Dubai Golden Shaheen
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The Dubai Golden Shaheen is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,200 metres (approximately 6 furlongs) on the dirt course at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai in late March.
It was first run in December 1993 as the Nad Al Sheba Sprint, and its place in the calendar was moved in 1996 to be included in the new Dubai World Cup meeting held in March. The race took its present name in 2000 and it attained Group 1 status in 2002.
The Dubai Golden Shaheen currently offers a purse of US$2 million.
[edit] Winners since 1996
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1996 | Kassbaan | 6 | John Carroll | Saeed bin Suroor | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 1:13.04 |
| 1997 | Atraf | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Kiaran McLaughlin | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:11.24 |
| 1998 | Mudallel | 5 | Willie Supple | Dhruba Selvaratnam | Ziad Galadari | 1:10.61 |
| 1999 | Ramp and Rave | 5 | Gary Stevens | Dhruba Selvaratnam | Ahmed Al Maktoum | 1:09.97 |
| 2000 | Big Jag | 7 | Alex Solis | Tim Pinfield | Julius Zolezzi | 1:08.10 |
| 2001 | Caller One | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Jim Chapman | Carolyn Chapman, Theresa McArthur | 1:08.38 |
| 2002 | Caller One | 5 | Gary Stevens | Jim Chapman | Carolyn Chapman, Theresa McArthur | 1:09.91 |
| 2003 | State City | 4 | Michael Hills | Paddy Rudkin | S M R M | 1:09.95 |
| 2004 | Our New Recruit | 5 | Alex Solis | John Sadler | CRK Stable | 1:10.30 |
| 2005 | Saratoga County | 4 | Javier Castellano | George Weaver | Evelyn Pollard | 1:11.21 |
| 2006 | Proud Tower Too | 4 | David Cohen | Sal Gonzalez | Tricar Stables | 1:09.86 |
