The Nad Al Sheba Trophy, is a

horse race Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

run over a distance of 2,810 metres (one and three quarter miles) on turf in late February or early March at

Meydan Racecourse Meydan Racecourse is a racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The grandstand is over a mile in length, and can accommodate over 60,000 spectators. Meydan opened on 27 March 2010, replacing Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, which formerly occupi ...

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. The race is named after

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse Nad Al Sheba Racecourse was Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates opened in 1986. It had a 2,200 m left-handed dirt race track and a left-handed turf course of the same distance. It operated from November through March ...

which was the principal racing venue in Dubai before it was replaced by Maeydan. The Nad Al Sheba Trophy was first contested in 2011 as a Listed race and was elevated to

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level a year later.

Records

Record time: *2:53.78 - Manobo ''2022'' Most successful horse (2 wins): * ''no horse has won the race more than once'' Most wins by a

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: * 4 -

William Buick William Buick (born 22 July 1988) is a Norwegian-British flat jockey. He shared the champion apprentice jockey title in 2008 with David Probert and won the Lester Award for Apprentice Jockey of the Year in 2007 and 2008. From 2010 to 2014 he w ...

''2018, 2020, 2022, 2023'' Most wins by a trainer: * 5 - Charlie Appleby ''2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023'' Most wins by an owner: * 10 - Godolphin ''2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023''

Winners

References

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Records

Winners

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