Dubai Majesty (foaled March 19, 2005) is a retired Champion racemare best known for winning the 2010 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and being the only two-time winner of the

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Background

Dubai Majesty is a dark bay nearly black mare sired by Essence of Dubai, whose sire was

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. Her dam Great Majesty's descendants include U. S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee

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Career

2-3-year-old-season

Dubai Majesty only had 1 victory as a two-year-old, but as a 3-year-old she began to run in

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company starting with a second-place finish in the

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at Florida's

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. She then ran third in the

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at Keeneland as well as in the

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at Hoosier Park.

4-year-old-season

After a second-place finish, Dubai Majesty won the

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at Keeneland start the 2009 season. Trainer

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them moved her up to G1 stakes races and she finished fourth in the

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and third place in the

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. After that, she got the first of her two victorys in the Winning Colors Stakes. Winning once in her next four starts, Dubai Majesty's four-year-old season was over.

5-year-old season

After four straight defeats, Dubai Majesty went on to repeat in the Winning Colors Stakes before a third-place result in the Princess Rooney Handicap. She then won a non-graded stakes race and followed that with a second in the G3

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. Her last two races would be her best wins as she won the 2010 Raven Run Stakes. In her last start before being retired Dubai Majesty won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, held that year on November 5 at

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. Two days later she was sold at the

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stock sale for $1.1 million. Broodmare Record Shahryar, her fourth foal to Deep Impact won the 2021 Japan Derby.

Pedigree

References

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