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.

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 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.