Dubai Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Cheongu, shown galloping at Meydan, became the first South Korean-trained thoroughbred to race in Dubai. The Dubai World Cup, the final race of Dubai World Cup night, was created in 1996 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai who owns Darley Stud & Godolphin Racing, one of the world's leading Thoroughbred breeding and racing operations. The $10 million Dubai World Cup was the richest horse race on Earth up until the Pegasus World Cup surpassed it in 2017. Inaugurated in 1996, this isn’t just the most celebrated Thoroughbred race in Dubai, ladies and gentlemen. Dubai World Cup horse racing results, news, notes, history, photos, and comments. Kentucky Derby 2021. Kentucky Derby 2021 Contenders - Derby 2021 - Road to the Derby. The race is 2,410 meters (just more than 1 1/2 miles) on the turf and warms the marathoners for the 3,200-meter (about two miles) Dubai Gold Cup Sponsored by Al Tayer Motors (G2) on World Cup night.

Dubai-UAE: October 21, 2020 – Dubai Racing Club has announced the programme for the 2021 Dubai World Cup Carnival, as racing returns to the iconic Meydan Racecourse. While the Carnival opens in January, the first race meeting of the 2020-21 racing season is scheduled for November 5, 2020. Racing will be conducted under guidelines from the UAE government; further details will follow closer to the date.

Slated to run over six consecutive Thursdays from January 21 to February 25, 2021, the Dubai World Cup Carnival programme will culminate on March the 6 with the Super Saturday race meeting. Better known as a dress rehearsal for the Dubai World Cup race meet, racing on Super Saturday alone is worth $1.7 million.

Total purses are slightly reduced from the previous year, but given the challenging events over the past few months on account of Covid-19, Dubai Racing Club has made every effort to ensure the return of racing in safe and secure conditions.

The opening Carnival race meeting on January 21st promises to be an action-packed evening with six out of seven races falling in the Group and Listed categories. Topping the racecard on the night is the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (G2), run over a mile, which serves as a prep, for both the Godolphin Mile (G2) and Dubai World Cup (G1). The remaining six nights of racing during the Dubai World Cup Carnival also offer similarly high quality races, sure to attract the finest international trainers, horses and jockeys.

Dubai Thoroughbred Horse Racing Entries

Horses from Denmark, USA, Ireland, UK, Sweden and Norway as well as the UAE were represented at the 2020 running of Super Saturday. Among the impressive international winners on the night was USA’s Doug O’Neill-trained Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint-winner Wildman Jack, exemplifying the top quality of runners on the night. Post-Meydan the four-year-old went on to win the Group 3 Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita, while being placed in the Group 2 Eddie D Stakes, and is a strong contender in the prestigious 2020 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint. A similar international participation is anticipated in 2021.

The Closing date for Horse Connections to file in their Dubai World Cup Carnival applications is November 23, 2020.

Dubai Thoroughbred Horse Racing Replays

All races will be contested and regulated in standard fashion and results will be recorded in an official capacity. In line with the UAE Government regulations, Dubai Racing Club will follow the strict health and safety measures, including comprehensive sanitation, thermal screening of attendees and social distancing.

Dubai Racing Club is also pleased to welcome back our sponsors, Emirates Airline, Longines, DP World, Gulf News, Emirates NBD, Azizi Developments, Al Tayer Motors, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum City – District One and Mubadala.

About Dubai Racing Club
Dubai Racing Club (DRC) serves to organise and host horseracing at Meydan Racecourse, from November through to April, including the Dubai World Cup. Formed in 1992 to further develop and promote horseracing in Dubai, the first races held under rules were contested in March 1992 at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. Meydan Racecourse is the world’s largest integrated racing facility and the racing season and Dubai World Cup play a key role in international racing.
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Shadwell Racing is the Thoroughbredhorse racing operations of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Introduced to Thoroughbredflat racing while a student in the United Kingdom, Sheikh Hamdan established his first racing stable there in 1981. Over the years he has invested heavily in both racing and breeding and has acquired major operations in England, Ireland and the United States.

He owns eight stud farms worldwide containing over 200 regally bred mares and many top stallions. Six of these are in the county of Suffolk, England, three near Thetford – Nunnery, Melton and Snarehill Studs – plus the Salsabil Stud near Bury St. Edmunds, Elmswell Park Stud and Beech House Stud just outside Newmarket. The other two are Derrinstown Stud in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland and the 3200 acre Shadwell Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.

