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217:Nad Al Sheba Racecourse
578:Winterbeck Manor Stud
297:Most wins by an owner:
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1000:Cancelled due to the
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1327:Dubai Sheema Classic
1317:Dubai Golden Shaheen
875:Alain de Royer-Dupré
870:Christophe Soumillon
779:Corine Barande-Barbe
176:United Arab Emirates
162:Dubai Sheema Classic
20:Dubai Sheema Classic
1076:Christophe Lemaire
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696:Hamdan Al Maktoum
692:Mubarak bin Shafya
637:R. G. Chow Hon Man
598:Christophe Lemaire
428:Maktoum Al Maktoum
423:Sir Michael Stoute
292:(2018, 2019, 2024)
285:(2010, 2017, 2021)
213:Dubai Turf Classic
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766:Cirrus des Aigles
754:Godolphin Racing
726:Lord Lloyd-Webber
721:John H. M. Gosden
632:David E. Ferraris
619:Vengeance of Rain
607:Shadai Racehorse
603:Kojiro Hashiguchi
518:Godolphin Racing
515:Saeed bin Suroor
490:Hamdan Al Maktoum
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880:Aga Khan IV
831:Gentildonna
590:Heart's Cry
543:André Fabre
449:Yutaka Take
283:John Gosden
130:Left-handed
60:Flat racing
44:Inaugurated
1347:Categories
1322:Dubai Turf
1133:References
1021:David Egan
922:Jack Hobbs
839:Ryan Moore
658:Kevin Shea
454:Yasuo Ikee
245:2:25.65 –
228:Dubai Turf
208:in March.
172:horse race
16:Horse race
1307:UAE Derby
893:Postponed
812:Smith /
739:Rewilding
708:Dar Re Mi
441:Stay Gold
304:Godolphin
52:Race type
1121:See also
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1013:Mishriff
992:2:27.17
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503:Sulamani
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352:Stowaway
178:open to
91:Distance
70:Longines
30:Location
1069:Equinox
862:Dolniya
814:Magnier
334:Trainer
311:Winners
274:trainer
247:Equinox
234:Records
191:⁄
174:in the
166:Group 1
119:Surface
103:⁄
76:Website
66:Sponsor
330:Jockey
322:Winner
256:jockey
249:(2023)
143:Weight
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1094:2024
1065:2023
1036:2022
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997:2020
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858:2015
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818:Tabor
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472:Nayef
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379:1999
348:1998
338:Owner
224:purse
202:Dubai
164:is a
151:Purse
127:Track
38:Dubai
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1244:2023
1240:2022
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1145:1998
342:Time
318:Year
302:7 –
288:3 –
281:3 –
263:5 –
169:flat
160:The
122:Turf
47:1998
326:Age
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