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Al Shindagha Sprint

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Al Shindagha Sprint
Group 3 race
LocationMeydan Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated2009
Race typeThoroughbred - 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.

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

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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

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2000 Snow Kid 6 Neil Pollard Paddy Rudkin Ali Saeed Bilhab 1:11.80
2001 Mutamayyaz 5 Richard Hills Paddy Rudkin Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:12.96
2002 Glad Master 5 Craig Williams John D Sadler Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 1:12.26
2003 Feet So Fast 4 Ted Durcan Satish Seemar Rashid bin Mohammed 1:11.90
2004 National Currency 5 Weichong Marwing Michael Azzie Mr & Mrs G J Beck 1:10.12
2005 Estimraar 8 Richard Mullen Mazin Al Kurdi Rashid bin Mohammed 1:10.88
2006 Heart Alone 4 Mick Kinane Antonio Cintra Pereira C & T 1:10.17
2007 Tropical Star 7 Royston Ffrench Ali Rashid Al Rayhi Mohammed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum 1:10.11
2008 Asiatic Boy 4 Johnny Murtagh Mike de Kock Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum 1:11.27
2009 Big City Man 4 Jose Verenzuela Jerry Barton Sultan Mohammed Saud Al Kabeer 1:10.31
2010 War Artist 6 Olivier Peslier James Eustace Rupert Plersch 1:10.74
2011 Dynamic Blitz 6 Olivier Doleuze Ricky Yiu Lam Yin Kee 1:10.47
2012 Hitchens 7 Silvestre de Sousa David Barron Laurence O'Kane & Paul Murphy 1:11.22
2013 Mental 4 Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni Godolphin 1:10.59
2014 Russian Soul 6 Shane Foley Mick Halford A G Kavanagh 1:10.61
2015 Reynaldothewizard 9 Richard Mullen Satish Seemar Zabeel Racing International 1:12.14
2016 Rich Tapestry 8 Gerald Mosse Michael Chang Silas Wong, Wong Tak Wai et al 1:10.88
2017 Cool Cowboy 6 Pat Dobbs Doug Watson Zaur Sekrekov 1:11.49[2]
2018 My Catch 7 Pat Dobbs Doug Watson Valentin Bukhtoyarov & Evgeny Kappushev 1:12.50[3]
2019 Drafted 5 Pat Dobbs Doug Watson Misty Hollow Farm 1:12.34[4]
2020 Gladiator King 4 Mickael Barzalona Satish Seemar Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi 1:11.41
2021 Al Tariq 5 Pat Dobbs Doug Watson Abdulmohsen Al Abdulkareem 1:10.56
2022 Meraas 5 Antonio Fresu Musabbeh Al Mheiri Maitha Salem Mohammed Belobaida Alsuwaidi 1:13.08
2023 Tuz 5 Jose da Silva Bhupat Seemar Dakki Stable 1:10.72

See also

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References

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  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.