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International sprinters have been doing well in the Dubai Golden Shaheen run at Meydan on Saturday.
Mind Your Biscuits won twice for America the last two years. The 2019 Dubai Golden Shaheen (1200m) at Meydan on Saturday will be a tough test again on the surface.
2019 DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Dubai Golden Shaheen is a Group 1 sprint race for three year olds and up conducted by the Dubai Racing Club at Meydan.
The Dubai Golden Shaheen was first run in 1996 won by Kassbaan.
The Dubai Golden Shaheen was initially run as the Nad Al Sheba Sprint in December when racing at that track but the move to Meydan changed its name.
It became a Group 1 in 2002.
It is run on Dubai World Cup night as the feature dirt sprint on the program.
Mind Your Biscuits joined Caller One as the multiple winners of the Dubai Golden Shaheen.
Trainers to win multiple Dubai Golden Shaheens are Dhruba Selvaratnam, James Chapman and Chad Summers with two each.
Gary Stevens and Alex Solis have two wins each as a jockey.
Singapore’s best horse was Rocket Man and he’d been beaten in the big international races several times. He was even just beaten the year before in this and made up for it in 2011.
Racing outside the speed he was chased along before the turn but never gave up and wound over the top of the leader.
Twelve months on Krypton Factor had had a great Dubai season and won strongly. He sat just off the pace as Rocket Man tried to win the race again. Once clear he just went on by.
American sprinters have run well here on occasions as it is a dirt race. For example Mind Your Biscuits came from the widest gate and a long way back to run away in 2017. He backed it up last year.
The Dubai Golden Shaheen is worth US$2.5million in 2019.
Notable winners include Mind Your Biscuits (2017/2018), Muarrab (2016), Secret Circle (2015), Sterling City (2014), Reynaldothewizard (2013), Krypton Factor (2012), Rocket Man (2011), Kinsale King (2010), Benny The Bull (2008), Saratoga County (2005), State City (2003), Caller One (2001/2002), Big Jag (2000) and Atraf (1997).
The 2018 Dubai Golden Shaheen was won by Mind Your Biscuits from X Y Jet and Roy H.
