999 and is therefore a recent addition to the international racing scene.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=505</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE HONG KONG VASE]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The HK$14-million (around US$1.8 million) Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase is the longest of all the Hong Kong International races, being run over 2,400 metres (12 furlongs) at Sha Tin racecourse.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=504</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE HONG KONG MILE]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile takes place at Sha Tin racecourse, Hong Kong, and is the richest eight-furlong race in the world with a prize fund of HK$16 million (around US$2.1 million).]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=503</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE HONG KONG CUP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The HK$20 million (around US$2.6 million) Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup is run over 2,000 metres (10 furlongs) at Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, in December, and is the richest 10-furlong turf event in the world.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=502</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE JAPAN CUP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Japan Cup is Japan’s most prestigious race, with the Group One contest taking place over a mile and a half on turf at Fuchu racecourse in Tokyo on the last Sunday of November.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=501</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE BREEDERS' CUP MILE]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Breeders’ Cup Mile is run over eight furlongs on turf at wherever the venue for the Breeders’ Cup is in North America - the championship usually moves each year.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=499</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Breeders’ Cup Classic, founded in 1984, was the world’s richest race until the Dubai World Cup was created 12 years later.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=497</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE BREEDERS' CUP TURF]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf is the most prestigious race on grass among the 14 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships contests run in 2009 at Santa Anita Park, California, USA.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=496</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE BREEDERS' CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf was introduced to the Breeders’ Cup programme in 1999 - the first two runnings were over 11 furlongs before the Grade One event was reduced to 10 furlongs in 2001 and remained at that distance for two more years.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=498</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE MELBOURNE CUP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The inaugural running of the Emirates Melbourne Cup in 1861 went to the Etienne de Mestre-trained Archer, who beat 16 challengers and returned the following season to become the first of the five dual winners of the race described by the Encyclopedia Britannica as the ‘greatest all-age handicap in the world’.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=500</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TATTERSALLS COX PLATE]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cox Plate is Australia’s most prestigious weight-for-age race and one of the top events in the world of horseracing.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=494</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Grade One Pattison Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine, Canada’s top racecourse, was first contested on turf in 1958.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=495</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE JUMEIRAH DEWHURST STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Group One Jumeirah Dewhurst Stakes is run over seven furlongs at Newmarket, England, on Champions’ Day and is one of the most important two-year-old races to take place in Britain, producing a host of stars.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=493</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE EMIRATES AIRLINE CHAMPION STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Champion Stakes was first run in 1877 and the 10-furlong Group One contest at Newmarket is one of the autumn highlights in Britain.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=492</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE PREMIO VITTORIO DI CAPUA]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Premio Vittorio di Capua is run over a mile at San Siro Racecourse, located in an exclusive suburb of Milan, Italy.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=490</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, France is often described as the greatest race in Europe and the winner of this prestigious and valuable contest is invariably hailed a champion.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=489</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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