Jebel Hatta

Jebel Hatta
Group 1 race
LocationMeydan Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated2000
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteEmirates Racing Association
Race information
Distance1800 meters (app. 1+18 miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationNH bred Four-Year-Olds & up &
SH bred Three-Year-Olds & up
WeightSH bred 3YO : 55kg.
NH & SH bred 4YO+ : 59kg
PurseUS$300,000

The Jebel Hatta is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 2000 at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Raced on turf, it is open to horses four-years-old and up who were bred in the Northern Hemisphere and to horses three-years-old and up who were bred in the Southern Hemisphere.

Inaugurated in 2000, it was run that year at a distance of 1700 meters. Since 2001 it has been raced over a distance of 1777 meters (app. 1.1 miles). Start from 2012, the race updated to Group One, become first two (within Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3) UAE Group one races outside than Dubai World Cup Night.