Abu Dhabi Championship

Abu Dhabi Championship

Class	Group 3
Location	Abu Dhabi Racecourse Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated	2005
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2,200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Purse	$380,000 [1]

The Abu Dhabi Championship, is a horse race for horses aged four and over, run at a distance of 2,200 metres (eleven furlongs) on turf in March at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club in Abu Dhabi.

The Abu Dhabi Championship was first contested in 2004 and became a Listed race in 2005 before being elevated to Group 3 class in 2011. The race reverted to Listed race again in 2022.

Records

Record time:

• 2:12.70 - Jamr 2014

Most successful horse:

• 2 - GM Hopkins 2019, 2020

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Pat Cosgrave 2011, 2019, 2020
• 3 - Richard Hills 2005, 2007, 2010

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 - Dhruba Selvaratnam 2006, 2008, 2015
• 3 - Ali Rashid Al Rayhi 2010, 2012, 2016
• 3 - Erwan Charpy 2004, 2007, 2017

Most wins by an owner:

• 5 - Hamdan Al Maktoum 2005, 2007, 2010, 2016, 2017

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2004	Bowman	5	Seamus O'Gorman	Erwan Charpy	Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	2:15.30
2005	Mutasallil	5	Richard Hills	Doug Watson	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:17.69
2006	Morshdi	8	Daragh O'Donohoe	Dhruba Selvaratnam	Ahmed Al Maktoum	2:13.60
2007	Great Plains	5	Richard Hills	Erwan Charpy	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:15.89
2008	Mulaqat	5	Johnny Murtagh	Dhruba Selvaratnam	Ahmed Al Maktoum	2:16.67
2009	Mr Brock	5	Kevin Shea	Mike de Kock	Mme Serge Seenyen	2:15.73
2010	Monte Alto	6	Richard Hills	Ali Rashid Al Rayhi	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:15.12
2011	Topclas	5	Pat Cosgrave	Mubarak bin Shafya	Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	2:14.01
2012	Al Shemali	8	Silvestre de Sousa	Ali Rashid Al Rayhi	Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	2:15.36
2013	Jutland	6	Pat Dobbs	Doug Watson	Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	2:16.94
2014	Jamr	6	Adrie de Vries	Ahmed bin Harmash	Mansoor bin Mohammed al Maktoum	2:12.70
2015	Dormello	7	Oisin Murphy	Dhruba Selvaratnam	Ahmed Al Maktoum	2:13.50
2016	Khusoosy	4	Paul Hanagan	Ali Rashid Al Rayhi	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:16.30
2017	Zamaam	7	Jim Crowley	Erwan Charpy	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:14.28 [2]
2018	Light the Lights	6	Adrie de Vries	Mike de Kock	Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum	2:14.06 [3]
2019	GM Hopkins	8	Pat Cosgrave	Jaber Ramadhan	Ramadhan Stable	2:19.30 [4]
2020	GM Hopkins	9	Pat Cosgrave	Jaber Ramadhan	Ramadhan Stable	2:14.15
2021	Irish Freedom	7	Antonio Fresu	Satish Seemar	JW, J & MJ Moraes	2:17.44
2022	Law Of Peace	5	Antonio Fresu	Bhupat Seemar	Nasir Askar	2:15.75

See also

• List of United Arab Emirates horse races

References

1. "UAE races, IFHA Blue Book" (PDF).
2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 19 March 2017.
3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 March 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 15 March 2019.