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Dubai City of Gold

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Inaugurated
  
1998

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Nad Al Sheba RacecourseDubai, United Arab Emirates

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
Emirates Racing Association

Distance
  
2400 meters (app.  1 ⁄2 miles) (12 Furlongs)

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:

  • 2:27.90 - Postponed 2016

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 8 - Godolphin Racing 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 6 - Frankie Dettori 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010

    • Most wins by a trainer:

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

    • References

    Dubai City of Gold Wikipedia
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