{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.dubai-world-cup","code":"thing-q1262954","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1262954/","name":"Dubai World Cup","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.EVT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Dubai World Cup is an annual international Group 1 flat race for Thoroughbred horses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, inaugurated in 1996 and run over 2,000 metres, whose name also commonly denotes the wider race meeting it headlines.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify the Dubai World Cup, assess the status and authority of a particular edition, and determine which participation, scheduling and result-related actions are supported.","scope":{"in":["Identity and continuity of the named race across editions","Edition dates, venue, race conditions and operational status","Horse entries and their associated jockeys, trainers and owners","Qualification, nomination, acceptance and withdrawal decisions","Official results, prize allocation and subsequent amendments"],"out":["Other races on the Dubai World Cup meeting programme","The racecourse as a physical facility","Lifetime biographies, pedigrees and performance histories of horses","General horse-racing rules beyond their application to an edition","Bookmaking markets, betting accounts and wagering transactions"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["An official programme must identify the named Dubai World Cup race; attendance at Dubai World Cup night alone does not establish participation in it.","The recurring race identity must be separated from a dated edition, whose conditions and results apply only to that running.","The venue alone cannot identify the race because the same racecourse hosts other races.","A sponsor-qualified title must be checked against official race identity rather than treated automatically as a separate event.","A nomination or invitation must be distinguished from an accepted entry, declared runner and actual starter."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"race-identity-and-continuity","name":"Race identity and continuity","description":"Establishes which Dubai World Cup referent is being modelled and how its editions remain connected.","layers":[{"id":"race-and-meeting-boundary","name":"Race and meeting boundary","description":"Separates the named race from the programme surrounding it.","findings":[{"id":"official-race-referent","name":"Official race referent","description":"Recognition requires evidence that a reference concerns the Dubai World Cup race rather than the entire race night.","questions":[{"text":"Which official programme entry identifies the Dubai World Cup race within this meeting?","id":"official-race-referent-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does this attendance, prize-money or participation claim concern the race or the whole meeting?","id":"official-race-referent-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"edition-continuity","name":"Edition continuity","description":"Connects dated runnings without treating venue or title changes as automatic identity breaks.","findings":[{"id":"recognized-running-lineage","name":"Recognized running lineage","description":"Edition labels and continuity claims require attribution, including how unrun or cancelled editions are counted.","questions":[{"text":"Which organizer record establishes this running's edition label and relationship to earlier runnings?","id":"recognized-running-lineage-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How are changes of venue, surface or sponsored title represented without creating a duplicate race identity?","id":"recognized-running-lineage-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"edition-setting-and-race-conditions","name":"Edition setting and race conditions","description":"Captures when and where an edition occurs and the sporting conditions that define it.","layers":[{"id":"schedule-and-course","name":"Schedule and course","description":"Distinguishes announced arrangements from the actual time and course used.","findings":[{"id":"edition-setting","name":"Edition setting","description":"The date, start time, venue, surface and distance belong to a sourced edition record.","questions":[{"text":"What date, time zone, scheduled start and actual start are recorded for this running?","id":"edition-setting-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which official record confirms the racecourse, surface and distance used, including any late change?","id":"edition-setting-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"sporting-conditions","name":"Sporting conditions","description":"Records the classification, entry restrictions and weight provisions governing the race.","findings":[{"id":"applicable-condition-set","name":"Applicable condition set","description":"Eligibility and comparison depend on the published condition set effective for the edition.","questions":[{"text":"What official classification, breed, age and sex restrictions apply to this edition?","id":"applicable-condition-set-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"How do its published weight provisions and any hemisphere-specific age treatment apply to a proposed runner?","id":"applicable-condition-set-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"entry-and-runner-progression","name":"Entry and runner progression","description":"Follows candidate horses through the race's applicable entry process to actual participation.","layers":[{"id":"admission-pathway","name":"Admission pathway","description":"Identifies the applicable route into the field and its decision points.","findings":[{"id":"entry-entitlement-and-acceptance","name":"Entry entitlement and acceptance","description":"Entry claims must distinguish qualification, invitation, nomination and organizer acceptance wherever those mechanisms apply.","questions":[{"text":"Which entry routes, selection criteria, fees and deadlines are published for this Dubai World Cup edition?","id":"entry-entitlement-and-acceptance-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence and authorized submission are still required