Godolphin Racing

Godolphin Racing

Godolphin Racing Inc. operates Thoroughbred horse racing stables in Dubai and England. They take their name from the Godolphin Arabian.

The organisation, whose first full year of operation was in 1995, is based in both Dubai and Newmarket, United Kingdom, and was set up by Dubai's ruling family, the Maktoums, with Sheikh Mohammed the driving force behind the operation who also owns the Darley Stable.

Horses are wintered in Dubai then sent each April to Godolphin's Moulton Paddocks and its stables on Bury Road that is the former Stanley House, built in 1903 by Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby.

Godolphin registered its 100th Group One win with Sulamani in the 2003 Arlington Million.

The stable's main jockeys are Frankie Dettori, Kerrin McEvoy and Richard Hills. The main trainer is Saeed bin Suroor.

Godolphin operate the world’s greatest free-to-enter online horseracing competition, called [http://www.godolphin.com/SevenStars.aspx Seven Stars] .

Some of the horses owned by Godolphin include:
* Ramonti
* Balanchine
* Cape Verdi
* Daylami
* Discreet Cat
* Dubai Millennium
* Echo of Light
* Electrocutionist
* Fantastic Light
* Kayf Tara
* Kazzia
* Lammtarra
* Little Belle
* Mark of Esteem
* Music Note
* Mutafaweq
* Refuse To Bend
* Sakhee
* Swain
* Tempera

External links

* [http://www.godolphin.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.godolphin.com/SevenStars.aspx Seven Stars Competition]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Godolphin — may refer to: *Godolphin Cross a village in southwest Britain **the Godolphin Estate is nearby *Godolphin Arabian an 18th century racehorse one of the three stallions from which all British racehorses are descended **after which Godolphin Racing… …   Wikipedia

  • Godolphin Estate — For the thoroughbred horse racing stables, see Godolphin Racing . : For the English politicians, see Earl of Godolphin or Sidney Godolphin (1652 1732) The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, Helston,… …   Wikipedia

  • Godolphin Mile — Horseraces infobox class = Group 2 horse race = Godolphin Mile caption = location = Nad Al Sheba Racecourse Dubai, United Arab Emirates inaugurated = 1994 race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing website =… …   Wikipedia

  • Godolphin Arabian — The Godolphin Arabian ( ca 1724 1754), also known as the Godolphin Barb, was an Arabian horse who was one of three stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock (the other two are the Darley Arabian and the… …   Wikipedia

  • Racing Post Trophy — Le Racing Post Trophy est une course hippique de plat se déroulant au mois d octobre sur l Hippodrome de Doncaster, à Doncaster en Angleterre. C est une course de groupe I réservée aux chevaux de 2 ans. Elle sert souvent de tremplins aux jeunes… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • British flat racing Champion Owner — The Champion Owner of flat racing in Great Britain is the owner whose horses have won the most prizemoney during a season. The list below shows the Champion Owner for each year since 1894. * 1894 Harry L. B. McCalmont * 1895 Leopold de Rothschild …   Wikipedia

  • Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin — Sidney Godolphin, first Earl of Godolphin (c. 1645 ndash; September 15, 1712), was a leading British politician of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.Family and early careerHe came from an ancient family of Cornwall. At the… …   Wikipedia

  • Ecurie Godolphin — Écurie Godolphin L Écurie Godolphin est une écurie de chevaux de course participant aux courses hippiques de plat. Tirant son nom de Godolphin Arabian, un cheval à l origine de la plupart des pur sang modernes, elle est basée à Dubaï et à… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Écurie Godolphin — L Écurie Godolphin est une écurie de chevaux de course participant aux courses hippiques de plat. Tirant son nom de Godolphin Arabian, un cheval à l origine de la plupart des pur sang modernes, elle est basée à Dubaï et à Newmarket en Angleterre …   Wikipédia en Français

  • horse racing — Sport of running horses at speed. Typically, Thoroughbreds are raced with a rider astride and Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. Though racing has an ancient lineage, the first regularly organized national races were …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”