Al Shindagha Sprint

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Al Shindagha Sprint
ClassGroup 3
Location Meydan Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated2009
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,200 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackStraight
Qualification3-y-o+
Purse$200,000 [1]

The Al Shindagha Sprint, is a horse race for horses aged three and over, run at a distance of 1,200 metres (six furlongs) on dirt in late January or early February at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The race is named after Al Shindagha, a district in the city of Dubai.

Contents

The Al Shindagha Sprint was first contested in 2000 on dirt at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. It was moved to Meydan in 2010 where it was run on a synthetic Tapeta surface until reverting to dirt in 2015.

Records

Record time:

Most successful horse:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2000Snow Kid6Neil PollardPaddy RudkinAli Saeed Bilhab1:11.80
2001Mutamayyaz5 Richard Hills Paddy Rudkin Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:12.96
2002Glad Master5 Craig Williams John D SadlerMaktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum1:12.26
2003Feet So Fast4 Ted Durcan Satish SeemarRashid bin Mohammed1:11.90
2004National Currency5 Weichong Marwing Michael AzzieMr & Mrs G J Beck1:10.12
2005Estimraar8Richard MullenMazin Al KurdiRashid bin Mohammed1:10.88
2006Heart Alone4 Mick Kinane Antonio Cintra PereiraC & T1:10.17
2007Tropical Star7Royston FfrenchAli Rashid Al RayhiMohammed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum1:10.11
2008 Asiatic Boy 4 Johnny Murtagh Mike de KockMohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum1:11.27
2009Big City Man4Jose VerenzuelaJerry BartonSultan Mohammed Saud Al Kabeer1:10.31
2010War Artist6 Olivier Peslier James EustaceRupert Plersch1:10.74
2011Dynamic Blitz6 Olivier Doleuze Ricky YiuLam Yin Kee1:10.47
2012Hitchens7 Silvestre de Sousa David BarronLaurence O'Kane & Paul Murphy1:11.22
2013Mental4 Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni Godolphin 1:10.59
2014Russian Soul6Shane FoleyMick HalfordA G Kavanagh1:10.61
2015Reynaldothewizard9Richard MullenSatish SeemarZabeel Racing International1:12.14
2016Rich Tapestry8 Gerald Mosse Michael ChangSilas Wong, Wong Tak Wai et al1:10.88
2017Cool Cowboy6 Pat Dobbs Doug WatsonZaur Sekrekov1:11.49 [2]
2018My Catch7 Pat Dobbs Doug WatsonValentin Bukhtoyarov & Evgeny Kappushev1:12.50 [3]
2019Drafted5 Pat Dobbs Doug WatsonMisty Hollow Farm1:12.34 [4]
2020Gladiator King4 Mickael Barzalona Satish SeemarRashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi1:11.41
2021Al Tariq5 Pat Dobbs Doug WatsonAbdulmohsen Al Abdulkareem1:10.56
2022Meraas5 Antonio Fresu Musabbeh Al MheiriMaitha Salem Mohammed Belobaida Alsuwaidi1:13.08
2023Tuz5 Jose da Silva Bhupat SeemarDakki Stable1:10.72

See also

References

  1. "UAE races, IFHA Blue Book" (PDF).
  2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 2 February 2017.
  3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 February 2018.
  4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 31 January 2019.