The Nunnery Stud is where the whole British breeding operation is controlled and currently standing there are Eqtidaar, Muharaar, Mukhadaram and Tasleet. In the past legendary stallions such as Green Desert, Nashwan, Unfuwain, Haafhd, Nayef and Sakhee also stood there. Beech House Stud is used as a base for Shadwell's private mares, both Thoroughbred and Arabian. The paddocks are also used to winter the private Arabian young stock before they are broken in at Snarehill. Elmswell Park Stud and Salsabil Stud are located deep in the Suffolk countryside. These operations together look after Sheikh Hamdan's private mares. It is here that the mares are cared for prior to foaling, and then once they have foaled they stay until they return to Ireland with their foals in the late summer. The quiet surroundings of Salsabil Stud are ideal for the mares and foals at this early stage of the foals' development. The Snarehill Stud is used as a base for breaking in the young Thoroughbreds. It is also used for rest and rehabilitation for horses in training. Finally there is Melton Paddocks which was originally the public stud before the building of the Nunnery Stud, but now it houses the Arabian stallions.

The Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky was constructed in 1985. At the farm's stallion division, Nashwan Stud, currently stand Mohaymen, Qurbaan and Tamarkuz.

The Derrinstown Stud currently stands Awtaad, Haatef, Markaz and Tamayuz.

This investment has translated to great success on the race track. He was the British flat racing Champion Owner in 1990, 1995, 2002, and 2005. He has enjoyed over 50 Group 1 wins in Europe in addition to big race success in America, Australia and Dubai. His leading horses have ranged from sprinting champions such as Dayjur and Hamas, champion milers like Lahib and Bahri to great middle distance runners such as Nashwan, Unfuwain, Haafhd, Nayef, Jazil and Invasor. This is in addition to racing several classic winning fillies who have gone on to be great broodmares. The most famous being Salsabil who topped winning the Epsom Oaks by beating the colts in the Irish Derby. Shadwell's most famous broodmare is Height of Fashion who was sold by Queen Elizabeth II to Sheikh Hamdan Al-Maktoum after setting a new course record in the Princess of Wales' Stakes. She was the dam of Nashwan, Nayef and Unfuwain. She is also the grand dam of Ghanaati through her daughter Sarayir.

In England he currently has approximately 200 horses in training spread over a number of trainers including Michael Stoute, Owen Burrows, John Gosden, William Haggas, Marcus Tregoning, Ed Dunlop and Mark Johnston. In the past he sent horses with great success to Dick Hern, Michael Jarvis, Barry Hills, Alec Stewart, John Dunlop and Harry Thomson Jones. In Ireland he has sent his horses for many years to Kevin Prendergrast and Dermot Weld and likewise in France to Freddy Head. In the United States, Kiaran McLaughlin is a trainer for Sheikh Hamdan's stable. David A. Hayes conditions horses for the sheikh in Australia. In the UAE American trainer Doug Watson is responsible for the sheikh's runners at the Dubai carnival.

In England he currently has Jim Crowley as his retained jockey. In the 1980s and 1990s Willie Carson won many big races for Shadwell most famously on Nashwan and Salsabil.

In late 2005, his Shadwell Stable acquired the Argentina-bred and Uruguay-owned racehorse Invasor and brought him to race in the United States. Invasor won several major graded stakes races including the 2006 Breeders' Cup Classic and was voted the U.S. Horse of the Year and ranked No.1 in the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings. He won them the Dubai World Cup but was retired in June 2007 following a non-life-threatening training injury and now stands as a stallion at Shadwell Farm in Kentucky. Shadwell Stables won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner of 2007 thanks to the efforts of Invasor and leading filly Lahudood.

