That the third running of the $20-million Saudi Cup, with a post time of 12:30 p.m. ET (8:30 p.m. Riyadh) on February 26, has drawn a patchwork quilt of talent and also-rans out of the woodwork to its full field of fourteen was widely expected, since the one-turn race is — right now, until some other promoters cook up a brighter idea — the horse race with the world’s richest purse. The winner’s share of that is a reported, flat 50%, or $10 million, not a bad deal for a less than two minutes’ furious work over 1800 meters, or in American terms, just about nine furlongs — 8.9
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