Dubai City of Gold
Group 2 race
LocationNad Al Sheba Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated1998
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteEmirates Racing Association
Race information
Distance2400 meters (app. 1+1⁄2 miles) (12 Furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationNH & SH bred Four-Years-Old+
WeightNH bred 4YO: 55.5 kg
NH bred 5YO+ 56 kg
SH bred 4YO+ : 56 kg
PurseUS$250,000

The Dubai City of Gold is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1998 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Given the nickname for the city of Dubai, the Group 2 race is open to Northern and Southern Hemisphere bred horses age four years and up. It is raced on tuf at a distance of 2400 meters (app. 1+1⁄2 miles).

Initially a conditions race, it was upgraded to Group 3 status in 2001 and then to Group 2 status in 2009.

Records

Time record:

  • 2:26.83 - Walton Street 2021

Most wins by an owner:

  • 13 - Godolphin 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 10 - Saeed bin Suroor 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017

Winners of the Dubai City of Gold

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1998 Happy Valentine 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Maktoum Al Maktoum 2:36:97
1999 Sibling Rival 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Sheikh Mohammed 2:28:91
2000 High-Rise 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum 2:29:30
2001 Give The Slip 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:30.71
2002 Narrative 4 Richard Hills Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:32.63
2003 Highest 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:30.15
2004 Fair Mix 4 Olivier Peslier Marcel Rolland Ecurie Week-End 2:29.24
2005 Greys Inn 5 Weichong Marwing Mike de Kock Bridget D. Oppenheimer 2:30:18
2006 Oracle West 5 Kevin Shea Mike de Kock Kenny Geemooi 2:33.89
2007 Quijano 5 Andrasch Starke Peter Schiergen Gestüt Fährhof 2:33.07
2008 Gower Song 5 Richard Hills David Elsworth Usk Valley Stud 2:30.10
2009 Front House 4 Kevin Shea Mike de Kock Sue Magnier & Wilgerbodsdrift Stud 2:31.70
2010 Campanologist 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed Bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:37.36
2011 Monterosso 4 Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni Godolphin Racing 2:36.09
2012 Mikhail Glinka 5 Royston Ffrench Herman Brown Ramzan Kadyrov 2:33.68
2013 Jakkalberry 7 Ryan Moore Marco Botti Jakkalberry Syndicate et al. 2:35.36
2014 Excellent Result 4 Kieren Fallon Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:32.87
2015 Sky Hunter 5 James Doyle Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:32.88
2016 Postponed 5 Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum 2:27.90
2017 Prize Money 4 Adrie de Vries Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:29.33
2018 Hawkbill 5 William Buick Charlie Appleby Godolphin Racing 2:26.85
2019 Old Persian 4 William Buick Charlie Appleby Godolphin Racing 2:32.68
2020 Loxley 5 Mickael Barzalona Charlie Appleby Godolphin Racing 2:28.59
2021 Walton Street 7 William Buick Charlie Appleby Godolphin Racing 2:26.83
2022 Hukum 5 Jim Crowley Owen Burrows Shadwell Stable 2:28.56
2023 Global Storm 6 William Buick Charlie Appleby Godolphin 2:27.47

See also

References

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