Godolphin Mile

The Godolphin Mile is a Group 2 flat Thoroughbred horse race in the United Arab Emirates for Southern Hemisphere three-year-old horses and Northern Hemisphere four-year-olds. It is contested on dirt over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 8 furlongs) at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.

Godolphin Mile
Group 2 race
LocationMeydan Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated1994
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Website
Race information
Distance1,600 metres (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
QualificationSouthern Hemisphere 3-year-olds &
Northern Hemisphere 4-year-olds
WeightSH 3yo: 55 kg – NH 4yo: 57 kg. Allowance fillies & mares 2kg
PurseUS$1,000,000

Inaugurated in 1994 as the Nad Al Sheba Mile, and renamed in 2000, the race takes place annually during the Dubai World Cup Night in late March and currently offers a purse of US$1 million.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:36:82 – Calming Influence (2010) Tapeta
  • 1:34.91 – Lend a Hand (1999) dirt

Most wins:

  • 2 – Lost Soldier (1994, 1995)
  • 2 – Firebreak (2003, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 10 – Saeed bin Suroor (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012)

Most wins by an owner:

Winners of the Godolphin Mile
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1994 Lost Soldier 4 Anthony McGlone Kiaran McLaughlin Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum 1:40:90
1995 Lost Soldier 5 Gary Hind Kiaran McLaughlin Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum 1:41:4
1996 Tereshkova 4 Olivier Peslier Saeed bin Suroor Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:38:53
1997 Kassbaan 7 Jerry Bailey Saeed bin Suroor Sheikh Mohammed 1:36:48
1998 Allied Forces 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 1:39:10
1999 Lend A Hand 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 1:34:91
2000 Conflict 4 Ted Durcan Nick Robb Marwan Al Maktoum 1:36:40
2001 Festival of Light 4 David Flores Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:35:42
2002 Grey Memo 5 Gary Stevens Warren Stute R. Manzani et al. 1:36:69
2003 Firebreak 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:36:20
2004 Firebreak 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:35:82
2005 Grand Emporium 5 Weichong Marwing Mike de Kock Maktoum Al Maktoum 1:37:78
2006 Utopia 6 Yutaka Take Kojiro Hashiguchi Makoto Kaneko 1:35:88
2007 Spring at Last 4 Garrett Gomez Douglas F. O'Neill Reddam & WinStar 1:36:16
2008 Diamond Stripes 5 Edgar Prado Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Four Roses Thoroughbreds 1:36:96
2009 Two Step Salsa 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:36.82
2010 Calming Influence 5 Ahmad Ajtebi Mahmoud Al Zarooni Godolphin 1:36.57
2011 Skysurfers 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:37.65
2012 African Story 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:37.52
2013 Soft Falling Rain 4 Paul Hanagan Mike de Kock Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:39.97
2014 Variety Club 6 Anton Marcus Joey Ramsden I & M Jooste 1:37.28
2015 Tamarkuz 5 Paul Hanagan Musabah Al Muhairi Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:36.81
2016 One Man Band 5 Sam Hitchcott Doug Watson Saeed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 1:35.21
2017 Second Summer 5 Pat Dobbs Doug Watson Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi 1:35.82
2018 Heavy Metal 8 Ryan Moore Salem bin Ghadayer Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 1:36.22
2019 Coal Front 5 José Ortiz Todd Pletcher Robert V. LaPenta & Head Of Plains Partners 1:36.51
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Secret Ambition 8 Tadhg O'Shea Satish Seemar Nasir Askar 1:35.36
2022 Bathrat Leon 4 Ryusei Sakai Yoshito Yahagi Hiroo Race Co Ltd 1:36.03
2023 Isolate 5 Tyler Gaffalione Doug Watson RRR Racing 1:35.71

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