Group 2 race | |
Location | Nad Al Sheba Racecourse Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Inaugurated | 1998 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Emirates Racing Association |
Race information | |
Distance | 2400 meters (app. 1+1⁄2 miles) (12 Furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | NH & SH bred Four-Years-Old+ |
Weight | NH bred 4YO: 55.5 kg NH bred 5YO+ 56 kg SH bred 4YO+ : 56 kg |
Purse | US$250,000 |
The Dubai City of Gold is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1998 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Given the nickname for the city of Dubai, the Group 2 race is open to Northern and Southern Hemisphere bred horses age four years and up. It is raced on turf at a distance of 2400 metres (app. 1+1⁄2 miles).
Initially a conditions race, it was upgraded to Group 3 status in 2001 and then to Group 2 status in 2009.