Originally Posted by PatCummings

The purse structure in Dubai, for the International Racing Carnival, is the most lucrative in the world. If anything, it's absurd that more American horsemen don't ship over. They'll pay a bunch, if not all, of your costs for shipping, your personal travel expenses (assuming you make a certain number of starts - reasonable), feed costs, etc. Of the 80 or so races at the Carnival this year, only three or four races DID NOT have a purse in excess of $110,000.