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.
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: 1:10.11 - Tropical Star 2007
Most successful horse: no horse has won the race more than once
Most wins by a jockey: 4 - Pat Dobbs 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Most wins by a trainer: 4 - Doug Watson 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Most wins by an owner: 3 - Rashid bin Mohammed 2003, 2005
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time2000Snow Kid6Neil PollardPaddy RudkinAli Saeed Bilhab1:11.802001Mutamayyaz5Richard HillsPaddy RudkinHamdan Al Maktoum1:12.962002Glad Master5Craig WilliamsJohn D SadlerMaktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum1:12.262003Feet So Fast4Ted DurcanSatish SeemarRashid bin Mohammed1:11.902004National Currency5Weichong MarwingMichael AzzieMr & Mrs G J Beck1:10.122005Estimraar8Richard MullenMazin Al KurdiRashid bin Mohammed1:10.882006Heart Alone4Mick KinaneAntonio Cintra PereiraC & T1:10.172007Tropical Star7Royston FfrenchAli Rashid Al RayhiMohammed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum1:10.112008 Asiatic Boy4Johnny MurtaghMike de KockMohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum1:11.272009 Big City Man4Jose VerenzuelaJerry Barton Sultan Mohammed Saud Al Kabeer 1:10.312010 War Artist6Olivier PeslierJames Eustace Rupert Plersch1:10.742011 Dynamic Blitz6Olivier Doleuze Ricky Yiu Lam Yin Kee1:10.472012 Hitchens7Silvestre de SousaDavid BarronLaurence O'Kane & Paul Murphy1:11.222013 Mental4Mickael BarzalonaMahmood Al ZarooniGodolphin1:10.592014 Russian Soul6Shane FoleyMick HalfordA G Kavanagh1:10.612015Reynaldothewizard9Richard MullenSatish SeemarZabeel Racing International1:12.142016Rich Tapestry8Gerald MosseMichael ChangSilas Wong, Wong Tak Wai et al1:10.882017 Cool Cowboy6Pat DobbsDoug WatsonZaur Sekrekov1:11.492018 My Catch7Pat DobbsDoug WatsonValentin Bukhtoyarov & Evgeny Kappushev1:12.502019 Drafted5Pat DobbsDoug WatsonMisty Hollow Farm1:12.342020 Gladiator King4Mickael BarzalonaSatish SeemarRashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi1:11.412021 Al Tariq5Pat DobbsDoug WatsonAbdulmohsen Al Abdulkareem1:10.562022 Meraas5Antonio FresuMusabbeh Al MheiriMaitha Salem Mohammed Belobaida Alsuwaidi1:13.082023 Tuz6Jose da SilvaBhupat SeemarDakki Stable1:10.722024Mouheeb6Tom MarquandMichael CostaSheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum1:11.312025Tuz8Tadhg O'SheaBhupat SeemarDakki Stable1:10.432026Drew's Gold6William BuickBhupat SeemarRRR Racing1:11.35
See also List of United Arab Emirates horse races
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