# Dubai City of Gold

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. It is raced on turf at a distance of 2400 metres (app. 1+1⁄2 miles).
Initially a conditions race, it was upgraded to Group 3 status in 2001 and then to Group 2 status in 2009.

## Records

Time record:
* 2:26.83 - Walton Street 2021
Most wins by an owner:
* 14 - Godolphin 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
Most wins by a jockey:
* 6 - Frankie Dettori 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010
Most wins by a trainer:
* 10 - Saeed bin Suroor 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017

## Winners of the Dubai City of Gold

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1998 | Happy Valentine | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:36:97 |
| 1999 | Sibling Rival | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:28:91 |
| 2000 | High-Rise | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum | 2:29:30 |
| 2001 | Give The Slip | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:30.71 |
| 2002 | Narrative | 4 | Richard Hills | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:32.63 |
| 2003 | Highest | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:30.15 |
| 2004 | Fair Mix | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Marcel Rolland | Ecurie Week-End | 2:29.24 |
| 2005 | Greys Inn | 5 | Weichong Marwing | Mike de Kock | Bridget D. Oppenheimer | 2:30:18 |
| 2006 | Oracle West | 5 | Kevin Shea | Mike de Kock | Kenny Geemooi | 2:33.89 |
| 2007 | Quijano | 5 | Andrasch Starke | Peter Schiergen | Gestüt Fährhof | 2:33.07 |
| 2008 | Gower Song | 5 | Richard Hills | David Elsworth | Usk Valley Stud | 2:30.10 |
| 2009 | Front House | 4 | Kevin Shea | Mike de Kock | Sue Magnier & Wilgerbodsdrift Stud | 2:31.70 |
| 2010 | Campanologist | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed Bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:37.36 |
| 2011 | Monterosso | 4 | Mickael Barzalona | Mahmood Al Zarooni | Godolphin Racing | 2:36.09 |
| 2012 | Mikhail Glinka | 5 | Royston Ffrench | Herman Brown | Ramzan Kadyrov | 2:33.68 |
| 2013 | Jakkalberry | 7 | Ryan Moore | Marco Botti | Jakkalberry Syndicate et al. | 2:35.36 |
| 2014 | Excellent Result | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:32.87 |
| 2015 | Sky Hunter | 5 | James Doyle | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:32.88 |
| 2016 | Postponed | 5 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum | 2:27.90 |
| 2017 | Prize Money | 4 | Adrie de Vries | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:29.33 |
| 2018 | Hawkbill | 5 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin Racing | 2:26.85 |
| 2019 | Old Persian | 4 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin Racing | 2:32.68 |
| 2020 | Loxley | 5 | Mickael Barzalona | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin Racing | 2:28.59 |
| 2021 | Walton Street | 7 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin Racing | 2:26.83 |
| 2022 | Hukum | 5 | Jim Crowley | Owen Burrows | Shadwell Stable | 2:28.56 |
| 2023 | Global Storm | 6 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | 2:27.47 |
| 2024 | Bold Act | 4 | Mickael Barzalona | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | 2:26.03 |