Nad Al Sheba Trophy
horse race
The Nad Al Sheba Trophy, is a horse race run over a distance of 2,810 metres (one and three quarter miles) on turf in late February or early March at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The race is named after Nad Al Sheba Racecourse which was the principal racing venue in Dubai before it was replaced by Maeydan.
The Nad Al Sheba Trophy was first contested in 2011 as a Listed race and was elevated to Group 3 level a year later.
Records
Record time:
2:53.78 - Manobo 2022
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Siskany 2023, 2024
Most wins by a jockey:
5 - William Buick 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Most wins by a trainer:
6 - Charlie Appleby 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Most wins by an owner:
12 - Godolphin 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Winners
Casualties and incidents
2015 - Cavalryman, owned by Godolphin and trained by Saeed bin Suroor suffered a fracture in his right hind leg while participating in the race and was euthanized.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Nad Al Sheba Trophy” is horse race. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Sheba, Trophy and horse, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “horse race” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q85787607. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Nad Al Sheba Trophy”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Nad Al Sheba Trophy primary sources, Nad Al Sheba Trophy archive and Sheba research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Nad Al Sheba Trophy”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Nad Al Sheba Trophy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.