Mahab Al Shimaal

The Mahab Al Shimaal, is a horse race for horses aged three and over, run at a distance of 1,200 metres (six furlongs) on dirt in March at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.

Mahab Al Shimaal

Group 3 race
Location	Meydan Racecourse Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated	2001
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1,200 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Straight
Qualification	3-y-o+
Purse	$350,000[1]

The Mahab Al Shimaal was first contested in 2001 on dirt at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. It was moved to Meydan in 2010 where it was run on a synthetic Tapeta surface until reverting to dirt in 2015.

Records

Record time:

• 1:09.59 - Diabolical 2008

Most successful horse:

• 3 - Conroy 2002, 2003, 2004

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Frankie Dettori 2004, 2010
• 2 - Kerrin McEvoy 2003, 2008
• 2 - Richard Mullen 2005, 2013
• 2 - Ryan Moore 2007, 2011

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 - Saeed bin Suroor 2008, 2009, 2010
• 3 - Adi Selvaratnam 2002, 2003, 2004

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Mohammed Al Jamali 2002, 2003, 2004
• 3 - Godolphin 2008, 2009, 2010

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2001	Active Bo Bo	6	Robert Burke	Y T Lam	Wong Chiu Ying	1:10.14
2002	Conroy	4	Gary Hind	Adi Selvaratnam	Mohammed Al Jamali	1:09.92
2003	Conroy	5	Kerrin McEvoy	Adi Selvaratnam	Mohammed Al Jamali	1:11.30
2004	Conroy	5	Frankie Dettori	Adi Selvaratnam	Mohammed Al Jamali	1:11.04
2005	Estimraar	8	Richard Mullen	Mazin Al Kurdi	Rashid bin Mohammed	1:10.71
2006	Tropical Star	6	Royston Ffrench	Ali Rashid Al Rayhi	Mohammed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:10.92
2007	Terrific Challenge	5	Ryan Moore	Doug Watson	Rashid bin Mohammed	1:09.66
2008	Diabolical	5	Kerrin McEvoy	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:09.59
2009	Gayego	4	Ted Durcan	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:11.19
2010	Desert Party	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:10.82
2011	Bankable	7	Ryan Moore	Herman Brown	Ramzan Kadyrov	1:11.52
2012	Krypton Factor	4	Kieren Fallon	Fawzi Abdulla Nass	Fawzi Abdulla Nass	1:11.56
2013	Reynaldothewizard	7	Richard Mullen	Satish Seemar	Zabeel Racing International	1:11.89
2014	Rich Tapestry	6	Olivier Doleuze	Michael Chang	Silas Yang, Wong Tak Wai et al	1:11.70
2015	Shaishee	5	Silvestre de Sousa	Musabbeh Al Mheiri	Hamdan Al Maktoum	1:12.13
2016	Muarrab	7	Paul Hanagan	Musabbeh Al Mheiri	Hamdan Al Maktoum	1:10.20
2017	Morawij	7	Chris Hayes	Dhruba Selvaratnam	Ahmed Al Maktoum	1:11.23[2]
2018	Jordan Sport	5	Adrie de Vries	Fawzi Abdulla Nass	Fawzi Abdulla Nass	1:10.18[3]
2019	Drafted	5	Pat Dobbs	Doug Watson	Misty Hollow Farm	1:11.66[4]
2020	Wafy	5	Tadhg O'Shea	Satish Seemar	Nasir Askar	1:11.89

See also

• List of United Arab Emirates horse races

References

1. "UAE races, IFHA Blue Book" (PDF).
2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 4 March 2017.
3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 3 March 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 9 March 2019.