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Jebel Hatta

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Inaugurated
  
2000

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Meydan Racecourse Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
Emirates Racing Association

Distance
  
1800 meters (app.  1 ⁄8 miles)

The Jebel Hatta is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 2000 at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Raced on turf, it is open to horses four-years-old and up who were bred in the Northern Hemisphere and to horses three-years-old and up who were bred in the Southern Hemisphere.

Inaugurated in 2000, it was run that year at a distance of 1700 meters. Since 2001 it has been raced over a distance of 1777 meters (app. 1.1 miles). Start from 2012, the race updated to Group One, become first two (within Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3) UAE Group one races outside than Dubai World Cup Night.

Records

Time record:

  • 1:47:69 - Surveyor 2004
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 5 - Godolphin Racing 2002, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 2 - Frankie Dettori 2000, 2001
  • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - Saeed bin Suroor 2000, 2001, 2002, 2013 & 2015
  • References

    Jebel Hatta Wikipedia