Dubai City of Gold Stakes

Group 2 race
Dubai City of Gold Stakes

Location	Nad Al Sheba Racecourse Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated	1998
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Emirates Racing Association
Race information
Distance	2400 meters (app. 1½ miles)
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	NH & SH bred Four-Years-Old+
Weight	NH bred 4YO: 55.5 kg NH bred 5YO+ 56 kg SH bred 4YO+ : 56 kg
Purse	US$200,000

The Dubai City of Gold Stakes 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. 1½ 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:

• 2:28.91 - Sibling Rival (1999)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 - Godolphin Racing (2001, 2002, 2003, 2010)

Most wins by a jockey:

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

Most wins by a trainer:

• 7 - Saeed bin Suroor

Winners of the Dubai City of Gold

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	Campanologist	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed Bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	2:37.36
2009	Front House	4	Kevin Shea	Mike De Kock	Mrs John Magnier & Wilgerbodsdrift Stud	2:31.70
2008	Gower Song	5	Richard Hills	David Elsworth	Usk Valley Stud	2:30.10
2007	Quijano	5	Andrasch Starke	Peter Schiergen	Gestüt Fährhof	2:33.07
2006	Oracle West	5	Kevin Shea	Mike De Kock	Kenny Geemooi	2:33.89
2005	Greys Inn	5	Weichong Marwing	Mike de Kock	Bridget D. Oppenheimer	2:30:18
2004	Fair Mix	4	Olivier Peslier	Marcel Rolland	Ecurie Week-End	2:29.24
2003	Highest	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	2:30.15
2002	Narrative	4	Richard Hills	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	2:32.63
2001	Give The Slip	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	2:30.71
2000	High-Rise	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Sheikh M. Obaid	2:29:30
1999	Sibling Rival	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Sheikh Mohammed	2:28:91
1998	Happy Valentine	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Sheikh Maktoum	2:36:97

References

• Dubai City of Gold at the Emirates Racing Association