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Horse race
Dubai Gold Cup
Group 2 race
LocationMeydan Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated2012
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
WebsiteDubai World Cup
Race information
Distance3,200 metres (abt 2 miles)
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up

The Dubai Gold Cup is a thoroughbred horse race held in Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was first run in 2012 as part of Dubai World Cup night. It was initially a Group 3 race and has been run at Group 2 level since 2014.

The first running of the race was marred by the fatal injury sustained by Fox Hunt. The race was abandoned and rerun later that evening.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins: 3

  • Vazirabad: (2016, 2017, 2018)

Most wins by a jockey (3):

Most wins by a trainer (3):

Most wins by an owner (3)

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2012 Opinion Poll 6 Frankie Dettori Mahmood Al Zarooni Godolphin Racing 3:23.73
2013 Cavalryman 7 Silvestre de Sousa Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 3:25.31
2014 Certerach 6 Jamie Spencer Michael Halford Paul Rooney 3:23.14
2015 Brown Panther 7 Richard Kingscote Tom Dascombe A Black & Michael Owen 3:18.84
2016 Vazirabad 4 Christophe Soumillon Alain de Royer Dupre Aga Khan IV 3:19.56
2017 Vazirabad 5 Christophe Soumillon Alain de Royer Dupre Aga Khan IV 3:22.52
2018 Vazirabad 6 Christophe Soumillon Alain de Royer Dupre Aga Khan IV 3:17.92
2019 Cross Counter 4 William Buick Charlie Appleby Godolphin Racing 3:19.00
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Subjectivist 4 Joe Fanning Mark Johnston Dr Jim Walker 3:17.77
2022 Stay Foolish 7 Christophe Lemaire Yoshito Yahagi Shadai Racehorse 3:19.64
2023 Broome 7 Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Masaaki Matsushima 3:16:83
2024 Tower of London 4 Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien Tabor / Smith / Magnier / Westerberg 3:17.29

See also

References

  1. Greg Wood (31 March 2012). "Dubai World Cup meeting is marred by deaths in Gold Cup". The Guardian.

External links

Dubai World Cup Night


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