A year ago today, Arrogate was an unraced three-year-old, nearly a month away from his first start, which took place at a small track in Southern California. Today, Arrogate stands on top of the racing world, the best in the world racing on dirt, and perhaps on any surface, and perhaps of all time in the U.S. There may not be enough superlatives to describe Arrogate’s winning performance in today’s $10 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. “I’m just going to ride her like Zenyatta,” said Mike Smith from the saddle after the race. Purchased for $560,000 by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Khalid bin Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms as a yearling, Arrogate has now earned more than $17 million in his eight lifetime races, including the two richest races in the world.

Source: Forbes March 25, 2017 18:00 UTC