Cape Town International, Lima JorgeChavez International, Panama Tocumen and Abu Dhabi International took home the regional prizes for Africa, South America, Central America and the Middle East respectively.
As you might expect, such unbridled revelry had its costs: in 1999, a drunken fan actually made his way on to the track, stood in front of the charging horses, and swung at Artax and jockey JorgeChavez.