2005 Dubai World Cup

The 2005 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Saturday 26 March 2005. It was the 10th running of the Dubai World Cup.

The winner was Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey's Roses In May, a five-year-old brown horse trained in the United States by Dale Romans and ridden by John R. Velazquez. Roses In May's victory was the first in the race for his owner, trainer and jockey.

Roses In May had been one of the leading dirt performers in the United States in 2004 when he won the Whitney Stakes and finished second to Ghostzapper in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Before being shipped to Dubai he finished second to Saint Liam in the Donn Handicap in February. In the 2005 Dubai World Cup he started the 11/8 favourite and won by three lengths from his fellow American challenger Dynever, with Choctaw Nation one and a quarter lengths back in third. The Richard Mandella-trained second favourite Congrats finished fifth of the twelve runners.

Race details

 * Sponsor: Emirates Airline
 * Purse: £3,125,000; First prize: £1,875,000
 * Surface: Dirt
 * Going: Fast
 * Distance: 10 furlongs
 * Number of runners: 12
 * Winner's time: 2:02.17

Full result

 * Abbreviations: DSQ = disqualified; nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head
 * King's Boy also raced under the name Qaayed Alkhail

Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Roses In May
 * Sex: Stallion
 * Foaled: 9 February 2000
 * Country: United States
 * Sire: Devil His Due; Dam: Tell A Secret (Speak John)
 * Owner: Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey
 * Breeder: Margaux Farm