Dubai City of Gold

Dubai City of Gold
Group 2 race
LocationNad Al Sheba Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated1998
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteEmirates Racing Association
Race information
Distance2400 meters (app. 1+12 miles) (12 Furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationNH & SH bred Four-Years-Old+
WeightNH bred 4YO: 55.5 kg
NH bred 5YO+ 56 kg
SH bred 4YO+ : 56 kg
PurseUS$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+12 miles).

Initially a conditions race, it was upgraded to Group 3 status in 2001 and then to Group 2 status in 2009.