Major International Racing Wins[edit]

United Kingdom

• 2,000 Guineas:
  • Nashwan (1989)
  • Haafhd (2004)
• Epsom Derby:
  • Nashwan (1989)
  • Erhaab (1994)
• 1,000 Guineas:
  • Salsabil (1990)
  • Shadayid (1991)
  • Harayir (1995)
  • Lahan (2000)
  • Ghanaati (2009)
• Epsom Oaks:
  • Salsabil (1990)
  • Eswarah (2005)
  • Taghrooda (2014)
• St. James's Palace Stakes:
  • Marju (1991)
  • Bahri (1995)
• Coronation Stakes:
  • Al Bahathri (1985)
  • Ghanaati (2009)
• Queen Anne Stakes:
  • Lahib (1992)
• Prince of Wales's Stakes:
  • Muhtarram (1994 & 1995)
  • Nayef (2003)
• Ascot Gold Cup:
  • Ashal (1990)
• Eclipse Stakes:
  • Nashwan (1989)
  • Elmaamul (1990)
  • Mukhadram (2014)
• Falmouth Stakes:
  • Al Bahathri (1985)
  • Alshakr (2000)
  • Tashawak (2002)
  • Nazeef (2020)
• King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes:
  • Nashwan (1989)
  • Taghrooda (2014)
• Sussex Stakes:
  • Mohaather (2020)
• International Stakes:
  • Nayef (2002)
• Queen Elizabeth II Stakes:
  • Lahib (1992)
  • Maroof (1994)
  • Bahri (1995)
• Champion Stakes:
  • Nayef (2001)
  • Haafhd (2004)
• King's Stand Stakes:
  • Dayjur (1990)
  • Battaash (2020)
• Golden Jubilee Stakes:
  • Atraf (1996)
  • Malhub (2002)
• July Cup:
  • Hamas (1993)
  • Elnadim (1998)
  • Muhaarar (2015)
• Nunthorpe Stakes:
  • Dayjur (1990)
• Haydock Sprint Cup:
  • Dayjur (1990)
• Dewhurst Stakes:
  • Alhaarth (1995)
  • Mujahid (1998)
• Middle Park Stakes:
  • Fard (1994)
  • Hayil (1997)
  • Awzaan (2009)
• Racing Post Trophy:
  • Al Hareb (1988)
• Lowther Stakes:
  • Al Bahathri (1984)
• Fillies' Mile:
  • Aqaarid (1994)

Ireland

• Irish Derby:
  • Salsabil (1990)
• Irish 2,000 Guineas:
  • Awtaad (2016)
• Irish 1,000 Guineas:
  • Al Bahathri (1985)
  • Mehthaaf (1994)
  • Matiya (1996)
  • Bethrah (2010)
• Irish Champion Stakes:
  • Elmaamul (1990)
  • Muhtarram (1993)

France

• Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
  • Ta Rib (1996)
• Prix Jean Prat
  • Tamayuz (2008)
• Prix Jacques Le Marois
  • Tamayuz (2008)
• Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
  • Aqlaam (2009)
• Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp
  • Dayjur (1990)
• Prix Vermeille
  • Salsabil (1990)
• Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
  • Naaqoos (2008)
• Prix Morny
  • Arcano (2009)
• Prix Marcel Boussac
  • Ashayer (1987)
  • Salsabil (1989)
  • Shadayid (1990)

Australia

• Melbourne Cup:
  • At Talaq (1986)
  • Jeune (1994)
• Caulfield Cup:
  • Tawqeet (2006)
• Blue Diamond Stakes:
  • Nadeem (2006)

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai World Cup:
  • Almutawakel (1999)
  • Invasor (2007)
• Dubai Duty Free Stakes:
  • Altibr (1999)
• Dubai Sheema Classic:
  • Nayef (2002)
• Godolphin Mile:
  • Tereshkova (1996)
  • Tamarkuz (2015)
• Dubai Golden Shaheen:
  • Atraf (1997)

United States

• Belmont Stakes:
  • Jazil (2006)
• Breeders' Cup Classic:
  • Invasor (2006)
• Metropolitan Handicap:
  • Frosted (2016)
• Pimlico Special:
  • Invasor (2006)
• Suburban Handicap:
  • Invasor (2006)
• Whitney Handicap:
  • Invasor (2006)
  • Frosted (2016)
• Donn Handicap:
  • Invasor (2007)
  • Albertus Maximus (2009)
• Breeders Cup Dirt Mile
  • Tamarkuz (2016)
• Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf:
  • Lahudood (2007)
• Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes:
  • Lahudood (2007)
• Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes:
  • Alwajeeha (2008)

External links[edit]

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References[edit]

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Dubai Thoroughbred Horse Racing