before this horse can become an accepted or declared runner?","id":"entry-entitlement-and-acceptance-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"declared-field-and-roles","name":"Declared field and roles","description":"Connects each horse to its race-specific connections and participation state.","findings":[{"id":"runner-record","name":"Runner record","description":"Each runner requires an identified horse, declared connections and a traceable progression to starting or non-starting status.","questions":[{"text":"Which official declaration identifies the horse, owner, trainer, jockey, draw and assigned weight?","id":"runner-record-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which substitutions, withdrawals or non-starter decisions changed the declared field before the start?","id":"runner-record-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"race-operation-and-oversight","name":"Race operation and oversight","description":"Records whether the edition can proceed and which authorities govern participation and race-day decisions.","layers":[{"id":"operational-state","name":"Operational state","description":"Tracks edition-level changes such as delay, postponement or cancellation.","findings":[{"id":"authorized-status-change","name":"Authorized status change","description":"Operational status must follow attributable announcements, with consequences distinguished from unsupported explanations.","questions":[{"text":"Which authority announced the latest scheduling or cancellation decision, and when did it take effect?","id":"authorized-status-change-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What does that decision require an agent to revise in deadlines, runner status or edition records?","id":"authorized-status-change-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"runner-clearance-and-stewarding","name":"Runner clearance and stewarding","description":"Links race-specific veterinary and regulatory decisions to participation and conduct.","findings":[{"id":"participation-clearance","name":"Participation clearance","description":"Acceptance into the race must remain distinct from required clearance to start and subsequent stewarding decisions.","questions":[{"text":"Which applicable veterinary, medication and racing requirements must a declared runner satisfy before starting?","id":"participation-clearance-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which official reports document exclusions, race incidents or investigations, and what remains undecided?","id":"participation-clearance-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"results-and-prize-allocation","name":"Results and prize allocation","description":"Establishes the edition's sporting outcome and associated financial awards.","layers":[{"id":"outcome-and-finality","name":"Outcome and finality","description":"Separates observed finishing information from the authoritative result.","findings":[{"id":"official-outcome","name":"Official outcome","description":"Placings, times and margins require their publication status and any later decision affecting them.","questions":[{"text":"What official finish order, winning time and margins are published, with which measurement conventions?","id":"official-outcome-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Have an inquiry, objection, disqualification or appeal altered the result, and which decision currently governs?","id":"official-outcome-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"purse-and-awards","name":"Purse and awards","description":"Distinguishes the advertised race purse from placing allocations and confirmed awards.","findings":[{"id":"race-specific-prize-entitlement","name":"Race-specific prize entitlement","description":"Prize claims must identify the race, currency, allocation rules and whether they describe advertised or awarded amounts.","questions":[{"text":"What purse and placing allocations are published specifically for the Dubai World Cup race in this edition?","id":"race-specific-prize-entitlement-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How do amended placings, withholding decisions or applicable deductions affect recorded prize entitlement?","id":"race-specific-prize-entitlement-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Dubai World Cup this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Dubai World Cup this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Dubai World Cup this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; 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evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Dubai World Cup this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report fixtures, runners and results from the organizers' and racing authority's official sources.","Describe the race's history and conditions."],"mustNot":["Help fix a race, dope a horse or manipulate betting markets.","Present tips or predictions as certain outcomes.","Publish riders' or trainers' private data beyond official disclosure.","Encourage gambling where it is unlawful, or by people who have excluded themselves."],"requiresHuman":["Correcting a published result after an inquiry, disqualification or appeal."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Racehorses can be injured or killed, so horse welfare must come first.","Very large prize money and betting interest invite cheating."],"affectedParties":["Horses","Jockeys and stable staff","Owners and bettors"]},"owners":{"steward":"The organizing racing club under the national racing authority.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Racing authority results and stud book records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q3001412","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.dubai-world-cup","Wikidata: Q1262954 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262954)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Edition identity: Official edition label, programme race identifier and associated year","Race versus meeting referent: Named race | wider meeting | unresolved usage","Scheduled and actual start: Date and time with calendar, time zone, precision and 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