Dubai Turf
Group One race | |
Location | Meydan Racecourse Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Inaugurated | 1996 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | Dubai World Cup |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,800 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Northern Hemisphere 4yo+ & Southern Hemisphere 3yo+ |
Weight | SH 3yo: 54.5kg. NH & SH 4yo+: 57kg. Allowance fillies and mares 2kg |
Purse | US$6 million |
The Dubai Turf, known as Dubai Duty Free 1996 to 2014. is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,800 metres (1 mile 1 furlong) on the turf at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai during the Dubai World Cup Night in March.
It was first run in 1996 on dirt, with a distance of 2,000 metres (1 mile 2 furlongs). It was transferred to turf, and a distance of 1,777 metres, in 2000. The race attained Group 1 status in 2002. The name of the race is taken from its sponsors, Dubai Duty Free. Between 1996 and 2009 it was run at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. Since 2010 it has been run in Meydan, where it is run at 1,800 metres.
In 2006, the race became the second leg of the four race Asian Mile Challenge.
The Dubai Duty Free Stakes currently offers a purse of US$5 million, which places it and the Dubai Sheema Classic among the richest races on turf in the world.[citation needed][1]
From 2015, DP World Signs sponsorship with Meydan Group, the race name renamed to Dubai Turf.
Records[]
Speed record: (at current distance of 1,800 metres and Meydan Racecourse)
- 1:45.52 – Just A Way (2014)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 – Gary Stevens (1996, 1998)
- 2 – Ryan Moore (2011, 2016)
- 2 – Frankie Dettori (1997, 2021)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 – Saeed bin Suroor (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2013, 2018)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 – Godolphin Racing (1997, 1998, 2013, 2018)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time | |||
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1996 | 5 | Gary Stevens | Kiaran McLaughlin | Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:03.77 | ||||
1997 | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:02.20 | ||||
1998 | 6 | Gary Stevens | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:04.32 | ||||
1999 | Altibr | 4 | Richard Hills | Saeed bin Suroor | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:00.79 | |||
2000 | 4 | Ted Durcan | Saeed bin Suroor | Rashid Al Maktoum | 1:48.60 | ||||
2001 | Jim And Tonic | 7 | Gerald Mosse | François Doumen | John D. Martin & | 1:47.83 | |||
2002 | 5 | Christophe Soumillon | Mmes & | 1:48.75 | |||||
2003 | Ipi Tombe | 4 | Kevin Shea | Mike de Kock | Team Valor et al. | 1:47.61 | |||
2004 | (dh) (dh) |
5 7 |
Weichong Marwing |
Mike de Kock |
Bernard Kantor et al. Carde Ostermann-Richter |
1:49.36 | |||
2005 | Elvstroem | 5 | Nash Rawiller | 1:50.54 | |||||
2006 | David Junior | 4 | Jamie Spencer | Brian J. Meehan | Roldvale Ltd & Gold Group Int'l | 1:49.65 | |||
2007 | Admire Moon | 4 | Yutaka Take | 1:47.94 | |||||
2008 | 5 | Herman Brown | M. Shirtliff et al. | 1:46:20 | |||||
2009 | Gladiatorus | 4 | 1:46.92 | ||||||
2010 | 6 | 1:50.84 | |||||||
2011 | Presvis | 7 | Ryan Moore | Luca Cumani | 1:50.21 | ||||
2012 | Cityscape | 6 | James Doyle | Roger Charlton | Khalid Abdullah | 1:48.65 | |||
2013 | 6 | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 1:47.93 | |||||
2014 | Just A Way | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 1:45.52 | |||||
2015 | Solow | 5 | Maxime Guyon | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère | 1:47.76 | |||
2016 | Real Steel | 4 | Ryan Moore | 1:47.13 | |||||
2017 | Vivlos | 4 | João Moreira | Kazuhiro Sasaki | 1:50.20 | ||||
2018 | Benbatl | 4 | Oisin Murphy | Saeed Bin Suroor | Godolphin | 1:46.08 | |||
2019 | Almond Eye | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | 1:46.78 | |||||
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||
2021 | Lord North | 5 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Zayed bin Mohammed | 1:46.46 |
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- Open mile category horse races
- Horse races in the United Arab Emirates
- Recurring events established in 1996
- Nad Al Sheba Racecourse
- 1996 establishments in the United Arab Emirates