SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN | RASHID AL MAKTOUM | GODOLPHIN RACING

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS

* UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai

RACING BACKGROUND

* Saw his first horse race on May 5, 1967, when Royal Palace won the 2,000 Guineas

ORGANIZATIONS

* Member, The Jockey Club

* Director Emeritus, Breeders’ Cup Ltd.

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Bernardini: 3-Year-Old Male (2006)

Daylami: Top Turf Horse (1999)

Fantastic Light: Top Turf Male (2001)

Questing: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2012)

Pebbles: Top Turf Female (1985)

Singspiel: Top Turf Male (1996)

Tempera: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (2001)

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* In 2012, Sheikh Mohammed’s two entities won Eclipse Awards: Godolphin as outstanding owner and Darley as outstanding breeder

* Godolphin was 2009’s Outstanding Owner

* Inaugurated the multimillion-dollar Dubai World Cup at his Nad al Sheba in 1996

* Founder of Emirates Airlines; responsible for the modern development of Dubai

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES
GODOLPHIN RACING

Afrashad: Fall Highweight (2006)

Alpha: Woodward (2013); Count Fleet (2012); Withers (2012); Jim Dandy (2012); Travers (DH-2012)

Annual Report: Futurity (2015)

Antipathy: Shuvee (2014)

Ashkal Way: Bernard Baruch (2006); Kelso (2006); Citation (2006)

Bay of Plenty: Alydar (2015)

Better Lucky: Shine Again (2014); First Lady (2013); Matriarch (2012)

Buffum: Bold Ruler (2012)

Cocoa Beach: De La Rose (2009); Matriarch (2008); Beldame (2008)

Crimson Palace: Beverly D. (2004)

Daylami: Man o’ War (1998); Breeders’ Cup Turf (1999)

Discreet Cat: Jerome (2006); Cigar Mile (2006)

Divided Attention: Ladies (2015)

E Dubai: Suburban (2002); Dwyer (2001)

Emcee: Forego (2012)

Etched: Nashua (2007)

Express Tour: Jerome (2001)

Fantastic Light: Breeders’ Cup Turf (2001); Man o’ War (2000)

Flashing: Test (2009); Gazelle (2009)

Folk Opera: E. P. Taylor (2008)

Formal Decree: Knickerbocker (2008)

Frosted: Whitney (2016); Metropolitan Handicap (2016); Wood Memorial (2015)

Gayego: Ancient Title (2009)

Girolamo: Vosburgh (2010); Jerome (2009)

Hemsworth: Nashua (2016)

Hibayeb: Shuvee (2011); Yellow Ribbon (2010)

Imperia: Pilgrim (2014)

Imperial Gesture: Gazelle (2002); Beldame (2002)

It’s Tricky: Top Flight (2012); Distaff (2012); Ogden Phipps (2012); Coaching Club American Oaks (2011)

Jilbab: Coaching Club American Oaks (2002)

Kareena: Jersey Girl (2016)

Kazzia: Flower Bowl (2002)

Libreta: NYSS Park Ave. (2016)

Midshipman: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (2008)

Music Note: Beldame (2009); Ballerina (2009); Gazelle (2008); Coaching Club American Oaks (2008); Mother Goose (2008)

Pyro: Forego (2009)

Questing: Coaching Club American Oaks (2012); Alabama (2012)

Romansh: Excelsior (2014)

Sara Louise: Victory Ride (2009); Top Flight (2009)

Seventh Street: Go For Wand (2009)

Snowbell: Comely (2014)

Songster: Woody Stephens (2006)

Stellar Jayne: Top Flight (2005); Ruffian (2005)

Street Cry: Stephen Foster (2002)

Sulamani: Canadian Int’l. (2004); Arlington Million (2003); Turf Classic Invitational (2003)

Tam Lin: Kelso (2008)

Utopia: Westchester (2007)

Vale of York: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (2009)

Vineyard Haven: DeFrancis Dash (2009)

Wedding Toast: Ruffian (2015); Beldame (2015); Ogden Phipps (2015); Comely (2013)

Woodlander: Lexington (2005)

FARM SIZE AND LOCATION

Owns eight farms, the most prominent of which are the Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England and Kildangan Stud in Ireland.