The Nad Al Sheba Trophy, is a
horse race
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ...
run over a distance of 2,810 metres (one and three quarter miles) on turf in late February or early March at
Meydan Racecourse
Meydan Racecourse is a racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The grandstand is a half mile in length, and can accommodate over 60,000 spectators.
Meydan opened on 27 March 2010, replacing Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, which formerly occu ...
in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
. The race is named after
Nad Al Sheba Racecourse
Nad Al Sheba Racecourse was Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates opened in 1986. It had a 2,200 m left-handed dirt race track and a left-handed grass, turf course of the same distance. It operated from November throug ...
which was the principal racing venue in Dubai before it was replaced by Maeydan.
The Nad Al Sheba Trophy was first contested in 2011 as a Listed race and was elevated to
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level a year later.
Records
Record time:
*2:53.78 - Manobo ''2022''
Most successful horse (2 wins):
* ''Siskany 2023, 2024''
Most wins by a
jockey
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:
* 5 -
William Buick
William Buick (born 22 July 1988) is a Norwegian-born British flat jockey. He shared the champion apprentice jockey title in 2008 with David Probert and won the Lester Award for Apprentice Jockey of the Year in 2007 and 2008. From 2010 to 2 ...
''2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024''
Most wins by a
trainer:
* 6 -
Charlie Appleby ''2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024''
Most wins by an owner:
* 11 -
Godolphin ''2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024''
Winners
Casualties and incidents
* 2015 - Calvaryman, owned by
Godolphin and trained by
Saeed bin Suroor
Saeed bin Suroor (; born 16 November 1968 in Dubai) is a horse racing horse trainer, trainer in Great Britain. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training licence in 1995 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Mohammed bin Ra ...
suffered a fracture in his right hind leg while participating in the race and was euthanized.
See also
*
List of United Arab Emirates horse races
A list of notable Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse races which take place annually in the United Arab Emirates, including all conditions races which currently hold Group One, Group 1, 2 or 3 status.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Listed races
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References
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Horse races in the United Arab Emirates
Horse races established in 2011
2011 establishments in the United Arab Emirates