Jebel Ali Mile

Jebel Ali Mile
Group 3 race
LocationJebel Ali Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated2010
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,600 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Purse$575,000[1]

The Jebel Ali Mile, is a horse race for horses aged four and over, run at a distance of 1,600 metres (one mile) on dirt in January at Jebel Ali Racecourse in Dubai.

The Jebel Ali Mile was first contested in 2010 as a Listed race before being elevated to Group 3 class in 2013.

Records

Record time:

  • 1:36.21 - Forjatt 2017

Most successful horse:

  • 2 - Treble Jig 2012, 2013
  • 2 - Forjatt 2014, 2017

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 2 - Wayne Smith 2012, 2013

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Mussabeh Al Mheiri 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Fathi Esaed Mohammed Egziama 2012, 2013, 2015

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2010 Jet Express 7 Royston Ffrench Ali Rashid Al Rayhi Ahmed Al Falasi 1:37.84
2011 Snaafy 7 Richard Hills Mussabeh Al Mheiri Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:38.01
2012 Treble Jig 5 Wayne Smith Mussabeh Al Mheiri Fathi Esaed Mohammed Egziama 1:39.09
2013 Treble Jig 6 Wayne Smith Mussabeh Al Mheiri Fathi Esaed Mohammed Egziama 1:36.25
2014 Forjatt 6 James Doyle Dhruba Selvaratnam Ahmed Al Maktoum 1:37.00
2015 Silver Galaxy 4 Silvestre de Sousa Mussabeh Al Mheiri Fathi Esaed Mohammed Egziama 1:36.67
2016 Sefri 6 Paul Hanagan Erwan Charpy Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:38.06
2017 Forjatt 9 Chris Hayes Dhruba Selvaratnam Ahmed Al Maktoum 1:36.21[2]
2018 Shamaal Nibras 9 Pat Dobbs Doug Watson EERC 1:37.97[3]
2019 Secret Ambition 6 Richard Mullen Satish Seemar Nasir Askar 1:36.88[4]
2021 Blown By Wind 5 Xavier Ziani Salem bin Ghadayer Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 1:37.97[5]
2022 Algiers 5 James Doyle Simon & Ed Crisford Rabbah Racing 1:37:10
2023 Fanaar 7 Dane O'Neill Doug Watson Shadwell 1:37:36
2024 Swing Vote 4 William Buick Simon & Ed Crisford Rabbah Racing 1:36:67

See also

References

  1. ^ "UAE races, IFHA Blue Book" (PDF).
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 25 January 2019.
  5. ^ "2021 result". Racing Post. 22 January 2021.