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The Dubai City of Gold is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1998 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Given the nickname for the city of Dubai, the Group 2 race is open to Northern and Southern Hemisphere bred horses age four years and up.
Race Name Racecourse Dist. (m) Surface Age/Sex Al Quoz Sprint: Meydan: 1,200 Turf 3yo+ Dubai Golden Shaheen: Meydan: 1,200: Dirt: 3yo+ Dubai Sheema Classic
Al Fahidi Fort (horse race) Al Maktoum Challenge (thoroughbreds) Al Maktoum Classic; ... Dubai City of Gold; Dubai Gold Cup; Dubai Golden Shaheen; Dubai Kahayla Classic;
Dubai City of Gold (2000) Last updated on August 24, 2007 High-Rise (3 May 1995 – 13 June 2012) was a Thoroughbred race horse and sire , bred in Ireland, but trained in the United Kingdom, Dubai and the United States.
In 2022, Shadwell cut down the number of their horses in training and Owen Burrows' operation moved to the Farncombe Down Stables in Lambourn. In early 2022 Hukum was sent to Dubai to race at Meydan and began his campaign in the Group 2 Dubai City of Gold (a trial race for the Sheema Classic) over 2400 metres on 2 March.
In 1992, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum formed the Dubai Racing Club to increase the popularity of the sport in the city, and later in 1993 the Dubai Racing Club hosted the inaugural Dubai International Jockeys Challenge at Nad Al Sheba. In 1996, the Dubai World Cup was created with the horses competing for a prize of $4million.
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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.