Dubai Sheema Classic

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Group 1 race
Dubai Sheema Classic

Location Nad Al Sheba Racecourse
Dubai, Flag of the United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated 1998
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Dubai Sheema Classic at Emirates Racing
Race information
Distance 2,400 metres (about 12 furlongs)
Track Grass, left-handed
Qualification Four-years-old & up
(Northern & Southern Hemisphere)
Weight 54kg
Purse US$5,000,000

The Dubai Sheema Classic is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) on the turf course at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, Dubai during the Dubai World Cup Night in March.

It was first run in 1998 as the Dubai Turf Classic, changing to its present name two years later. The race was run as a Group 1 for the first time in 2002.

The Dubai Sheema Classic currently offers a purse of US$5 million.

[edit] Records

Speed record:

  • 2:27.45 - Sun Classique (2008)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

[edit] Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1998 Stowaway 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:29.01
1999 Fruits of Love 4 Kieren Fallon Mark Johnston Michael Doyle 2:28.45
2000 Fantastic Light 4 Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute Maktoum Al Maktoum 2:27.70
2001 Stay Gold 7 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Shadai Racehorse Co. Ltd. 2:28.23
2002 Nayef 4 Richard Hills Marcus Tregoning Hamdan Al Maktoum 2:29.64
2003 Sulamani 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 2:27.67
2004 Polish Summer 7 Gary Stevens André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 2:31.09
2005 Phoenix Reach 5 Martin Dwyer Andrew Balding Winterbeck Manor Stud 2:30.54
2006 Heart's Cry 5 Christophe Lemaire Kojiro Hashiguchi Shadai Racehorse Co. Ltd. 2:31.89
2007 Vengeance of Rain 6 Anthony Delpech David E. Ferraris R. G. Chow Hon Man 2:31.03
2008 Sun Classique 5 Kevin Shea Mike de Kock L. Cohen/W. V. Rippon 2:27.45
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