Abu Dhabi Championship

The Abu Dhabi Championship, is a horse race for horses aged four and over, run at a distance of 2,200 metres (eleven furlongs) on turf in March at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi Championship
Group 3 race
LocationAbu Dhabi Racecourse
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated2005
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance2,200 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Purse$380,000[1]

The Abu Dhabi Championship was first contested in 2004 and became a Listed race in 2005 before being elevated to Group 3 class in 2011. The race reverted to Listed race again in 2022.

Records

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Record time:

  • 2:12.70 - Jamr 2014

Most successful horse:

  • 2 - GM Hopkins 2019, 2020

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Dhruba Selvaratnam 2006, 2008, 2015
  • 3 - Ali Rashid Al Rayhi 2010, 2012, 2016
  • 3 - Erwan Charpy 2004, 2007, 2017

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2004 Bowman 5 Seamus O'Gorman Erwan Charpy Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 2:15.30
2005 Mutasallil 5 Richard Hills Doug Watson Hamdan Al Maktoum 2:17.69
2006 Morshdi 8 Daragh O'Donohoe Dhruba Selvaratnam Ahmed Al Maktoum 2:13.60
2007 Great Plains 5 Richard Hills Erwan Charpy Hamdan Al Maktoum 2:15.89
2008 Mulaqat 5 Johnny Murtagh Dhruba Selvaratnam Ahmed Al Maktoum 2:16.67
2009 Mr Brock 5 Kevin Shea Mike de Kock Mme Serge Seenyen 2:15.73
2010 Monte Alto 6 Richard Hills Ali Rashid Al Rayhi Hamdan Al Maktoum 2:15.12
2011 Topclas 5 Pat Cosgrave Mubarak bin Shafya Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 2:14.01
2012 Al Shemali 8 Silvestre de Sousa Ali Rashid Al Rayhi Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 2:15.36
2013 Jutland 6 Pat Dobbs Doug Watson Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 2:16.94
2014 Jamr 6 Adrie de Vries Ahmed bin Harmash Mansoor bin Mohammed al Maktoum 2:12.70
2015 Dormello 7 Oisin Murphy Dhruba Selvaratnam Ahmed Al Maktoum 2:13.50
2016 Khusoosy 4 Paul Hanagan Ali Rashid Al Rayhi Hamdan Al Maktoum 2:16.30
2017 Zamaam 7 Jim Crowley Erwan Charpy Hamdan Al Maktoum 2:14.28[2]
2018 Light the Lights 6 Adrie de Vries Mike de Kock Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum 2:14.06[3]
2019 GM Hopkins 8 Pat Cosgrave Jaber Ramadhan Ramadhan Stable 2:19.30[4]
2020 GM Hopkins 9 Pat Cosgrave Jaber Ramadhan Ramadhan Stable 2:14.15
2021 Irish Freedom 7 Antonio Fresu Satish Seemar JW, J & MJ Moraes 2:17.44
2022 Law Of Peace 5 Antonio Fresu Bhupat Seemar Nasir Askar 2:15.75

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UAE races, IFHA Blue Book" (PDF).
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 15 March 2019.