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Balanchine (horse race)

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Inaugurated
  
2004

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,800 metres

Track
  
Left-handed

Location
  
Meydan RacecourseDubai, United Arab Emirates

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Balanchine (sometimes known as the Balanchine Stakes), is a horse race run over a distance of 1,800 metres (nine furlongs) on turf in February or March at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The race is named after Balanchine, a horse who won the Epsom Oaks and the Irish Derby in 1994. The race is restricted to female racehorses aged at least four years old, although three-year-olds bred in the southern hemisphere are also qualified.

It was first contested in 2004 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse before being transferred to Meydan in 2010.

The Balanchine began as an ungraded race before being elevated to Listed class in 2006. The race was promoted to Group 3 level in 2009 and became a Group 2 event in 2011.

Records

Record time:

  • 1:48.58 - Sajjhaa 2013
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Christophe Soumillon 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
  • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - Mike de Kock 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Godolphin Racing 2004, 2013, 2016
  • References

    Balanchine (horse race) Wikipedia


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